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 Review by lordpuffer 
member for 7.4 years, 1787 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 134 days ago
 Rio Rancho,Sandoval,NM
 Contract price not specified.  "Great Picture and Great Service!" "None" "Couldn't Get DirecTV, so I got Dish...Happy I did!"
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I first tried to get DirecTV, but the person that came out to install it said that he couldn't get "line of site." I have a big tree in front of my balcony which faces south. The Dish Network installers said that they could move my dish a little to the right of the tree and still get very adequate signal from their Satellites. They installed the dish , very professionally I may ad, and now I get a perfect HD picture. Pricing and CS is good too.
UPDATE: 11/22/2010 Still get a great HD picture. I'm very Happy with Dish Network!
UPDATE: 9/30/11 I still have Dish, and the picture is still fantastic. This is true, even though the outside of my apartment was painted, and they got paint on the Dish (which I removed), and they knocked the Dish a little with their ladder. Pricing did go up, so I had to drop the HBO's that I had. However, I am still very happy with Dish.
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Review by Red_Wings
member for 299 days, 103 visits, last login: 28 days ago
updated 142 days ago
- Grass Lake,Jackson,MI
- Contract price not specified.
- "Service, availability where cable is not,"
- "Price could be better, less garbage channels, customer support"
- "Left Dish to go to DirecTV"
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We had DishNetwork until we got really mad at their customer support and canceled and went with DirecTV.
Forgot what our monthly price was.
Order and install was speedy and easy.
We got our first DVR from them and loved it.
I forgot what made me so made at their customer support but I remember talking with their manager and her getting real rude with me.
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join:2011-04-20
Royal Oak, MI | Too many garbage channels I still have Dish Network and we really love it. But I agree that they have too much "garbage" programing. I have the 200 package and why do they have so many Spanish language and shopping channels? Dish does have a Spanish language package, why have some of it in the standard packages? I would rather get Science or NatGeo Wild instead. And shopping networks? Do these networks pay Dish to be broadcasted? Because I don't think anyone really wants to pay to receive that stuff. | |
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 Review by TPS Reporter
member for 5.4 years, 124 visits, last login: 54 days ago
updated 145 days ago
- Goshen,Elkhart,IN
- Contract price not specified.
- "DVR, picture, the install was flawless"
- "1st appointment didn't get setup right, but we got a credit for that"
- "Good for the price and reliable"
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Dish Network is pretty good so far. We have had for about 2 months. Love the DVR. The picture is good. Better than cable.
I have been very satisfied with this. I definitely like dish network over directv when we had them. Have the 625 dvr and have had good luck with it and it holds 150 hours of recording time. Thinking of upgrading to hdtv but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
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Review by totalradio
member for 4.4 years, 1366 visits, last login: 61 days ago
updated 272 days ago
- El Dorado,Union,AR
- Contract price not specified.
- "Order process is easy. Good channel selection, better than cable"
- "Have to wait 3-5 days for a new box to be shipped"
- "If your equipment fails, don't count on Dish to be fast in replacing it"
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If you compare apples to apples (programming to programming), then DISH is much better than Suddenlink. However, if you need service on your equipment, DISH makes you wait 3-5 days for replacement. This is worse than Suddenlink. If DISH wants to compare themselves to cable, their tech support should be as good as cable.
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Review by WhyMe420
member for 2.8 years, 856 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 273 days ago
- Birmingham,Jefferson,AL
- Contract price not specified.
- "Excellent HD quality, tons of HD channels, fast receivers, great DVR, lots of freebies"
- "Receiver fees"
- "DISH Network is GREAT, beats the hell outta Charter TV"
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I've had DISH Network for years and they've never let me down. Contrary to what cable drones will tell you, my signal is 99% reliable. Actually, I have found it is more reliable than both Charter and U-verse.
HD picture quality is a LOT better than U-verse, and a bit better than Charter. DISH has almost just as many HD channels as U-verse, and WAY more than Charter.
Their pricing is great, promotional prices are great, and they give out tons of free premium channels. So far I have gotten nearly a year of free HD Platinum (premium HD tier,) a year of free Starz, 3 months free HBO/Showtime, 1 month free Cinemax, plus, they give free previews every month of tons of great channels.
