Dish Network DVR Pushes My Buttons

I subscribed to DirecTV for over 15 years with virtually no problems. Earlier this year, I had a conversation with a customer service representative who, in my opinion, had an attitude problem. So, my knee-jerk reaction was to leave DirecTV and get Dish Network. Dish was doing a lot of advertising and seemed to be a reputable company, so I figured I had nothing to lose. Plus, they were cheaper.

What a mistake! Since February of this year I have had four different DVR/receivers. They all had essentially the same problems.

Some of the problems I ran into have included:

There are other problems with this receiver, but I think you get the idea. With the current state of electronic technology, there is no excuse for this kind of operation. I never had any of these problems with the DirecTV DVR/receivers and I would go back to DirecTV immediately except that it will cost me several hundreds of dollars to cancel my current subscription with Dish. So I'll just have to tough it out for another year and a half. In the meantime, I advise anybody who is interested: Avoid Dish Network like the plague.

This entry was submitted by Thomas R. Clem, Sr. and edited by Rob Spiegel

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