So I was with Dish for 15 years after 7 years with Directv. I finally was fed up with signal fade and the rising fees. Comcast struck me a great deal for Internet and cable TV that was hard to refuse. First think I noticed was the PQ on Comcast is far better than Dish, The other thing I quickly realized is what a piece a junk the X1 DVR is. Hard to believe the X1 is the best thing Comcast can come up with, and a measly 500GB drive? Hard to start up seasons of shows to binge after the season is over with 500GB. Also the DVR is laggy and the guide is junk as I routinely get duplicate recordings of show sI never received dups of with Dish. Also if the cable /internet is down the DVR does not work as it must connect to their central systems to work, which means when you have no cable/internet it is like those ATT commercials you are starved for info and media. Fortunately I have a large Plex library on my NAS.
OK so my options are;
keep Comcast and just deal with the junk, maybe get a Tivo, even though they seem to be exiting the business? Just suck it up and stay with Comcast and wait to see what their Roku app looks like later this year? Or come back to Dish and keep Comcast internet.
The Hopper 3 looks really good and while a few bumps I am sure it blows away the X1 DVR. To mitigate the signal fade I am wondering whether I should move from western arc to eastern arc (I am in Atlanta) or have another disk mounted so I am pointing to both and hope I can always get a signal except in the works of conditions. Or do I just move to eastern arc? Is the PQ any better on eastern arc since it is MPEG4?
Only hassle so far is the fees, Comcast has no DVR fee and no "protections" fee and no commitment. I still have my dish and everything, yet they want me to do a 24 month commitment when all they need to do is send me a Hopper 3. I am reluctant to do 24 months becasue the market is changing so fast, Playstation Vue and Sling are really getting viable soon, if they work on locals and DVR of more than 28 days I would do Vue in a heartbeat.
Any thoughts or suggestion? Or should I just stay put and give up on Dish?
Thanks!
OK so my options are;
keep Comcast and just deal with the junk, maybe get a Tivo, even though they seem to be exiting the business? Just suck it up and stay with Comcast and wait to see what their Roku app looks like later this year? Or come back to Dish and keep Comcast internet.
The Hopper 3 looks really good and while a few bumps I am sure it blows away the X1 DVR. To mitigate the signal fade I am wondering whether I should move from western arc to eastern arc (I am in Atlanta) or have another disk mounted so I am pointing to both and hope I can always get a signal except in the works of conditions. Or do I just move to eastern arc? Is the PQ any better on eastern arc since it is MPEG4?
Only hassle so far is the fees, Comcast has no DVR fee and no "protections" fee and no commitment. I still have my dish and everything, yet they want me to do a 24 month commitment when all they need to do is send me a Hopper 3. I am reluctant to do 24 months becasue the market is changing so fast, Playstation Vue and Sling are really getting viable soon, if they work on locals and DVR of more than 28 days I would do Vue in a heartbeat.
Any thoughts or suggestion? Or should I just stay put and give up on Dish?
Thanks!