direct TV programming is primarily all on one satellite therefore to accomplish this they are compressing the signal more aggressively than dish network is because there programming is on three different satellites. My dish network signal is much better than my direct TV signal, there are less compression artifacts on dish network. The worst direct TV signal is on channel 380 CBS East usually about 10 a.m. Pacific time.
Poor sattelite picture quality
I recently bought a Toshiba 56x80 hdtv. The picture looks good with dvd but sucks with my echostar/dish sattelite feed. I called dish and they said i needed a different box which retails for $500. My isf tech said regular cable would look better than the sattelite. Any ideas?