dish or directv

[jsrore]

I have been with D* since it started but have finally went with HDTV and want to up grade to HD DVR have heard alot of problems with D* DVR... does any one have any suggestions.....

thanks:confused:

[voodoogmr]

Well, I just switched from D* to Dish yesterday. I've seen D* HD before at my brother's house, but wasn't too impressed (more compression artifacts, softer image, etc). But when I saw Dish HD, I was sold. I am very pleased with the picture quality so far. SD looks about the same as D*, though I've noticed that my local SD channels look a little better on Dish than they did on my D* TiVo box.

I don't have any experience with the D* HD DVR, but from what little I've used of the ViP-622, I'm very impressed. It is so easy to program.

I don't regret the switch at all.

[DoyleS]

You are asking this question in the Dish section of the forum so the obvious answer is that we like Dish and the programming offerings they have. I would suggest you jump over to the VIP622 Support forum and just do some reading. I think you will find that it is an excellent HD DVR and hopefully in the next 6 months it will even allow use of External USB hard drives for more unlimited archiving of shows. There are obviously still a lot of channels that we would all like to see move from SD to HD. The current offering that Dish has is a good start and better than what most of the others have.

..Doyle

[Gottria]

I'm in athe same boat, I'm currently a D* user with an older Samsung Tivo unit and looking at getting an HD unit. Right now the HR20 unit from D* is scaring the hell out of me, the Samsung Tivo unit has been flawless in 2+ years of service, no lockups or missed recordings. Price is also a consideration, HD, locals and DVR fees we don't want to spend $70 puss a month. Righ now Dish looks really good with their new promos starting in Feb, 622 with no upfront costs and $50 a month for 10 months then $70. Not bad at all.

[Elistan98]

I to am in the same boat. I have been with D* for the last 5 years and still have the old rca receivers i got at best buy. I have never had dvr though really want it. I also have recently bought a hdtv. I am very interested in Dish especially with the 622 offer next month. The two things keeping me from jumping are my wifes obsession with xm and the new sats d* is putting up with the new channels. If I knew E* would pick up the same channels when they come out later this year Id be all over it. As of now I am kinda stuck playing the waiting game to see how things wash out

[mikeyrow]

I was a Dtv subscriber for six years, but I am very glad I switched to Dish last August.

I loved the circa 2000 Dtv receivers (remotes and menus) and was hoping to upgrade to DVR service. I waited for DTV's non-Tivo DVR for 6-7 months of delays only find widespread dissatisfaction with it.

One reason I was waiting was the hope that recordings in 1 room could be viewed in another. I had been using VCR tapes for my favorite shows, and often viewed them from my work-out room or office in addition to bedroom.

DISH's 625 VCR's could only play recordings in 2 rooms, but I am 100% happy with them. I can't imagine living without DVR's ever again. (or the 30 second skip, and rewind on live TV)

The only issue I had was noise from the DVR in my office when the fan kicked in. I bought a laptop cooler to set under it (plugs into a usb port on the reicever) and it's quiet fans are not noticeable. The cooler also keeps the internal temps down < 100. High temps could be a major cause for defects in both DTV and DISH DVR's