I also LOVE their external hard drive functionality. I have well over 1200 recordings on them and that alone will keep me with DISH for many years to come. I love how I can just use my spare HDDs (ones I take out of my PC as I upgrade them) to store tons of TV shows and movies.
I have AT250 plus premiums and free HD for life, but I have set a couple of other people up with DISH Family, costs them as low as $20 per month. It's typically around $25 per month.
My only complaint, is RECEIVER FEES. They're a little ridiculous, but, it's still overall cheaper for me than U-verse, Charter & DirecTV.
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 Review by p110011
member for 10.1 years, 1259 visits, last login: a few hours ago
lodged 276 days ago
- Oregon City,Clackamas,OR
- Contract price not specified.
- "HD quality, EPG easy"
- "Price keeps going up, STB needs rebooting often."
- "Will look into a better deal after my contract is up."
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Price started at 39.99 for the silver 200/HD w/3 movie chls. & Cinamax for .01 a month for a year. After a year and a half my cost is now 54.99. I have the VIP222 duel tuner that really doesn't do anything special like VOD or record. Every so often the EPG will slow to a crawl, as in I push the guide button and it takes about 5 seconds for the guide to come up on the screen. I have to reboot the STB to get it to respond quickly.
The HD quality looks very nice, and I get HD Theater on channel 5710. It lists as "Test" Not sure if I'm getting this one for free, but it's a good channel.
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 Review by INtech
member for 2.9 years, 949 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 302 days ago
- Brookston,White,IN
- Contract price not specified.
- "Good reliability"
- "Confusing prices"
- "Better than Cable TV"
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I've had Dish Network 15 years or so. They've been pretty reliable for that time. I upgraded about 2 years ago and the install wasn't pleasant. They dish tech (contractor) they sent to set everything up showed up with his kids. They played on my trampoline, drank my sodas, and then had to come into the house because it started raining. Nice huh! The tech tried every short cut in the book, but I wouldn't allow them. First he stated all wiring had to be on outside of house. Not. I went into crawlspace and pulled the wire through for him. Next, he forgot to crimp one of the connections. I noticed this days later when it went out and I inspected the ends. There was more to his install but I won't bore you anymore. The pre sales info lacked info. They offered to buy back a receiver I had and give me a new one with an 18 month contract. I took it only to find out they didn't give me anything. They leased me a receiver for $6 a month. I've been paying it ever since.
The signal doesn't go out often. Only really bad storms. I'm satisfied with the packages and prices. I wish the add-ons were easier to figure out. DVR, Receiver fees are things that confuse me on the website. Maybe it's just me.
Updated 04/15/2011
After 15+ years of service, I have decided to cancel. The price increase was a factor but mostly I am still mad at the way they played switch-a-roo when I signed up for a DVR two years ago. When you mislead your customers, eventually it will cost the company.
I will say that signal was usually good. Programming was lacking and I got tired of watching reruns. Not dishes fault on that one. Price increases became a problem for me. I am now going to try going with just my antenna for the summer. So we'll see how that goes. I need to get out more anyway.
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 Review by george357
member for 2.4 years, 1001 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 306 days ago
- Hot Springs,Madison,NC
- Contract price not specified.
- "Great Picture, Ecellent Customer Service"
- "None for me"
- "Best option for TV anywhere, in my experience!"
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I have been a Dish customer for the last 10 years, I have had no problems whatsoever with this company. I have had to get tuners/sat boxes replaced and it was an effortless experience and was handled very quickly. I have pretty much all the channels available except the Latino channels and only pay a base $99 a month for the programming. Absolutely the best option as far as I can tell.
4-11-2011 Update: I am still a loyal Dish customer! I upgraded all my equipment to HD a few months ago and everything is still wonderful. I could not ask for a better TV provider than Dish.
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 Review by wings10
member for 7.6 years, 2051 visits, last login: 2 days ago
updated 306 days ago
- South Elgin,Kane,IL
- Contract price not specified.
- "Picture. $44.99 a month (Including HD Programing)"
- "$14 a month charge for an additonal dual tuner receiver."
