DIRECT TV or DISH?

We have had Directv for so many years I can't remember. First they took away our DNS channels then forced us into upgrading to high definition which relegated our Winegard Traveler roof antenna on the motorhome to the junk yard. Their customer support which is out of God knows where is almost no help with any problem. Right now I am only paying $12.99 a month for 155 channels because I complained so much. come Oct 1 when it goes to $69.99 I will drop them for good. Words can't explain how much I hate Directv.

We had HD with Direct

I've had both over the years and I actually worked for Directv or actually ATT. I still preferred Dish, faster set up and the DVR was better ever since the Hopper came out and it still is the best DVR. It took years for Directv to catch up to Dish on using the single coax feeds. Ever install three coax cables to your LNB and run that inside? Its a pain, glad those days are long gone. Dish also is not a monopoly still, nothing like ATT. ATT has the worst customer service I've experienced, I still get my wireless through them and I have to go to a store to get anything fixed on my account, phone help is painful. Dish has been okay, I get through to a real person fairly easily. I've had a few hardware repairs and storm damage, they fixed it, no drama. At least here in Alabama, my whole Family uses Dish.

About 8 months ago we switched from Direct to Dish and are happy we did. Equal or better programming at a slight savings. We recently bought a Playmaker and Wally for the RV and for $5 per month it fills or needs. The equipment is much better but there is a learning curve with the remote. In the RV With Direct we had a satellite system but we had to use a SD receiver. With Dish we have HD.

We did this. Other than a major learning curve and the Dish guide seems to say every program is New we are happy we made the switch.

We have had to change our zipcode several times and each time this went smoothly. No need to jump through the hoops we had to do with Directv and their untrained personnel.

Overall we are happy we made the switch. Plus it costs less.

We initially had a problem with the package we wanted when we called. Someone told us to go to a local supplier which we did. They understood what we wanted as an RVer and we were all set up. The CSC told us we couldn't do what we wanted as an RVer. I forget the details but it was something to do with our being RVers

We've never had DirecTV, so can't help you with that one. For Dish Network, of their automatic portables, the Winegard Pathway X2 is the best antenna. It has the largest reflector for the strongest signals and is capable of receiving all three satellites on both the eastern and western arcs. Personally, I would not mount anything permanently as we have been in too many situations where we could not have gotten a good shot at the satellites from the rooftop. We keep ours carry-out with 75' of quad-shield coax. It's worked like a charm for 6 years of full-timing, now.

Rob