Best deal on HD for a new Customer

[J-Rod]

Howdy,

I've been a lurker, and decided to register to aska few questions. Please bear with me if these are n00b questions.

I'm moving to a new location, and our previous satellite was in my wife's maiden name.

So, I now have the opportunity to go with a new setup as a new customer of either provider. So, I'm looking at my options. I'm located in the Houston Area, so as I understand it, we're should be in play for the MPEG-4 upgrade.

I have a 65" HD TV, so HD is one of the things I am interested in having. NFL or sports related programming in HD is not a priority.

So, my questions are as follows:

With the choice of either system as a new customer would you use DirecTV or Dish?

I have seen posts on various forums about folks calling customer retention to get a "sweeter" deal (i.e. knocking the price on the DVR down, or getting 6 months of HD or HBO instead of 3). What do you think the "best"deal I should be able to get on an HD pack (at least one HD reciever, DVR optional).

Which group at DirecTV should I contact to obtain the best deal?

To boil it down, I'm looking to get the most bang for the least buck . So, any insight or tips you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[vurbano]

Howdy,

I've been a lurker, and decided to register to aska few questions. Please bear with me if these are n00b questions.

I'm moving to a new location, and our previous satellite was in my wife's maiden name.

So, I now have the opportunity to go with a new setup as a new customer of either provider. So, I'm looking at my options. I'm located in the Houston Area, so as I understand it, we're should be in play for the MPEG-4 upgrade.

I have a 65" HD TV, so HD is one of the things I am interested in having. NFL or sports related programming in HD is not a priority.

So, my questions are as follows:

With the choice of either system as a new customer would you use DirecTV or Dish?

I have seen posts on various forums about folks calling customer retention to get a "sweeter" deal (i.e. knocking the price on the DVR down, or getting 6 months of HD or HBO instead of 3). What do you think the "best"deal I should be able to get on an HD pack (at least one HD reciever, DVR optional).

Which group at DirecTV should I contact to obtain the best deal?

To boil it down, I'm looking to get the most bang for the least buck . So, any insight or tips you might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Call Dish. Directv only does two HD channels as far as I know and that is ESPNHD and ESPNHD2 at 1280x720p. The rest is bitstarved and downrezzed crap. 1280x1088i.

 

[Tonedeaf]

You can get HD receivers free after rebate and you can get a DVR free after rebate.

 

[J-Rod]

Call Dish. Directv only does two HD channels as far as I know and that is ESPNHD and ESPNHD2 at 1280x720p. The rest is bitstarved and downrezzed crap. 1280x1088i.

Hasn't Dish downrezed its feeds also?

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?p=427730&posted=1#post427730

 

[vurbano]

Hasn't Dish downrezed its feeds also?

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?p=427730&posted=1#post427730

ESPNHD is 1280x720p, HDnet, Hdnetmovies, DiscoveryHD, SHOHD, HBOHD,TNTHD etc are all 1920x1080i as far as I know.