We have direct TV as well. I like it. When we have a very very bad snow storm sometimes it will blank out on you usually right in the middle of a show you really want to see too. My BIL has Dish Network and the same thing only during really bad snow storms does it sometimes blank out on them. But those are rare. I honestly like the picture quality better on our Direct TV vs BIL Dish network.

I think once FIOS TV through Verizon is available in our area we will be switching to that.