Which satellite tv or cable tv service is better, comcast, dishnetwork or directtv?

At this point in time DishNetwork has the best deal, but I want to know how good their customer services is, their equipment, etc. How many shows can your record on their dvr at one time?|||Hi Irenes,





Your choose depend on what you need. Like if you are like watching TV at home, in my opinion, cable TV will be better choose. But if you're like traveling, like going to the forest w/ your family to cooking s'mores, I recommend to you satellite dish. And most probably portable satellite dish or both as well.


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Thanks and do best choose for you, Alex|||DirecTV and Dish Network = terrible.


They may have great deals but if you look closely at the rules and regulations it may say that its only that small of a price for a few months, then it jumps up. Also, if you are getting pamphlets in the mail about "deals" from Dish Network it is probably not that trusting unless it comes from Dish Network itself. Ive had DirecTV once and the TV went out when it RAINED, SNOWED, CLOUDLY, or FOGGY. I then went to Dish Network and they have all these hidden fees and the reception is terrible 45% of the time.


I have had comcast triple play for a year now one bundle...phone...tv... internet all for about 115 dollars a month. Its such a great steal! The internet I hear is the fastest internet service in my area. The phone is awesome has many free features no other company offers, and the TV has went out two times which was to reset our box. Other then that it is great. Great Customer Service even though Ive only called twice. Great TV guide, great ON demand program!!|||Let's see. Anything but Comcast.





When we remodeled the house we also redid all the cabling in our walls. Despite this upgrade, we still got fuzzy channels from Comcast. Fox was unwatchable, for instance. Comcast said it was our equipment that was at fault. Yeah, right. Then Comcast suffered an equipment failure and our cable was out entirely. We called Comcast only to have them tell us it would be 2 days before they could send out a technician. We waited 2 days. The technician confirmed the problem was on Comcast's side, but couldn't fix it - that required a separate work order and that would require another 2 weeks of no cable. While this was being explained to me by Comcast, my wife was already calling up DirecTV to get some prices. I told this to the Comcast support tech whose response was "I don't blame you, but unfortunately I can't do anything for you." At least he was polite and honest.





We've had Dish ever since.





You know, I've heard all this garbage about Dish/DirecTV having bad pictures, or going out when it's cloudy out, or raining, or snowing but it's just not true. Clouds, rain, nor snow do not interfere with the satellite signal. Look, when it's cloudy/rainy/snowing does your FM radio lose signal? No, it doesn't. Satellite signals are even stronger than FM radio signals. Clouds, snow or rain aren't going to be a problem. In fact the ONLY time I've seen snow cause a problem with satellite was when I was at my brother's during a blizzard and snow physically piled up on the dish itself. The other people complaining probably didn't have their dish installed in a secure manner, and had it blown out of alignment due to wind. That won't happen if you have your dish installed by a professional, which is free, by the way, when you sign up with Dish or DirecTV.





What will be a problem? Anything that physically blocks line-of-sight from the dish to the sky, like trees or a building. However in those cases, the installer will tell you that you probably won't get an optimal signal in the first place.





Anyways, we have Dish. Their customer support is great. They really do try to do everything they can for you. And if you try asking for something more, they can often accommodate you in some way.





Dish's current HD-DVR has 2 tuners in it. This means you can watch up to 2 different channels (in different rooms if you want) or record up to 2 different shows at once. It stores about 50 hours of HD programming, or 300 hours of non-HD programming (or some combination of the two.) We currently have 2 separate HD-DVRs, their 200 channel package including local and all HD channels. We're paying about $60 a month, after discounts. Look online to see what their current deals are - just keep in mind they require a 2 year commitment. At the end of that 2 years, feel free to call in and renegotiate. At the very least you can sometimes swap your older DVR for a newer model (which we did last time) or get a small discount for remaining a customer.





The DVR itself isn't bad...but it definitely has its glitches. IMHO, Tivo is still the best DVR out there but they're a lot more expensive and don't work as well with satellite boxes.