The service I want is HD DVR service in three rooms. I am comparing Direct Choice Extra + service plan + Showtime to Dish top 200 + service plan + Showtime.
I currently have that with a 622 and 722 and my monthly bill is
59.99 top 200
10.00 Hd 200
17.00 second dvr
10.00 Dish Platinum
6.00 DVR service
6.00 Service plan
12.99 Showtime
121.98 Total
So with Dish my service will cost 121.98 x 24 for the next two years or 2927.52.
This only gets me HD on Two tvs. When and/or if Dish ever releases the multiroom extender to get Hd on TV 2 of a 922 the 922 upgrade would be $200 and I am sure the extender will be another $100 at least. In addition the 922 would be another $4.00 a month.
This would bring the total cost of HD DVR service in three rooms with Dish top 200 + service plan + Showtime to $3275.52 with Dish
With Direct It would be
65.99 Choice extra
12.00 receiver fees
7.00 Dvr srvice
3.00 Whole house DVR
12.99 Showtime
5.99 protection plan
106.97 Total
Because of new customer and refer a freind promos months:
52.97 months 1-3
65.97 months 4-10
85.97 months 11-12
90.97 months 13-24
So total cost for direct with HD DVR on three tvs with Choice extra + Showtime + service plan would be $1874.10
Now I would have a $298 equipment fee with Direct so that would bring the total to $2172.10
That is $1103.42 less Direct would cost me than Dish over the next two years and with Direct I would have HD on all three tvs now and have whole house DVR Now. With Dish I would only have Partial whole house dvr and I would not have HD on all three tvs until the multiroom extender that has been coming soon for 14 months now is finally if ever released.
I have got very used to how the dish dvrs and there remotes work and do not want to change but everything I see says I can save over a weeks pay by switching and get better service. Tell me where I am wrong,
Joe
OK Joe, Let me see if I can help you price wise. Let's say you stay with E* for 2 years and get Free HD and drop Platinum (I think you said earlier that you didn't care for it anymore) That would bring your total to 91.98/month for 24 months=$2207.52
If you switch to D*, You would pay $52.98 for the 1st 3 months, 65.98 for months 4-10, 75.98 for 11-12, and 106.98 for 13-24 =$2056.7. (Remember, your friend promo only lasts for first 10 months) So there's really only a $150 difference in this case. Since it's not much of a difference as you thought, it pretty much comes down to what features and channels you want the most. If you like using OTA and EHD on your receiver more, I say stick with E*. If you really want HD DVRs on 3 TVs with MRV, then you should switch to D*. However when you add the $298 for the secondary DVRs, total=$2354.7,
more than if you stayed with E*. Almost forgot, multiroom extender is suppose to work with 722 when its released. Even if you get that for $100 total=$2307.52, still $47 less than D*. So in the end the difference is very narrow, so it's really up to what channels you watch the most and who has them in HD
and if you're willing to bet if/when the extender gets released (which it should) Hope I haven't forgot anything else.