Talk me off the ledge please

[bdemz]

I have been a Dish sub for about 6 years. I am currently choking through a 921 unit as I love HD stuff. That being said, I live in the Philly area and Comcast is now offering the Motorola HD/DVR unit. They do offer a bit more HD than DISH now with the addition of Discovery.

My dilemma : I am being pulled back to the evil cable co. with the lure of 3 DVR/HD units for my three HDTV's. (Price 9.95 for 1, 18.85 for each additional per month.) also dual tuners coming end of Aug.

My new cable bill with 3 HD/DVR's, all premiums, Sportschannel in HD and internet will be 165.00 with Dish Buy Back promo.

My old bill cable (had to have it for philly sports channel) + internet = 95.00 and DISH All everything 100.00.

Could someone please give me a reason not to switch back. Satan is tempting me.

 

[bnaivar]

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[Mr Tony]

Good one!

 

[Cascade]

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[zubinh]

Switch to Directv and get the HD Tivo.

Supposedly they'll have much more HD in the coming months.

 

[bdemz]

$$

Yes but for 3 HD/DVR's that would be $3,000??

 

[Dvlos]

I have been a Dish sub for about 6 years. I am currently choking through a 921 unit as I love HD stuff. That being said, I live in the Philly area and Comcast is now offering the Motorola HD/DVR unit. They do offer a bit more HD than DISH now with the addition of Discovery.

My dilemma : I am being pulled back to the evil cable co. with the lure of 3 DVR/HD units for my three HDTV's. (Price 9.95 for 1, 18.85 for each additional per month.) also dual tuners coming end of Aug.

My new cable bill with 3 HD/DVR's, all premiums, Sportschannel in HD and internet will be 165.00 with Dish Buy Back promo.

My old bill cable (had to have it for philly sports channel) + internet = 95.00 and DISH All everything 100.00.

Could someone please give me a reason not to switch back. Satan is tempting me.

Just hang on for a little while longer and switch to Voom when they offer a DVR.

 

[ocaddict]

I say go with Cable. Nobody (including pitiful VOOM) can touch Cable's HD lineup at this current moment, and they are adding channels very often. Unlike Dish and Direct. If I had access to Time Warner again, I'd drop dish like a hot rock. Unfortunately, I only have access to some obscure pitiful cable company in my apartment complex that is about 15years behind the technology curve. So in my case, Dish is the best option.

 

[video62]

But are the cableco HD DVRs any good? I've read some real horror stories in this forum.

 

[Neutron]

Do you need an HD/DVR for all three TVs?

Get one HD/DVR (HD-Tivo) for your HDTV and a regular DTivo for your other two.

If you are referring to the Motorolla 6208 that has the 80-gig hard drive you will be in for a disappointment recording no more than 6-8 hours of HD.....