Dish Network DishPlayer 500 Channel Satellite System

Pros: New Systems, great reception, excellent customer service, and more channels
Cons: need a phone line

OK, we have all heard the ads. Dish Network is truly the best entertainment value around. I know this because I have worked with them for two years. The last eight months I did installations for them. So I may seem biased but its the truth.
The...

Pros: Great Service. Great Options. Great Customer Service. Satisfaction Guarenteed.
Cons: Sometimes May Lose A Signal In Bad Weather.

I've only had Dish for a few months but......... no, wait I take that back. I first started with Dish, went to DirectTv then to VOOM( thank god it's dead) then back to Dish which is what I have now and I must say I'm enjoying it. Let me tell you why. ...

Pros: great picture, remotes easy to use, "could" use cable lines, programming is cheap.
Cons: PPV mistakingly ordered channels suddenly not there, customer service so-so, they do lie.

We were tired of paying Adelphia $130 a month for cable that gave us maybe 60 channels, most of which show the same crap day after day. We looked at this DISH Network and it looked like a great deal for the money. I called DISH to verify everything I was ...

Pros: pause live tv pretty sweet
Cons: I only have 15 words...read the review

This is honestly the first time that I have been upset enough to seek out and post a review of a product/service. My wife and I went a year and a half without T.V. We live in a rural area and are only able to pick up one channel consistently with an ...

Pros: UPN is available
Cons: Customer Service is HORRIBLE

My husband is an avid Star Trek fan. Last year he saw there was a new series Enterprise coming out on UPN. Our cable company doesn't offer it and so we looked into satellites that do. Unfortunately for us Dish Network was the only one.

When...

Pros: Better than a rabbit ear antenna, but not much!
Cons: Worst customer service support of ANY company.

The absolute worst customer service in the industry. Equipment barely outlives the warranty. The Dish Network system cost me over $700.00 a couple of years ago, and I have since had three receivers go out. Today, you can get the same equipment from...

Pros: Good picture, prices of programming comparable to C-Band
Cons: Worst Customer Service I have ever had to deal with

I got my Dish 500 installed on May 18, 2002. I was told that I would save $100 by paying for 1 year of programming with a major credit card. When I received my credit card statement on 6-17-02 I was charged for the entire amount $510.88 ($451.00 for...

Pros: price, quality
Cons: none

I decided to get the Dish Network because of very poor cable tv service and high package prices. For the same amount of money I am getting more than twice the channel lineup I had with cable. The dish and receiver were free (after rebate) as was the...

Pros: Great reception, lots of package options
Cons: Customer service

We had our Dish Network installed right after we moved into our new house in November of 2000. We have had very few problems. The installer was quite late for our appointment, but we didn't have any plans that night anyway.

The reception...

Pros: All the channels
Cons: Billing and customer service stink

I have been a Dish Network subscriber for four years. I enjoy the channel selection but would probably change services except for the startup cost to change. Dish offers many sign on incentives but does not pass the savings on to existing customers...

Pros: PAUSE, RECORD, REWIND live TV! Hands-down worth the money for this receiver!
Cons: Customer service, periodically need to reset system (1x/month)

I must say, THE best feature of this unit is hands-down the hard-drive recording DVR (Digital Video Recorder)

PAUSE live TV: can pause for up to 30 minutes (buffer), and then resume with delayed-feed, or fast forward to LIVE feed

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Pros: picture/sound quality - pause live TV/record to disk
Cons: need clear path

After suffering with poor cable system performance and limited channels I purchased the Dish Network system. I have been a Dish Network customer for almost 4 year. The picture and sound quality are nothing short of great. I purchased a DishPlayer...

Pros: Good picture
Cons: too many to mention

I was so excited when I opened my present from my parents last year at Christmas. It was a Dish Network Satellite. I had been wanting one for awhile but just couldn't bring myself to spend the money on one.

Well,I got it hooked up,had my...

Pros: Huge number of channels for the price; six receivers per dish
Cons: There's still nothing on TV

Unlike the previous reviewer, I can't comment much on Customer Service because I have only needed it once or twice...both times I was on hold (their dime) for about 10 minutes for technical issue.

I am a former DirecTV user... I loved it. When...

Pros: On tv menu guide, less expensive than cable
Cons: Customer service is pitiful. They are robots with a broken microchip

This is mainly a gripe so let me get the positives out of the way:
The system is reliable, good programming choices, easy to install.
Minor gripe: Dropping an option is $5. I tried the sports package and didn't feel it was worth $10/month, but...