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Hello,
I was one of the first DirecTV customers and have had it since. A buddy of mine told me that Dish Network was better then DirecTV and I should give it a try (he's never had DirecTV). Foolishly I took his advice and signed up for Dish's new Digital Home Plan with a 301 & 501. After being quoted the wrong price on the phone (was told my bill would be $72.99/month when I ordered on the phone but come to find out they tack on $10 and it will be $82.99/month) the installer comes, rips out my old DirecTV antenna and installs the Dish Network one. I'm initially impressed by the 501 and the PVR portion but soon discover Dish Networks shortcomings. First, I've never seen so much "Paid Programming". After midnight almost every channel is "Paid Programming". This was never the case on DirecTV, they had some but it was no where near as bad as on Dish. The Discovery Channel switches to "Paid Programming" at midnight and on DirecTV I could watch the discovery channel well into the morning.
Secondly, there is a quarter of the pay per view movie channels that DirecTV had. Pay per view movies was one of the biggest reasons for having DBS now we're severely limited in the movies and times they show.
So far I'm not impressed with Dish Network. Am I missing something? I guess it's my fault for listening to a friend without researching it myself.

I was one of the first DirecTV customers and have had it since. A buddy of mine told me that Dish Network was better then DirecTV and I should give it a try (he's never had DirecTV). Foolishly I took his advice and signed up for Dish's new Digital Home Plan with a 301 & 501. After being quoted the wrong price on the phone (was told my bill would be $72.99/month when I ordered on the phone but come to find out they tack on $10 and it will be $82.99/month) the installer comes, rips out my old DirecTV antenna and installs the Dish Network one. I'm initially impressed by the 501 and the PVR portion but soon discover Dish Networks shortcomings. First, I've never seen so much "Paid Programming". After midnight almost every channel is "Paid Programming". This was never the case on DirecTV, they had some but it was no where near as bad as on Dish. The Discovery Channel switches to "Paid Programming" at midnight and on DirecTV I could watch the discovery channel well into the morning.
Secondly, there is a quarter of the pay per view movie channels that DirecTV had. Pay per view movies was one of the biggest reasons for having DBS now we're severely limited in the movies and times they show.
So far I'm not impressed with Dish Network. Am I missing something? I guess it's my fault for listening to a friend without researching it myself.