DIRECT TV or DISH?

No matter, DTV!

Sale of DirecTV expected to close in the second half of 2021; so who knows what it will be like.

AT&T to Sell Stake in DirecTV and Video Business to TPG

We were long time DirecTV customers (10+ years). We switched from Comcast and it was as if we bought a new TV. Great picture and at first, great customer service. Then the customer service and billing policies turned bad. Really bad.

So we switched to Dish. The big difference has been the way the interface works. It's much better. Better features and more advanced hardware.

When we moved, we had trouble getting Dish installed at our new place. The tech kept on missing appointments. We already had Comcast/Xfiinity for internet and it was a simple phone call and drive to the local store to get the TV hardware. So after 10+ years with Dish, we gave Xfinity a try.

OMG. Xfinity sucks. Horrible interface. Really slow. Programming that we setup kept on disappearing. The customer support was like going to a Ram dealership. It exists but they're clueless and nothing will get fixed. They aren't capable if the manufacture isn't capable.

After giving Xfinity a chance for 7 months, we called Dish and this time, the tech had everything installed within 12 hours.

Our choice: DishTV

If DishTV didn't exist, I'd get Xfinity over DirecTV just because DirecTV's billing department is worse than any company I have ever dealt with. And, this is coming from a former 10 year customer that has never missed or been late on a payment. The only organization worse than DirecTV is Ram and the only thing worse than Ram is Bye-Don and his commie cronies.

Thanks for the responses. Going to stay with DIRECT TV for the time being. Some of the "The devil you know..." I guess.

GM

I hope Starlink service grows, it looks very good so far. Most of the places I camp there are no cable or wireless services, so no dish means no live TV. Thats okay sometimes.

ReneeG wrote:
Unless the OP boondocks or dry camps a lot where there is no internet signal.

Starlink.

2oldman wrote:
You may want to consider dumping the whole satellite tv thing. More and more CGs are getting better internet, you can stream through a phone, TVs are smart, and Starlink is going up . . .

Unless the OP boondocks or dry camps a lot where there is no internet signal.

You may want to consider dumping the whole satellite tv thing. More and more CGs are getting better internet, you can stream through a phone, TVs are smart, and Starlink is going up.

I've had DTV for 20 years, but find with better connectivity I'm watching it less and less.

Changing locals and DNS became such a pain that I changed my service address to LA, and I get those channels everywhere.

Had DirecTV until the company changed the satellite configurations and rendered dome antennas useless, unless you want to watch TV in Standard Definition. At that point, I switched to Dish for home and RV. Three plus years ago, I dropped Dish from the house only because the local cable company has been giving me a very competitive bundle price for internet, TV and phone. I now use the pay-as-you-go Dish plan and I'm very satisfied.

I can only give you information or opinion on Dish as that's all we've had with our satellite. Their support has been prompt. Rarely did we get someone who you could tell was walking us through a script. Now we just use our cell phone to reinitialize when we've had it off for awhile.