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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I'm in MN - no other channel carrying the game I can find. Why is a preseason game on NFL Network blacked out?
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Not sure if the original poster still needs help or not -- if he does there are plenty of smart people out here to help but they'll need some more information first. Is the Bravia new? The HR20 sure isn't - how long have you had both? Did they ever work or are you just connecting them for...
  3. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Welcome to 21st Century America! Outsourcing and multiple layers of contractors are ubiquitous. Duke, you seem to have gotten back to where you started and don't want to go on, but I will provide an additional observation: DirecTV doesn't care about your installation - in cares about leasing...
  4. DIRECTV Programming
    Hoosier205, you clearly do not belong on an internet forum - being the voice of reason is actively discouraged in threads like this. The whole idea that a handful of passionate fans know more about how D* should run its business than the many people whose job, whose compensation, whose family's...
  5. DIRECTV Programming
    With all due respect to IRL or Tour fans ;) this has always been about hockey. Either hockey makes Vs big enough to demand treatment outside of a sports tier niche or it doesn't. I would suggest that recent upticks in negotiation activity does not represent real progress but rather...
  6. DIRECTV Programming
    I am always somewhat surprised at the venom in this thread. 97% of the readers of this thread are DirecTV subscribers and long ago realized cable companies (a la Comcast) are tools of the Antichrist !Devil_lol Ergo, this is just another way for cable companies to make you suffer. You should...
  7. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    You might get more traction on the Installation forum...
  8. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Reading the thread, it looks like phat_b and greanias are having similar problems - I may have missed it but didn't they say they both have -700 series machines? Could be an issue with that series only. I don't know what the differences are, but since they release new code to the DVR's based...
  9. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    I know we've hijacked the thread here but to put it simply: Directv isn't going to fix any of these issues, at least not in the way most here might like. Companies in America, large companies at least are no longer managed with "narrative logic" like "if we treat the customer better, we'll make...
  10. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    I'm just a customer - never been an installer but I always find threads like this amusing. DirecTV doesn't fix these installation process issues because they don't care. They've outsourced their installations to isolate themselves from all the risk and costs associated with maintaining trained...
  11. DIRECTV General Discussion
    BullS*&#. You might have got that by playing some form of CSR roulette, but when I called to cancel this year (after subscribing for 7 years) the best they could do was in the neighborhood of $250 (with SF.) The product is pretty cool - though having to pay the extra $99 for HD is absolute BS...
  12. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    If by that you're asking how many customers know about SWM and would ask for it by name? A small sliver. If, however, we're talking about how many would be interested in an option that used existing wiring or did not require wire bundles running down and around their house or multiple holes...
  13. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Understood, but how about giving the customer a choice? Given the number of times this topic comes up here on DBSTalk, it sure seems like a segment of customers would happily pay for it. And of course, I'm compelled to observe that in all other conversations of this type, Directv apparently...
  14. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    I recently went through the Mover process and my house was pre-wired with RG6 to the receiver locations I wanted. Problem - only one cable to each location, including from outside into the distribution point in the basement. SWM was the right answer even though I only had an hd dvr and an hd...
  15. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    So you're getting 60mb with your gigabit solution, a mere 10mb higher than I suggested was likely. A Cisco Catalyst FE switch is certainly old and you're improved experience is very likely NOT due to going to gigabit but rather due to what you replaced it with. The throughput on a LAN is going...
  16. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Very funny. Gigabit speeds in your home are simply marketing spew. Sure, get a 1gb switch and a 10/100/1000 card for your pc but even if you connect at 1gb, you're not going to see any difference vs connecting at 100mb. Reason: Operating systems are simply unable to make use of that extra...
  17. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Depends on how much work and expense you have to go through to get it connected to the internet... If you don't subscribe to Showtime, don't watch PPV and are largely interested in HD, then probably not worth it since there's not much content out there that is HD yet not Showtime or PPV. The...
  18. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    It's always a question of lowest common denominator. People who frequent Internet forums have a hard time comprehending just how stupid people can be about technology - and the systems corporate IT teams (and DirecTV!) need to put in place to deal with them. To original poster (kristina) -...
  19. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I'm not Doug and I'm hardly an expert but I think we can definitely say 50's or 0's on 119 (or any needed sat) is bad. Does it cause lockups? Others here will need to speak to that but I think you can assume it's not good and needs to be fixed for your situation to get better. You can call...
  20. DIRECTV Installation/MDU Discussion
    Again, how do I know what would be on 110 and 119 that I might be missing? I'm confident I don't have any LOS issues for any of the satellites.
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