pitbull481 Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 not about internet. tv service only how much do you pay for your service per month (include how many recievers you have, and what package you have.) All i see is the special promotion for the 1st 3 months but doesnt show what it will cost after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|3v|lon3| Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 i pay 45 bucks a month for 3 dvr's and 2 regular boxes i have all the hbo cinemax channels.. so im good to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGOKURULES Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 Well I have Comcast and pay 52.00 dollars for on-demand,hbo, dvr, and Hdtv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 i wanna get directv or dish but i can never find a good price, plus i have to convince my parents to switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 I have Dish basic 60 channel package 1 reciever.I have had it for about 4 years now.This is the total monthly price tax & all. $31.86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 damn that is cheaper that Comcast's digital cable i think.. Do you guys get HD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted March 6, 2006 Author CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 does tv service go out on bad weather (heavy rain, windy, etc.)? from what i heard they suck on bad weather. service goes out alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 Swimmer:I don't have a HD television but it is supposed to be HD.I probably have the lowest price package available.It initially required a 1 year contract.It does have pay per veiw so the costs go up if you use that. pitbull481: Ocasionally heavy rain will stop the signal but not every rain does this only a real down pour.Its windy here & I haven't had wind cut signal.btw the wind really affected the signal when I had cable. That would probably be a loose dish problem.Mine is roof mounted if it was pole mounted it might not even have the rain problem.I wanted mine mounted in a less visable place on my house so it isn't where the installer origionally put it.This did slightly lower signal stregnth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|3v|lon3| Posted March 6, 2006 CID Share Posted March 6, 2006 yea i have hd And no it never goes out .. we just had a terrible snow storm like a month ago and it didnt flicker once.. im in arkansas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sst45jeff Posted March 10, 2006 CID Share Posted March 10, 2006 only time i have trouble with mine is when i get snow on the dish. brush it off and all is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted March 10, 2006 CID Share Posted March 10, 2006 The DirecTV rarely goes out in bad weater, unless you got one hell of a rainstorm, snowstorm, but its only for a few secends then its back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 10, 2006 CID Share Posted March 10, 2006 I've had Dish be out 30 minutes to an hour in a thunderstorm but in the Texas Panhandle we sometimes have 70mph+ winds with a thunder storm.I have never had snow even heavy snow interupt the signal.Overall a much better picture than cable which almos any wind above 10mph began to produce a poorer picture by the time it got to 70mph the cable almot always went out sometime for several hours.Btw I had the cable from the pole replaced & still had the problem.Probably underground would have fixed it.I don't know how the cable co.would have felt about that since everything in my neighborhood is in the air.So the would have had to run it down the pole & across the alley & I would have had to do the undergroun work on my property.There cables that connected to mine would have still been in the air.So this would probably have ben a lot of work & expense for little benefit.So I'm much better satisfied with the Dish. Does any one use one of the 'Big" dishes ?I see them but don't know anyone wth one.What do they recieve these days?How much is free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted March 10, 2006 CID Share Posted March 10, 2006 I have Dish basic 60 channel package 1 reciever.I have had it for about 4 years now.This is the total monthly price tax & all. $31.86 pretty sure Dish offers this to a new signer for 19.99 fixed price ! Been on DirecTv for awhile...no cheaper packages, all over $42 (prices again went up), been thinking of switching to Dish.Dish also offers the 2nd box at no montly cost according to the promo flyer, DirecTv charges me 4.99 . Dont think I need 180 chanels anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted March 10, 2006 CID Share Posted March 10, 2006 fikester : I guess I will have to look at the Dish for new customers Pkg.But what I posted is what I pay about $2.00 is tax.I only have 1 receiver.So maybe they are screwing the old customers a little.I don't know how I could get the new customer deal though.I would probably have to cancel : wait awhile then sign another 1 year contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted March 10, 2006 CID Share Posted March 10, 2006 oh yes direcTv does the same thing...its only new customers get the deals. I bet if you call and tell them you are going to cancel out because of that price......they will most likely reduce your bill? Would be worth the phone call to save a few bucks? DirecTv reduce my bill somewhat...told them I was leaving for Dish, still not 19.99 month, hey 5 bucks is 5bucks right? I remember when hughes dish hit the market at around 800 bucks for equipment/19.99 for total choice dual system was around 1400. Now the systems are free for the most part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm24ns58 Posted March 11, 2006 CID Share Posted March 11, 2006 Here is a breakdown of what I pay. TOTAL CHOICE PLUS Monthly 45.99 ---Includes Local Channels 02/14/06 03/13/06 DIRECTV DVR Service Fee Monthly 4.99 Subscriptions For Receiver: xxxxxxxxx 02/15/06 Additional Receiver 4.99 Subscriptions For Receiver: xxxxxxxxxx 02/15/06 Additional Receiver 4.99 I have 1 Tivo unit and 2 receiver. Directv rarely goes out. It really has to be pouring down raining to make it go out. I would say it goes out maybe 2 per year here in MD. When it does it is only for a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted March 11, 2006 CID Share Posted March 11, 2006 here is the current prices for DirecTv....total choice plus is 49.99 with locals according to my bill and the web page. directv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm24ns58 Posted March 11, 2006 CID Share Posted March 11, 2006 That is weird fikester. I just pulled my actual March bill as well. Total Choice Plus Monthly---45.99 Directv DVR Service Fee Monthly---4.99 Additional Receiver---4.99 Additional Receiver--4.99 Sales Tax .55 I don't think I have any special retention or anything so I am at a lost for the difference in price. I did notice the website price as well. I don't think I will bring it to their attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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