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I haven't seen a thread like this in a while. I've been a happy Direct TV customer for years but my DVR is acting stupid now and after sitting on hold for 20 minutes without ever getting an answer I'm pissed with them now. I really want their whole home DVR system but they want $199 to upgrade me with another 2 year contract (mine is up). They also still don't have G4TV.
On the other hand Dish is a good $20 cheaper per month for similar programming. They are also incorporating Google TV with their DVRs, for now it's still in it's infancy and you need the seperate box for $179 (normally $299 from Logitech). I like the idea of using my droid as a remote. They also have sling in their top of the line box, but for the price you can buy the hardware cheaper and add it to any set top box.
My other option is Charter cable. I haven't used it in years but picture quality was always suspect, especially on the higher number channels. Since they killed the analog service though I know they've ramped up bandwidth considerably. I'd imagine they've caught up with satellite for picture quality now. I'm happy with Netflix's streaming through Charter internet at least, surely their TV is as good.
Uverse and FIOS aren't an option, they aren't offered yet in my area.
Just trying to get opinions. The easy option is to get the DVR replaced or repair it myself (the hard drive is toast, you can just plug an eSATA drive in and it ignores the internal one). I already called Direct and bitched about the price last month and got a $60 credit and $20 off for 6 months. They won't budge on equipment ugrades though. My box is a HR20-700, it's still current in their system. Any chance they'd send a HR24 as the replacement anyways?
On the other hand Dish is a good $20 cheaper per month for similar programming. They are also incorporating Google TV with their DVRs, for now it's still in it's infancy and you need the seperate box for $179 (normally $299 from Logitech). I like the idea of using my droid as a remote. They also have sling in their top of the line box, but for the price you can buy the hardware cheaper and add it to any set top box.
My other option is Charter cable. I haven't used it in years but picture quality was always suspect, especially on the higher number channels. Since they killed the analog service though I know they've ramped up bandwidth considerably. I'd imagine they've caught up with satellite for picture quality now. I'm happy with Netflix's streaming through Charter internet at least, surely their TV is as good.
Uverse and FIOS aren't an option, they aren't offered yet in my area.
Just trying to get opinions. The easy option is to get the DVR replaced or repair it myself (the hard drive is toast, you can just plug an eSATA drive in and it ignores the internal one). I already called Direct and bitched about the price last month and got a $60 credit and $20 off for 6 months. They won't budge on equipment ugrades though. My box is a HR20-700, it's still current in their system. Any chance they'd send a HR24 as the replacement anyways?
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