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Review by dragonman300 
member for 2.2 years, 465 visits, last login: a few hours ago
lodged 35 days ago
 Anaheim,Orange,CA
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4-16-13
I recently have Dish service installed three day ago. The installer arrived on time and look around my house. Install take about 3 hours. I got Dish VIP 722k. Once finish, installer teach me how to use the remote and the DVR. Very helpful. I noticed the Dish took longer to lock signal and I asked him why. He said right now, it is cloudy outside so that why Dish having hard time connecting to the satellite. Next day, it was much better, the HD channels is somewhat fine. TWC offer better picture quality imo. Overall, Im satiated. 
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Review by isp10002
member for 209 days, 162 visits, last login: 3 days ago
updated 41 days ago
- Burbank,Wayne,OH
- Contract price not specified.
- "Great selection of channels, available everywhere"
- "Bad phone support, losing signal during storms, Overpriced."
- "Great service, great selection of channels, little hd channels"
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I have had dish since I moved in 7 years ago, and service is great. I have the top 200 package from them and have 2 receivers which are both the vip 722k, my monthly bill from them is about $100 dollars a month which I think is alot just for two receivers. The only time the TV gos out is when there is a bad storm, or if there are a lot of clouds above the satellite dish. I plan on staying with dish in till I move. There block buster and on demand isn't that great really and it costs 6 dollar for a on demand movie which is a bit high really. I have my hd tv connected to the 722k and the picture quality is great. The bad item is you can't connect the second tv through hd, For that you would have to get the hopper, which I'm not going to fish $200 dollars out of my pocket for. I noticed dish does not have alot of hd channels, they are only on the major channels. I have had one incident when we replaced our old standard definition tv to a hd tv, and the remote wouldn't work at all, we called dish and the tech said it's probably a problem with the remote, we argued over the phone about this and the tech would not send out a tech out, so after arguing a I had no choice but to let them ship me the new remotes, it took 2 weeks for the remotes to get to me and guess what the tech was Wrong! We had to use the receiver buttons to navigate through the channels for 2 weeks. So we called them out again and sent them back the remotes, the person on the phone said, they would send a tech out in a few days people (sigh), so a few days later the tech came and moved the antenna around and put some lines on splitters, and that fixed the problem after waiting 3 weeks almost, never listen to those people on the phone, but so far the service from dish has been great. I would recommend dish to people who can't get cable.
Update: I currently pay for top 200 package, Really there is no great selection of channels like cable,and everything is totally over priced, im paying 105$ a month and i just have 2 Receivers!! im paying 10$ for dvrs and 7$ for dvr services, oh and if you upgrade to the hopper you get ripped off even more, if i got the hopper right now id be paying 30$ a month...
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 Review by Goober
member for 12.4 years, 5867 visits, last login: a few hours ago
lodged 113 days ago
- Naperville,Dupage,IL
- Contract price not specified.
- "Great picture quality. Hopper is convenient"
- "On demand is hideous and parental controls aren't very good"
- "Worth the money and better value than Comcast."
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On 22nd December I switched from Comcast to Dish Networks. Based on the their promotional pricing for the first two years, I save over Comcast. So far it's gone well. I chose their 200 channel package.
Installation - The installer came on the day he was scheduled. It took approximately 8 hours to do the complete installation. He had to run quite a bit of new cable since my home network is MOCA based. He had to do three new drops, but charged us for only one. The two networks are completely separate so there are no problems at all in terms of interference. The physical dish itself was placed in a very inconspicuous spot behind the chimney so it can't be seen from the front or side of the house. And even from the back, it's not terribly noticeable.
Hardware - We ordered and received 2 Hoppers (whole home DVRs) and 6 Joeys (remote terminals). Each Hopper has three tuners. In all, eight TVs are being serviced. All TVs can access content from all DVRs. It's very convenient. The Joey remote units are about the size of the older cable company DTAs (about the size of a cable modem). The Hoppers are about the same size as a cable company DVR. The system uses RF remote controls instead of IR, which is very convenient. Apparently, although not necessarily mentioned by Dish, a third Hopper and three additional Joeys can be added if needed. Cableguys forums has more information. The system also has remote locators in case you can't find what you did with the remote. The remotes themselves feel fine in the hands, although I think the Comcast and WOW remotes have better layouts.
