Choosing Dish Network vs Direct TV is a difficult task

If picking between Dish Network vs Direct TV were such an easy task I would have made it a while ago. But it isn’t as I don’t really want to make a wrong decision yet in many ways it appears both options offer about the same attributes. Obviously what you select in the way of programming has the biggest effect on the cost of the service, but if you take an apples to apples look it appears that competition has kept pricing within an acceptable difference when considering programming selection. Does anyone have a thought on what other criteria I could consider in the selection process?