We switched from Comcast to Directv four years ago back in Maryland and at the time tripled the amount of HD channels for about the same price, we went from 30 to 100. Also way more sports on Directv, and when you subscribe to Showtime and Starz and pay $24 extra. On Comcast you get one Showtime and one Starz channel in HD, on Directv you get 10 Showtime and 8 Starz channels in HD. The same can be said with HBO and Cinemax, I wouldn't have anything else but Directv.
Moved here in July and brought our Directv boxes with us and had Directv immediately installed with NFL Sunday Ticket added, means I can get any NFL game regardless of what's on the local channels. Our HD reception in Maryland was as good as Comcast, maybe a little better, but here in Florida it took my 50" Plasma TV to the same clarity level as my 120Hz 40" LED TV. Meaning, it is even better, the installer said probably because I've got a newer dish that my previous home and we were switched from component cable to HDMI cable, now it's crystal clear.
I never had the problem with snow collecting in the dish back in Maryland. We would lose reception during a rain storm both there and here but that can be eliminated if you switch your on-screen guide to all channels and then tune to the non-HD version. For example if you're watching HGTV HD on channel 228, when it rains go to the basic channel 228 and the channel will appear unless it's a major downpour.
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