Owning equipment

[gittist]

Is there any advantage with buying your own equipment when it comes to the monthly fee?

 

[raoul5788]

No. All monthly fees would remain the same.

 

[maestro7]

Personally, after checking out both DISH and cable's offerings, the Genie HR44 has proven itself enough to my family that we actually don't mind being under contract with it.

Plus, it appears (based on recent news stories) that the Genie is "future-proofed" enough to even allow 4K programming if/when that becomes widely available (remember that most broadcasters aren't even at 1080p yet).

If leasing the equipment buys my family the tech to withstand another 5 years' worth of changes in the industry before DirecTV allows us another deal to upgrade, I think we'll do fine (we went 5 years or so with our first HD setup until DirecTV allowed a free upgrade).

 

[linus259]

I lease most of my receivers but I own an older receiver that I can activate and deactivate as needed. A leased receiver has to be returned if is deactivated. I keep it in the spare bedroom for guests so I can turn it on or off when guests arrive.