DishNetwork and NBCSportsCalifornia
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I‘ve always had DTV because they had always been better than Dish.
Outside of the PAC12 network, there’s nothing I can complain about them not having.
Also, not sure which equipment you’ve used, but I don’t see Dish having better DVR either.
However, now that AT&T took over DTV they’ve been downright awful. Especially the CS support.
Outside of the PAC12 network, there’s nothing I can complain about them not having.
Also, not sure which equipment you’ve used, but I don’t see Dish having better DVR either.
However, now that AT&T took over DTV they’ve been downright awful. Especially the CS support.
My DirectTV has the "latest and greatest" DVR just installed last month - Genie HD DVR. Compared to Dish it is slooooooow. The fast forward takes forever and is unreliable as to where it stops. I've had to go backwards from the middle of the third quarter almost every game. And yes, I look at the counter. The 30 second skip doesn't skip. Rather in scrolls through the 30 seconds.
DirectTV doesn't have nearly as many receivers as Dish. Several times with DirectTV, I've had to cancel something to watch something else because all of their receivers are in use - usually recording a sports event.
There is not nearly the storage as Dish has. The first week with DirectTV my storage was 61% full. At least I can plug in a 4TB remote drive (but then I'd lose all the current recordings).
Also, I miss CallerID on the TV screen. Dish had it, DirectTV doesn't.
This is after 21 years of Dish and one month of DirectTV. There may be things I've missed.
DirectTV doesn't have nearly as many receivers as Dish. Several times with DirectTV, I've had to cancel something to watch something else because all of their receivers are in use - usually recording a sports event.
There is not nearly the storage as Dish has. The first week with DirectTV my storage was 61% full. At least I can plug in a 4TB remote drive (but then I'd lose all the current recordings).
Also, I miss CallerID on the TV screen. Dish had it, DirectTV doesn't.
This is after 21 years of Dish and one month of DirectTV. There may be things I've missed.
I've had Dish forever and overall am happy with it. But this blows. And I live in the country so my only options are DTV or Dish. I already pay a small fortune for my wireless broadband internet access (for a whopping 8 MB down and 2 MB up, woohoo!), so I sure am not going to start streaming all my TV too.
I guess if Dish is going to stop carrying games they did it at the right time, judging by our play since that happened.
I guess if Dish is going to stop carrying games they did it at the right time, judging by our play since that happened.
Just getting back to this - I'm switching to DirecTV on Tuesday. Dish still hasn't figured this out, and I spent some time on the phone with them on Friday. They seem to be in no hurry to resolve this 6-month issue and they haven't reimbursed us for taking the sports network away (even though they complain about the cost of the network being the issue, they sure aren't passing that savings on to their customers).
In general, I like Dish. I've been otherwise pretty happy with them. But, living out in the country with comparatively slow and expensive broadband internet, we need to have a satellite-based TV service. Seems like there really is only one choice at this point if I want to watch the Kings.....and it torques me. It appears to be a generally inferior service overall, but they are the only ones who (at this point) carry what I need.
In general, I like Dish. I've been otherwise pretty happy with them. But, living out in the country with comparatively slow and expensive broadband internet, we need to have a satellite-based TV service. Seems like there really is only one choice at this point if I want to watch the Kings.....and it torques me. It appears to be a generally inferior service overall, but they are the only ones who (at this point) carry what I need.
Thanks for what you do. In all fairness, I know that it's hard to get high speed internet to rural areas where a fiber optic line is an expensive proposition when you only have a few customers per mile of line installed (if that!). But one would think there can be better wireless ways than what is currently used (or at least cheaper costs for existing service like I have now).
Warhawk:
Agree with your analysis 100%.
Dish is a much, much superior platform. Unfortunately, the programming sucks and we are left with DirectTV being the only alternative to sports broadcasting.
My six-month experience with DirectTV has been less than adequate. Even though it was supposed to tape, it missed the 49er's game on Sunday. Not acceptable but there is nothing else to do except run both Dish and DirectTV...too expensive and doesn't make much sense.
Agree with your analysis 100%.
Dish is a much, much superior platform. Unfortunately, the programming sucks and we are left with DirectTV being the only alternative to sports broadcasting.
My six-month experience with DirectTV has been less than adequate. Even though it was supposed to tape, it missed the 49er's game on Sunday. Not acceptable but there is nothing else to do except run both Dish and DirectTV...too expensive and doesn't make much sense.