- "Cheaper Alternative to Comcast."
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Update 4/10/11
Took advantage of the Free HD for Life. Called Dish and an installer came the next day. Set up new dish and receiver.Took about 45 minutes. Picture looks fantastic. Of course it does. It's HD. 
And all for the same price I was paying per month.
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Update 3/22/11
Well Dish increased their package prices by $5. Saw this coming since it has been a few years since the last price increase. Still the best deal for us over other providers in the area. $44.99 per month (2 tv's) and that includes 5 Cinemax channels. In addition Dish is giving 1 Encore and 7 Starz channels free until March 2012 to subscribers.
I sent back the additional Dual Tuner 322 receiver (Provided service to Bedrooms) since now Dish counts that has 2 separate receivers and started charging me $14 a month instead of the $5 a month charge. Was not worth it for the amount of time watching TV up there. OTA works fine on those 2 sets as well as with the $14 a month savings we subscribed to Netflix so we can stream movies and tv's shows. 
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Update 4/4/10
With the whole scam now of charging people for a duo receiver the same as if they have 2 separate receivers I wanted to exchange my duo receiver for 2 separate ones so I can have the benefit of having my 2 other TV's hooked up this way. The cost is still the same $7 each or $14 for the duo. Now I am told after 5 years of service that DISH will charge me $149 for each receiver to do this. DISH has changed the terms on why I went with DISH and the duo receivers. I did this to save $5 per TV. Now they raised it to $7 and charged me as if I have 2 separate receivers. $14 monthly. Very disgusted on how I was treated after over 5 years as a customer.
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Update 5/10/09 No issues with programing or service. Still cheaper then cable and you can't beat the picture quality.
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Update: No issues with service. Since switching over to automatic bill pay DISH gave me 5 channels of Cinemax for 2 years at 1 penny a year.
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I had DirecTV for 7 years without problems. When I moved I switched to DISH for the dual tuner 322 receivers’ they have. I have 4 TV’s hooked up and only pay an additional $5.00. A savings of $10.00. The second tuner works by a UHF remote and I have had no issues. One receiver in my basement feeds the TV there as well as the TV in the first floor living room. Second receiver on the second floor feeds the TV in our master bedroom as well as a second TV in one of the other bedrooms used as a family/game room. All 4 TV’s can watch any channel separate from the other TV’s. Great picture and price.
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| | Oh no... I'm a recent DISH subscriber (October 2009) and have one duo receiver which services two TV's for me. That upfront and monthly savings was a major selling point for me on DISH, so if what you're telling me is true, I will have a major bone to pick with them.
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| | | dish network dish network is starting to teat their customers like trash they have changed from 10 years ago. They have gone to hell in a hand basket. | |
| | | | Re: dish network I have been a long time customer 8 years enjoyed their service. For the past 3 or 4 month I can make out the difference they seem to be VERY RUDE and PUSHY. | |
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 Review by UHF
member for 9.7 years, 4119 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 1.2 years ago
- Independence,Buchanan,IA
- Contract price not specified.
- "Choice of channels, 2 Tuner HD DVR"
- "customer support sometimes leaves a bit to be desired"
- "cable in the sky"
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I started with Dish Network in November of 1997. I've generally been happy with it.
I really like Dish Networks equipment, especially the VIP722 receiver. I can record three channels while playing back 2 programs at the same time. The UHF remote capabilities of most Dish receivers is a big selling point for me, since I can control my dish boxes from different rooms. I have all my boxes wired so I can watch any one of them on any of my TV's in the house.
We have two cable TV providers in town, and I've checked out both of their offers and for me, Dish provides the best value with the most channels, and most of them in HD.
I have no plans to change providers in the foreseeable future.
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Torrance, CA | hmm..... Had dish atbout 9 years, and my box died. They came out and gave me HD box even though I didn't have HD. It was all he had on his truck. Fast forward about a month to the first of Dec, got a new flat panel tv, called them up, got the HD programing and a new antenna installed for free, the HD I got for only 5$ a month more, sweet, got cinemax for 1cent a month more, and I must say all the HD is great looking. Happy camper
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