What are the advantages to either that you know of? A few off the top of my head lean toward Directv. Both have the $10/whole home/dvr/fee. Dish is charging $7 per additional rec & Direct is charging $6 per additional rec. Direct has a leg up with the fact every TV is a live tuner by itself. Dish has the advantage with prime time whenever time, but that is the only advantage I can see. I would love to see some side by side comparisons excluding programming & hear what others have to say. As always new customers will be able to take advantage of either with the least amount out of pocket, so with that said this thread is the nuts & bolts based on monthly fees/technology & not what it cost you to upgrade to either 1.