Well said, Mike. :upI have had DISH going on 14 years come January 17 of 2011. Over all the price is lower than cable or DIRECTV( home of the evil empire). I have had all the different dvrs going back to the original webtv/dishplayers in 99. I have suffered through just about every technical/software related bug that there is with all the different dvrs, including the new 922. I have had to adjust my programming options and my different additional receivers to avoid the every changing ,ever growing in number "just because we can" fees. Inconveinent and yes, I do not agree with the direction that DISH has taken with all these fees.
The one thing that has made me stay with DISH over any other provider has been THIS website. IF it hadn't been for satguys, I wouldn't of known about the hd+plat pack for $10.00 that lead me to FREE HD for life when they changed their promo last June. I wouldn't of known about the various credits you could get from DISH. The $5.00 credit for keeping your phone line plugged in , that has sadly since been done away with .
Over the last 7 years that I have been with satguys as a member I have learned a whole lot, including how to install my own sat dish. I have installed dishes at all my family members homes . I have learned about "moving" which has given me and my family, access to HD locals way before we were able to get them in our home town area. I learned about distant networks through AAD that gave me an mine more options. I learned about eastern arc and got to install my own eastern arc dish 2 years ago before many even knew about it.
Yes, I like DISH and have tried both cable and DIRECTV and no other option has been as good as DISH in my eyes. The price is lower and you have many different options as far as receivers and external hard drive archiving , though the 922 still lacks this feature. But the only thing that has made my experience with DISH a good one, is the inside track I get from Scott and this website in the way of rumors and behind the scene information that only this site and it's members can provide.
So I won't be going anywhere anytime soon . I hope to have DISH and be a member at satguys for many years to come.
After 3 years with DirecTV I came back to Dish network.Being a SD subscriber I wanted more and that's what Dish has,more SD Premium Movie Channels and The Hallmark Movie Channel in SD.
After being a willing participant in NDS DVR hell with DirecTV,I chose Dish's 625 DVR.Needless to say I have been pleasantly surprised with the 625's 2 hour pause and 2-120 minute live buffers,plus you don't have to always activate it.In fact it's alittle boring because everything just works,even the Caller ID is consistent.It's like I have come home.
Well, since I now have said how wonderful they are, I guess I shouldn't be surprised if my system crashed now!
While not exactly directly on topic, but still the same idea:
Reasons I jumped ship from Direct to Dish:
1) After being a customer of Dtv for over 10 years, I wanted new equipment and HD. (this was 2 months ago). They offered me $5 off my bill for 3 months, no HD for life (I would have to pay after a year), and the equipment was incompatible with my home setup (I have a coax setup to some non HD tv's, Direct did not have coax connections (I know, I could get stuff to make it work, my point is why?)
2) I had the most expensive package (sans HD) for 10 years, but yet they never let me know about upgrades. I had a single LNB for all that time (and installed by me, my own equipment). Only when their channel detail of what, when, where wasn't working did they finally get in touch and "offer" new equipment (that wasn't acceptable to me).
3) The treatment by them when I wanted to upgrade was a clear pitch to make much money for them, no interest in a loyal customer.
4) In fairness, the service was adequate and no complaints until I wanted to upgrade.
5) My bill went down about $50 a month (of course, it is due to incentives) with MORE movie channels plus HD. I am not a heavy sport fanatic, so I didn't care about not having their expensive "payforview" football/basketball/stuff.
6) Love Epix.
7) Love Dish Earth. Many people think its a novelty, I am always in awe that we can look at ourselves from space.
8) New equipment for "free" including DVD!
9) Minor hassles did occur in trying to find 129, but the installer did an outstanding job.
10) Superior video quality in even my non HD tv.
11) like the "on demand" feature (even if it is on the receiver hard drive)
12) like the expansion (haven't done it yet) up to 1 TB for the DVD hard drive.
13) Minor boo boo fixed quickly by respectful customer care (at least my limited experience), no pressure sales.
14) Nice benefit of a few free pay for views via coupons (never got it this simple with the other place, had to buy and then later hope to redeem stuff)
15) Seems to me to have more pay for view movies.
16) IMHO, a better web site that actually is useful and not just promoting stuff. I do wish they had an "app" for my phone, however, like dtv did have.
17) Did I say price? The savings paid for my new HDTV over 2 years, plus I got new equipment!
Well, since I now have said how wonderful they are, I guess I shouldn't be surprised if my system crashed now!
(hate gender neutral names such as Taylor )
