Is there something wrong with Direct TV and the like?

[1srelluc]

The reason I ask is I see their unsightly dishes go up, and in about a year they are gone with only the brackets remaining.

Are they so FUBAR to where Xfinity/Comcast (my town's main cable provider) is so much better?

 

[Oddball]

Direct TV gives you the intro package that's great for a year, then ass rapes you to get the same service afterward.

Though far from perfect, Dish is less of a ripoff.

 

[1srelluc]

Direct TV gives you the intro package that's great for a year, then ass rapes you to get the same service afterward.

Though far from perfect, Dish is less of a ripoff.

I guess they would be OK for those out in the sticks.

 

[mudwhistle]

Direct TV gives you the intro package that's great for a year, then ass rapes you to get the same service afterward.

Though far from perfect, Dish is less of a ripoff.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[Oddball]

I guess they would be OK for those out in the sticks.

They are...We really like the on-demand TCM movies...Other than that, the channel selection is pretty much basic cable.

When fiber optic finally arrives (soon) we're going to get a Roku box and subscribe to TCM.

 

[Concerned American]

Direct TV gives you the intro package that's great for a year, then ass rapes you to get the same service afterward.

Though far from perfect, Dish is less of a ripoff.

Both are rip offs IMHO. I dumped Dish a bit over a year ago and stream now. Hulu is just slightly better but it is better. My problem, living in a rural area is getting speeds online that are what I need. We should be getting fiber optic in the next year, so hopefully, that problem will be fixed.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL.....Remember the big satellite dishes back in the day?

We called them the WV state flower.

 

[Concerned American]

When fiber optic finally arrives (soon) we're going to get a Roku box and subscribe to TCM.

Streaming works pretty well with Starlink, but it could be better. We're looking forward to fiber optic as well. Hulu has TCM in their package, but I am still pretty new to streaming and the only reason I have Hulu is because I can get our local network channels.

 

[toobfreak]

Is there something wrong with Direct TV and the like?​

I can only speak as a former DISH TV user.

I was a happy Dish TV user for many years. Not only did I like the technology, prices and programming, but their system allowed my to access OTA programming as well and integrate it into the satellite TV. Every few years I needed a service call, usually the receiver, once the dish itself, and they always took care of it.

Then in 2016 I think, one winter day I turned on my TV to get a fatal error. Nothing was working. So I called up Dish. Here is what they did:

1. They refused to come out to service the hardware failure despite my renting the hardware off of them, they essentially owning the gear and insuring it was in good operating condition, unless I paid them a $95 fee.
2. When I refused because they were contracturally obligated to supply customers with working gear necessary to access their satellite, they then tried to continue to bill me for the programming package I was no longer getting.
3. Don't waste your time complaining to the BBB, they are a joke.
4. When I refused to pay that as well, they asked for their gear back, but refused to send somebody to come uninstall it. They tried to get me to box it up for them and ship it back.
5. When I couldn't do that, not only didn't they still not send anyone out to get the junk, they tried sending me a bill for $500.00, the price of a new, working receiver. Needless to say, they never saw a dime off of me.

It was at that point I began using OTA exclusively and found that it was both free and better than the satellite packaging anyway.

 

[Concerned American]

I can only speak as a former DISH TV user.

I was a happy Dish TV user for many years. Not only did I like the technology, prices and programming, but their system allowed my to access OTA programming as well and integrate it into the satellite TV. Every few years I needed a service call, usually the receiver, once the dish itself, and they always took care of it.

Then in 2016 I think, one winter day I turned on my TV to get a fatal error. Nothing was working. So I called up Dish. Here is what they did:

1. They refused to come out to service the hardware failure despite my renting the hardware off of them, they essentially owning the gear and insuring it was in good operating condition, unless I paid them a $95 fee.
2. When I refused because they were contracturally obligated to supply customers with working gear necessary to access their satellite, they then tried to continue to bill me for the programming package I was no longer getting.
3. Don't waste your time complaining to the BBB, they are a joke.
4. When I refused to pay that as well, they asked for their gear back, but refused to send somebody to come uninstall it. They tried to get me to box it up for them and ship it back.
5. When I couldn't do that, not only didn't they still not send anyone out to get the junk, they tried sending me a bill for $500.00, the price of a new, working receiver. Needless to say, they never saw a dime off of me.

It was at that point I began using OTA exclusively and found that it was both free and better than the satellite packaging anyway.

I had a similar experience with Dish---and their subsidiary Hughesnet. I don't watch much OTA programming other than local news broadcasts so streaming works well for me.

 

[toobfreak]

LOL.....Remember the big satellite dishes back in the day?

That was the Galaxy 5 System.

 

[d0gbreath]

I had Direct TV in the aughts. No signal if it so much as starting sprinkling rain outside.