Earlier in the year when the Rangers games were not being televised much (they are now), I looked into direcTV and it seemed like the cheapest and best option. I could have gotten the 3rd tier package that has all of the fox sports channels and a few others that carry other teams games for the same price that I pay for time warner cable. However, my apartment does not face south, so a dish would not work.

now I’m on ATT U-Verse.

The advantage that DirecTV has over ATT is that you got the KDFI games that aren’t on FSSW. You get all of the FSSW games on ATT (like DirecTV).

The advantage that ATT has over DirecTV is that the DVR is much better (more hours from what I can tell but you can obviously record 4 things at once).

They are similar in cost…ATT might be a few dollars cheaper for a comparable package.

I get my internet through ATT (always have…even when I was on DirecTV). I’ve never had satellite internet.

I don’t have an HD TV so I can’t help you there.

In my experience, the 2 satellite companies tend to be comparable in terms of technology and price. Dish puts all of the costs up front, so it looks a little more expensive, but DirecTV gets to the same figure by time you pay extra for HD, extra receivers, etc. Dish has a cool DVR that lets you watch programs that you’ve recorded in any room. This system breaks down, though, when you are trying to record a couple of things and still want to be watching something else. Although you have to watch the program on the TV with the DVR, I think DirecTV is probably better. Also, DirecTV has the MLB channel, which is pretty good.