Major diff's between Dishnet and DTV...

[rowdymon]

HDNet, NFL St, MLB EI and WNBA League pass (yecch). Is that pretty much the main difference (programming-wise)?

[wrate]

Picture qualityand sound quality are better on DirecTV and MusicChoice is much better than Musak.

[Geronimo]

Oxygen on DTV Superstations ON DISH

[AllenW]

I curently have both services, and there is very little if any difference in the PQ between the 2. Also, I find Muzak to have a lot more variety in their playlists than MusicChoice. I guess it's just a matter of personal taste.

[Steve Mehs]

These are the main channel difference between the two currently, I might have missed one or two channels, but for the most part it is correct.

D* Only
Basic-
The Church Channel, CNBC World, Daystar, Fine Living, Health Network, Oxygen, PBS Kids, Trio, The Word Network

Public Interest-
CCTV 9, Inspirational Life

Premiums-
HBO Family W

Sports Packs-
MLB IE, WNBA SP, NFL ST, Mega March Madness

Spanish-
EWTN Espanol, Mariavision, PUMA TV, Telefe International, Telemundo W, Telemundo International, Ultisima, Univision W
The Weather Channel Latino

Adult-
Vivid TV, The Hot Network, + a few more

HD-
HD Net

Music Choice-
Upto 36 channels plus an additional 7 spanish channels all in stereo

PPV-
~50 channels

E* Only
Basic-
Superstations, Angel One, EWTN English, TV Games, Style, Nick GAS, GAC, Wisdom, Vision TV, IShop, ACN, Mens Shopping, B&F Shopping

Public Interest-
California Community College, Colours, Educating Everyone, FSTV, HITN, University House, Research Channel, Star Net, University of California TV, University of Washington TV . Plus the 3 on 61.5/148

Premiums-
HBO Comedy, Starz Cinema E&W, Starz Family, Showtime Beyond,The Movie Channel Xtra E&W

Spanish-
Gran Canal Latino, HTV, TV Azteca, Playboy en Espanol

Adult-
Ectasy, Erotic Tv Clips, The Erotic Network, Playboy en Espanol

HD-
Discovery Theater HD, CBS HD, Full time HD demo and PPV channel

Muzak-
In AT150/AEP Up to 51 channels total, 19 are mono
6 included in Dish Latino 4 or them are mono and not availale in AEP

PPV-
24 channels (10 DD, 2 LTBX)

[lkw]

The main advantage of Dish Network is not the channels you talk about, but the ethnic content. Dish not only wants to grab market share of true blue Americans, but also the immigrants market. This is where Dish blow out DirecTV:

Russian, Italian, French, Chinese, Portugese, Brazilian, Arabic, Israeli, Dutch, Japanese, French, Polish, etc.

DirecTV, on the other hand, only has 1 ethnic package: Chinese.

Of course, Dish also has the sports package targeted towards the immigrant market: cricket.

In other words, if you are an immigrant, you want programming from your old country, you get Dish Network, no ifs and buts. I've heard of a whole apartment of Russian immigrants in L.A. getting Dish only for the 3 Russian channels, pay the extra $5 maintaince fee for not subbing a basic package.

There is also the Superstation package primarily for Americans but that's minor.

[qickstang86]

i just switched from DISH to DTV
i think the picture is better and the receivers seem to be a little better also . SO FAR ANYWAY

[Chris Blount]

Be careful of the claim that PQ is better on DTV unless you are able to do a side by side comparison. Many report there is very little difference.

[James_F]

There are only three differences that make me want to stay with DirecTV for the time being... NFL Sunday Ticket, MLB Extra Innings and HDNet....

As Chris said, most channels PQ are about the same. I don't think at this point PQ is a factor between choosing a provider.

[Mark Holtz]

Whatever system you choose, get a intergrated PVR on your receiver. You will be glad you did.

[thomasmaly]

I agree Z'Loth, PVR has made our dish experience totally awesome.