Well like others here, the main thing I'm looking at is my monthly cost. With everything else going up in price, specially food, paying for TV is becoming a
pure luxury that is overpriced. It taking up a big chunk of my monthly budget.
Also, IMO, even though the Hopper has the potential for being an excellent DVR, it is plagued by buggy software updates. I find it a very unstable DVR, that at times is extremely frustrating to use. Way to many glitches. My VIP722k never had any real problems and many days I wish I had never updated.
Now, with a second price increase within 3 months of each other, I really don't see the worth of staying with Dish. When I join Dish, not only did they have the channels I wanted, but they were worth the price. (I'm not into sports, so DirecTV was for me.)
I seriously think of just going OTA when my contract is up with dish. The biggest barrier I face in going to OTA is my wife. She wants all the channels we get now because of the programs she watch. I'm trying to get her to understand that between the Roku and Amazon Prime, she still should be able to get her programs...but she rather stubborn on changing. Of course she doesn't pay the bills.
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