Is Dish HD better or Cable HD?

[The MVPlaya]

I'm considering getting Dish Network...is their HD picture quality better than cable?

[55CrushEm]

Dish Network sucks.

If you're going to get satellite TV.....DirecTv is the best.

[RhymesayersDU]

Originally Posted by 55CrushEm

Dish Network sucks.

If you're going to get satellite TV.....DirecTv is the best.

^

[BigPlayShay]

In terms of quality of HD, that is more dependent on your TV and/or your receiver. If you have a TV with 1080p and a receiver with an hdmi output then it shouldn't matter if it is Cable or Satellite that you get HD content through. Hell you can get full HD content through an HD over the air antenna for free.

[The MVPlaya]

DirectTV is kind of expensive...

I have cable right now....trying to see if I can save some money going a different direction. So many charges each month...charges for the remote, receiver, etc...DVR service etc.

[Rock Chalk]

Originally Posted by The MVPlaya

DirectTV is kind of expensive...

I have cable right now....trying to see if I can save some money going a different direction. So many charges each month...charges for the remote, receiver, etc...DVR service etc.

DirecTV has what is called "HD Lite" by videophiles but I gotta tell you, Ive seen them both on the same TV and they look the same (Cable and DirecTV) I know you asked about Dish but DirecTV is way worth what you are gonna pay for.

By the end of this month there will be over 70 HD channels for 10 bucks a month. Early next year that number will jump to over 100 and by the end of next year, 150. They will have more HD programming than anyone and if you get in now you get grandfathered in to the 10 bucks a month for HD programmer pricetag. No gaurantee that doesnt go up with all that programming.

Anyways, the real answer to your question is cable is technically speaking, better HD picture but unless you are one of those snobby types, you probably wont see any difference.

[Merlin]

Originally Posted by Alec

Anyways, the real answer to your question is cable is technically speaking, better HD picture but unless you are one of those snobby types, you probably wont see any difference.

The difference between signals becomes more apparent when you increase screen size. If you use a front projector and project into a screen 104" wide, then differences might become apparent. In this case I have no idea since I have never compared them.

[BMF Bronco]

Direct tv blows, dish is it!

[The MVPlaya]

Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

Direct tv blows, dish is it!

What you mean Dish is it?

[bfoflcommish]

Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

Direct tv blows, dish is it!

pfffffffffffft

loyal dtv customer for years now...never have problems!

[Bronco_Beerslug]

DirecTv is adding 50 HD channels this month alone, another 100 by the first of the year.

[Los Broncos]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

DirecTv is adding 50 HD channels this month alone, another 100 by the first of the year.

Dam, i need to get DT next year

I have about twenty HDTV channels with cable

[Arkansas Bronco]

I have had directv for 2 years and had one loss in the living room and one in the master. If a good installer puts it in it works very well.

[ScotchTanShan]

Directv is not more expensive than Cable. No way.

[Paladin]

Boy, TV services sure does vary doesn't it? Satellite bombs out on bad weather, cable doesn't. I have the Dish TV stuff, and it works fine for me. I do not yet have an HD set. but it is a coming.....

[bfoflcommish]

Originally Posted by Paladin

Boy, TV services sure does vary doesn't it? Satellite bombs out on bad weather, cable doesn't. I have the Dish TV stuff, and it works fine for me. I do not yet have an HD set. but it is a coming.....

NEVER lost service last year in ANY of our big snowstorms last year. I can honestly say in the almost 10 years I have had directv I have only lost service for maybe 5 minutes TOPS for the longest outage!

Most the time it is snow piled up on dish..takes 2 seconds to get out there and clear it off....fine again!


I really don't get why people say storms you lose service...major rain or snow I don't lose it.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Why any NFL fan would would pay for DISH over DirecTv is beyond me.

[The MVPlaya]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

Why any NFL fan would would pay for DISH over DirecTv is beyond me.

Who said I'm getting the NFL package?

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by The MVPlaya

Who said I'm getting the NFL package?

Not me and I've never heard of the "NFL package" before.

[The MVPlaya]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

Not me.

haha...nah I mean dish network has nfl network so it's cool... I'm not free every sunday, or sometimes not even MOST so I don't know if it would be worth it.

Right now I'm paying $75.00 after taxes for cable...I don't have anything exclusive either.

I was reading about the HD Lite...and I could tell difference.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by The MVPlaya

haha...nah I mean dish network has nfl network so it's cool... I'm not free every sunday, or sometimes not even MOST so I don't know if it would be worth it.
Right now I'm paying $75.00 after taxes for cable...I don't have anything exclusive either.
I was reading about the HD Lite...and I could tell difference.

Ah, you mean Sunday Ticket. Well, I'd take DirecTv over Dish just because of the 150 HD channels they are bringing online in the next 6 months.

[Northman]

Originally Posted by The MVPlaya

I'm considering getting Dish Network...is their HD picture quality better than cable?

Even though i dont personally have a HD tv i have seen it through both and Direct TV is far superior to that of Comcast. At least here in MD.

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[The MVPlaya]

No, I had called in already. It is free DVR or HD upgrade (this is basically a 100.00 credit), however I would need a HD DVR and a HD receiver, which = 299 + 99 = 398 - 100 (credit) = 298...