I’ve never had DirectTV but I have had Dish for 14 years and have had no problems with them.
Dish is offering the Classic Gold 250 package right now for 47.99..we have 4 TV’s in our house, I also want the HD DVR(never had dvr before so this would be awesome) and am also considering that HD Platinum package for an extra 10 bucks a month, is that worth it, do you have it?