I was in Dish for 10+ years but recently switched to Directv. Other than the hassle of learning a new remote and the channel numbering/grouping being different the change has been great. Based on my setup I saved a few dollars going to Directv. I used a local installer that I trusted and the installation was great. Picture quality is great. The signal strength with directv is significantly stronger than my dish install. I am hoping that will correct some of the rain fade issues I had with Dish. I love being able to set my DVR via the internet. Overall I am glad I made the change.

Even my wife is happy with Directv and she normally hates it when I change our audio/video set-up. With Directv we are now able to get the Local ABC affiliate which is in a dispute with Dish. Plus she gets the Smithsonian Channel which Dish dropped. The ABC dispute is what started the process of looking at direcv.