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Janie · 04-20-2004, 01:30 PM

I think the determining factor regarding your choice between Dish and Direct will utlimately be your ability to have a clear line of site to the southern horizon. Dish's satellite sits lower in the sky then Direct's satellite so you will need more line of site. Also, if you have a satellite system at home, I know that you can get an extra card and service from Dish for $5-$10. They say that it has to be at the same address, but if you hook it up to a TV at home and call them to program the card in the receiver, you can move it to where ever you want. Once you do this, you will not be able to get any PPV movies and you will not be able to call them for any service. Bring the receiver home at the end of the season and put it in the basement for the kids and use it the remaining 8-9 months. I think you can do a similar thing with DirectTV, too. I know some people with DirectTV and they love it. I love my Dish. I think it just depends on what you get and then get used to using. One thing you may want to check out, if you are interested, is which one offers the NH local channels with your service. With our Dish service, we would need to point another satellite dish in a slightely different manner and (I believe) pay extra for Channels 9, 44 and 50. I am not certain about DirectTV. One final note, my husband called someone to hook up our Dish on Cow and the guy said he could not get a signal. My husband went out for a little bit longer after the guy left and managed to get a signal and it is stronger than our signal at home. So, you may need to tweek it a bit yourself. Hope it works out for you.

04-20-2004, 01:30 PM	#3
Janie Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Newton - Tuftonboro, NH Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We have Dish Satellite on Cow Island I think the determining factor regarding your choice between Dish and Direct will utlimately be your ability to have a clear line of site to the southern horizon. Dish's satellite sits lower in the sky then Direct's satellite so you will need more line of site. Also, if you have a satellite system at home, I know that you can get an extra card and service from Dish for $5-$10. They say that it has to be at the same address, but if you hook it up to a TV at home and call them to program the card in the receiver, you can move it to where ever you want. Once you do this, you will not be able to get any PPV movies and you will not be able to call them for any service. Bring the receiver home at the end of the season and put it in the basement for the kids and use it the remaining 8-9 months. I think you can do a similar thing with DirectTV, too. I know some people with DirectTV and they love it. I love my Dish. I think it just depends on what you get and then get used to using. One thing you may want to check out, if you are interested, is which one offers the NH local channels with your service. With our Dish service, we would need to point another satellite dish in a slightely different manner and (I believe) pay extra for Channels 9, 44 and 50. I am not certain about DirectTV. One final note, my husband called someone to hook up our Dish on Cow and the guy said he could not get a signal. My husband went out for a little bit longer after the guy left and managed to get a signal and it is stronger than our signal at home. So, you may need to tweek it a bit yourself. Hope it works out for you.