# Tell me about Dish Network

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-dish-network/301716>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-dish-network/301716 "2005-04-29T15:20:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-dish-network/301716/41 "2005-05-04T15:27:06Z")

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_WAHHHH_  
Too many trees! If I can co-erce a neighbor to cut down his dead tree it might work, otherwise the dish is going to be on a pole in my side yard. Ugh. Not too happy about that, but I do know that I don’t want cable.

Now I’m calling to have the yard marked.

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**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-dish-network/301716/42 "2005-05-04T16:47:51Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> [They just made it harder to get to.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310515)  
> Dish and Direct have satellites in different locations, maybe you’ve got leaves that get between you and Dish sometimes. I do. 🙂

Actually our local weather channel disappeared altogether - one day I went to that channel, and there was a message saying the service had been discontinued. No other info. So I’m still annoyed with Dish even though we don’t have them anymore :).

I can get the info I need from the computer, it’s just not as convenient.

**MissTake** , just dress the pole up in clothes and tell folks it’s a scarecrow ;).

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-dish-network/301716/43 "2005-05-04T18:22:38Z")

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My only real complaint with Dish Network is the lag time on the DVR. Surfing through the channels is a chore, because it takes about two to four seconds for the next channel to appear. In some cases, it’ll take ten or fifteen seconds from button press to channel change.

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