The pinged subjects will be those of HDTV technology, satellite/cable HD, OTA (over the air with various roof top and indoor antennas) HD reception. Broadcast specials, Blu-ray/HD-DVD, and any and all subjects relating to HDTV.
Las Vegas Dave
I left DirecTV years ago due to their unfair billing practices, and their inability to admit to making mistakes.
STILL to this day, I get weekly “begging” letters asking me to come back. Nope; I’m now happy with DishNetwork.
I send their Business reply envelope back loaded with pea gravel!
I tried signing up with them but by the rates increased significantly from the time I signed up to the installation day. Free equipment at signup. Same equipment would have cost me $200 at installation, and they wanted the equipment back if I canceled.
Rotten company IMO.
I’ve been a happy camper with DishNetwork for 5 years.
Thanks for posting this and the heads up. Verizon just strung fiber optic down my back yard about 6 weeks ago and I’ve been considering switching away from Time Warner Cable to Verizon’s FIOS, their TV is, however, DirectTV. I will want to read the deal carefully before switching.
I’ve had DirecTV since 2000, I guess. Except for the HD DVR, which I bought, they’ve always kept me current in receivers and dishes. This spring, they had to move my dish along with the upgrade.
I’ve been a pretty happy camper, which is more that I could’ve ever said when I was a cable customer. But now I’ve got FiOS for my Internet access. Hmmmm.
I have Direct TV, but I do not yet have HDTV service through them. I own my hardware and none of it was branded Direct TV. I think they took a big step backward when they started branding their boxes and went to leasing. Basically, I am waiting for FIOS, or something similar.
Thanx for posting — useful information. I’ve been with Dish for about 6 years, and had no problems. We’ll soon be upgrading to HD, so I have spent a lot of time studying user reviews, etc. online.
What I have found is that it appears that the Dish Network hardware is considerably more reliable than the Diret TV hardware. My own experience is that the Dish hardware has given us no problems whatsoever in 6 years, none, so I think I may stay with Dish when switching to HD. I don’t need hardware problems plus billing hassles.