The DVR has a 1TB hard drive for storing general programming. In addition, it has a 1TB storage area for storing prime time programming. If you watch network primetime shows, the Hopper lets you record all 4 network shows using a single tuner during the primetime hours. It will store 8 days worth of Primetime Anytime programming. If you want to keep the show longer, then you can store it onto the general programming disk space. An external drive up to 2TB may also be added via USB port.
Service and Support - Don't know. We haven't had any issues yet (knock on wood). But I hear that Dish S&S is not going to win any awards anytime soon.
Programming. On demand sucks. It's basically a video streaming service that uses your internet connection. Since I have a 50/15 internet service from Comcast, the videos load quickly and play smoothly. I don't know how it would be on slower connections. Fast forwarding is mostly out of the question. But the real issue here is that the programming choices are terrible. Very limited. But there are plenty of channels from which to choose, so we don't miss it too much. I liked Fearnet on Camcast, which I miss (even though it really wasn't that great).
Maybe it's my imagination, but the picture quality on Dish seems better than on Comcast.
Also, the parental control choices seem good at first, but they actually suck for movies that have been edited for viewing on TV. For example, an R rated Movie may be reclassified as a TV-14 program when shown on a regular cable channel. However, both classifications continue to apply to the show. So, if you want to restrict actual R movies but allow the PG-14 versions to be shown, it's impossible. The parental controls will lock out the PG-14 version.
Summary. Worth the money for now. I don't know what my feelings will be in two years as Comcast ups its game.
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Review by hnd4me
member for 4.2 years, 91 visits, last login: 208 days ago
updated 208 days ago
- Colton,Saint Lawrence,NY
- Contract price not specified.
- "great pricing and equipment features!"
- "nothing in the 10+ years we have had them"
- "Great tv service for a great price!"
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Have had Dish Network for many years and haven't had a better tv provider. They offer a great selection of channel lineups that are in our budget. There receivers are high end in terms of functionality. New equipment offered auto skips commercials. Some of the receivers are made in mexico and have had our vip722 hard drive crash a year after it was in use, but new one has been flawless since 2009. I love how i can program my dvr from any computer or my smartphone anywhere and if I purchase the sling adapter i can watch any of my recorded shows or live tv from any computer to smartphone with an internet connection. Tech support has always been very helpful and solved any of my problems very quickly and to my satisfaction. Offer innovative 2 room tv boxes that doesn't cost extra. HD is included when you have auto payment and paperless billing or pay 100$. They offer our local channels and we live in very very rual upstate ny, Directv to my knowledge still doesn't offer locals here. Dish also doesn't have a extortion tiered rebate plan like directv either. Overall fantastic service for the price and cant recommend them enough!
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 Review by Siko
member for 6.4 years, 2340 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 359 days ago
- Mechanicsburg,Cumberland,PA
- Contract price not specified.
- "Awesome price"
- "Signal drops"
- "Awesome TV service"
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Dish Network is the best TV service ever. I am currently signed up to AT100+HD with internationals and locals. It is only costing me $76 a month. If I went with Direct TV or Comcast, it would be a lot more since Dish Network has dual tuner receivers which are awesome. Two receivers that could hook up to 4 different Tv's that could watch 4 different programs. The install process was swift. The contractor came out and installed the dish and the receivers that were connected using our in house wiring. I currently have two Vip222 receivers. No, I regret that. I think I would've been better with their DVR receivers. I have heard rave reviews about those. Now, the only bad part about this service is that the signal drops sometimes. That sometimes is only when a big thunderstorms comes. I can sometime lose the signal for about 30min-1 hour max. Otherwise this is a great service for their price and their HD is awesome!
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 Review by lordpuffer
member for 8.6 years, 2468 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 1.6 years ago
- Rio Rancho,Sandoval,NM
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- "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 2 years, 146 visits, last login: 1.1 years ago
updated 1.6 years 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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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 6.7 years, 124 visits, last login: 1.4 years ago
updated 1.6 years 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 5.6 years, 1520 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 2 years 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 4.1 years, 1291 visits, last login: 3 days ago
updated 2 years 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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