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  1. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Autoplay in playlist I searched but did not see anyone else mention this. If you are in the playlist and remain on an item for a certain number of seconds, it starts playing automatically. Before, it would just time out and go back to the fullscreen version of the program in the PIG. This...
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    If someone only searches for negativity, they will only find negativity. I had NFLST before. I cancelled auto-renew. It worked the first time with no issue and took a phone call of less than 10 minutes. By the logic of this thread, my one example proves that DirecTV handles this situation...
  3. DIRECTV Programming
    And how much do you pay in satellite/cable taxes? You can argue that a customer has an expectation to know x days before a channel is removed...it is not a right because it is not in the contract. But there is no reasonable expectation to know before a channel is added. There are many things...
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    As far as water cooler buzz, it just has a new "second" question now. The first question is "do you watch show XYZ?" The second is "are you caught up?" or "did you see the last episode?" My friends won't even discuss a game with me unless they know I've already watched the end of it (which...
  5. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Roku is a great replacement for premiums when used with Amazon or Netflix, but I would never consider it a replacement for a lot of cable shows/sports. If Hulu Plus had all Hulu content, it would be closer, but never that close. I have a Roku (used primarily for Netflix streaming and the...
  6. DIRECTV Programming
    You complain about this weekly. DirecTV has been burned every time it made forward-looking statements. In one case a rocket ahead of the satellite launch literally crashed and burned on the platform they intended to use. Like it or not, DirecTV does not make public channel announcements as a...
  7. DIRECTV General Discussion
    And depending on the design, the CPU might have almost nothing to do with it. I run an HTPC (XBMC) and in spite of the fact that it often has a programming guide that is dynamically generated (PseudoTV add-on), it is almost completely GPU-bound. The CPU, which is a dual-core Atom, rarely hits...
  8. DIRECTV Programming
    As the percentage with DVRs grow, it does matter if they show the movie 40 times a month. They are negotiating their contracts based on a number of channels. They press to get more money for more channels. This means that DirecTV is paying more for the per subscriber cost and more for the...
  9. DIRECTV General Discussion
    A huge section of early HDTVs do not support 720p. Ask Roku (supports 1080p and 720p but not 1080i) and AppleTV (supports 720p). Supporting only 1080p and 720p would be a bad idea. Supporting only 720p would be a horrible idea.
  10. DIRECTV Programming
    I like Mad Men and am giving The Walking Dead a chance. At this point, though, I just wait for them to come out on Netflix. They have so few new episodes a year that it is difficult to know when to expect them unless I spend a lot of time waiting. I'd like them in HD but I understand why...
  11. DIRECTV General Discussion
    All NFL Sunday Ticket subscriptions are auto-renewed. It even tells you on your bill that it is going to be by a $0 item that reads, in essence, NFL Sunday Ticket Auto-Renewal.
  12. DIRECTV Programming
    Simple answer: marketing takes time. If you've ever worked with marketing or PR people, they formulate, redesign, focus group ideas before publishing them. Hence the incorrect information that often ends up in things like the DirecTV magazine. They said this was a last-minute deal. Perhaps...
  13. DIRECTV Programming
    No, but there's a point at which there is little to no gain in making a channel HD. As I have said before, we are well past the numbers game for most viewers. When you can't see several of "your shows" in HD, it matters. There's a certain point where not many people will care enough to drop a...
  14. DIRECTV Programming
    Here or on facebook? :)
  15. DIRECTV Programming
    Top 20 means not in the top 10. You won't find me pressing for AMC or BBCA, either. Saying it pulls more viewers than they do is like calling it the prettiest ugly dog at the pound. The fans of TruTV are excited because, for a brief time, they will have company demanding the channel for that...
  16. DIRECTV Programming
    Ok. First, everyone was mad that we weren't going to have TruTV for the tournament. Now, everyone is mad that we ARE going to have TruTV for the tournament. The tournament will represent the best ratings TruTV will ever have had. That's the point. This is the only time that TruTV has even...
  17. DIRECTV Programming
    3D is like MSG. Nobody went out of their way to order it, some may think it makes it better, some will not and you will likely end up with a headache afterwards.
  18. DIRECTV Programming
    I hate the 3D hype, but it's not DirecTV's fault. 3D was hyped for two reasons: Theaters saw declining ticket sales and needed a way to increase revenue without increasing the number of tickets sold. Look at last year's numbers for theaters: fewer seats, higher revenue. This is all due to...
  19. DIRECTV Programming
    About what should they be concerned? They are a commercial enterprise. A good profit motive keeps customer service and satisfaction at a certain level in order to maintain profitability. We already had a satellite company that wasn't concerned about profit: Voom. That model worked out...
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