Dish Network vs Direct TV   by Candice_Lee

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Dish Network versus Direct TV

Our family has been using Direct TV for the past few years and have been quite satisfied, but recently the price has gone up.

We finally decided to take a look at Dish TV and see if we might be able to save some money. Here is what we found after doing some research.(Plus we found out that Dish offers some great promotions too)see below

Start up Cost.....Dish TV vs Direct TV 

Direct TV- you can get 2 DVR receivers for $99. The first one is free but they charge you $99 for the second one.

With Dish TV the DVR receivers are included with your package so that makes them free .

Monthly Billing Cost DishTV vs Direct TV 

Direct TV- They are offering a promo that only lasts one year. It costs $52.00 for the month then they give you an $18 credit which comes to $34....that's good but then they charge you a DVR service fee of $5.99
and for the additional receiver $4.99...............so that comes to $45.97.

Dish TV - they charge 39.99 flat fee, DVR and extra receiver are free.

Yearly cost Dish TV vs Direct TV 

Direct TV is $45.97 x 12 Month which comes to $551.64. Then add on equipment costs of $99.00 so the total for the year is $650.64

Dish TV
$39.99 x 12 months = $479.99 for the year.

So Which Saves You More...Dish TV or Direct TV? 

Well it looks like the difference in price between the two is $170.65 in favor of Dish TV . We also did some reading and Dish TV's technology is far superior to Direct TV's.

Another thing that convinced us was that after the first year, Direct TV goes back to their regular pricing of $63.97 a month (you don't get the $18 discount the 2nd year). The Dish TV price stays the same.

Dish TV Had The Best Savings 

After all our research we decided that it was time for a switch to Dish TV. We also found out that dish TV has some great promotional offers to go along with their good prices so we plan to take them up on it. We hope this helps someone else in making a decision about their satellite TV choices.

Current Dish TV Promotions 

Here you can keep up with the Current Dish TV Promotions as they will change from time to time.