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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I was quite happy with my 15th anniversary gift last year: $5/month off my bill for 15 months. It fit perfectly, and was even the right color (green). :)
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Living in the "traditional lake effect snow belt south of Buffalo," we get lots of snow in lake effect squall form and never lose our DTV service due to snow in the air. We do lose service when the snow is the heavy, wet kind that sticks to the dish. Best defense is having your dish in an...
  3. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Their canned responses can border on the ridiculous. I emailed once about a problem with the DTV website. Their response told me that "most problems can be solved by restarting your receiver." Huh?! :confused:
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    That makes sense to me. I thought that this would be a great new feature, but was suspicious since I would expect lots of bragging about this ability if it did exist.
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    We were away from home for 10 days, and returned to flashing digital clocks. Apparently there was a power failure while we were away. I checked my list of recorded programs, and one looked unusual. I had 3 copies of the same episode of "Rizolli & Isles." When I looked more closely, I found...
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  6. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I find few general release movies that I want to watch. When I find one I'd like to see, my local Redbox has it for $1. (I know they don't handle HD dvd's, but my DVD player does a very acceptable job of upconverting to 1080, at least for my 66 year-old eyes!) And, if I want to keep it for more...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    1. I can get their service in my "barely rural" location. While the phone, electric, and gas companies all have lines going by my house, the local TWC folks won't even discuss serving our growing neighborhood.
  8. DIRECTV General Discussion
    My 15-year gift a few months ago was $5 off my monthly bill for 15 months. Great gift! It was even in my favorite color (green)! :)
  9. DIRECTV Programming
    1. MSNBC 2. Travel 3. HBO 4. Showtime 5. DIY
  10. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I am located about 35 miles SW of Buffalo, in the hills overlooking Lake Erie. I have my 35-year-old VHF/UHF antenna in my attic switchable between my HR20-100 and the tuner in my HD TV. That way I can use the TV to watch--but not record--the Toronto stations not supported by the DVR, or use OTA...
  11. DIRECTV Programming
    I'm in WNY, and watched on the local CBS station (channel 4 in Buffalo) via D*. I didn't see any problems with the signal, only with the play. I think they're just trying to make it easier for us to accept when Ralph Wilson dies and the team is sold (and most likely moved).
  12. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I recently received a card from D* telling me that my "thank you" for being a 15-year customer would be $5 off my monthly bill for 15 months. It fits perfectly, I love the color and have every intention of using it! :)
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Please have another look at my first paragraph. I am claiming no particular connection to this particular situation, but am commenting on the general state of DirecTV customer service.
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Regardless of the details of this particular situation, the "big picture" is that DirecTV continues to have a customer service problem. There are currently 3 or 4 customer service threads at the top of this forum. It is not impossible to have an effective customer service operation. For...
  15. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I've had three surge-related incidents in the last few years. Interestingly, 2 of the 3 involved surges entering through the phone line--in one case taking out all 3 of my receivers, which is why I no longer have my D* receivers connected to a phone line. The third incident involved a close-by...
  16. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Whoops!! Seems I misread the first response. I thought he was indicating I had asked a dumb question--which was why I thought I had annoyed him. It took me awhile to realize that HE was indicating that he was asking the dumb question. Apologies all around!! Thanks TEN89. Since I'm not alone, I...
  17. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    My antenna was working for the 2 years I have had my HR-20. It was working fine on Thursday when I went away for the weekend, so I have no reason to believe that it suddenly stopped working between Thursday evening and Sunday evening when I returned. Seems much more likely that the frequency...
  18. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I have always been able to get ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and PBS OTA from Buffalo, NY. After doing an initial antenna setup tonight (Sunday, 8 PM) I am getting 771 (searching for signal) on EVERY Buffalo OTA channel on my HR-20, and the signal strength meter shows "not acquired" on both tuners on every...
  19. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I used to be able to get NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, PBS OTA in Buffalo, NY. Just did an initial antenna setup (Sunday 8 PM) and get no OTA channels at all on my HR-20. Anybody in the Buffalo DMA getting anything?
  20. DIRECTV Programming
    Same thing happened in Buffalo, NY. Local station put up a station ID card during the blackout, so it looks like the signal to them was lost. Checked OTA and it was the same.
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