GopherIce said:
I own the standard receiver that will be replaced (and also another standard receiver)...the only one I don't own is my newest addition, which is the dvr. With my original set-up, I had 3 standard receivers installed. I was billed and extra $4.99 for two of them (first one is free and $4.99/month for each additional receiver)...and since I added the dvr, I am billed an additional $5.99 for the dvr service...is the way I have interpreted it. So I was thinking that, since I already pay a $4.99 fee for the one I would like to replace, I would not have any extra monthly charge, since I also already pay the $5.99 dvr service.
When you subscribe to DirecTV service, you will have one receiver marked as the "primary". The monthly charge for that first or primary receiver is covered under your monthly package price. For each *additional* receiver you pay $4.99 per month, regardless of its brand, capabilities, or if it's owned vs. leased. If you have a receiver with DVR capabilities, then you need to subscribe to DVR service which is an *additional* $5.99 per month and covers your entire account, regardless of how many DVR's you have.
In your case, you originally had 3 owned standard receivers. Each month you would have paid your package price (which would include receiver #1), plus a $4.99 "mirror fee" for receiver #2, and another $4.99 "mirror fee" for receiver #3.
If you then replaced receiver #2 with a DVR, and it was leased, then each month you would have paid your package price (which would include receiver #1), plus a $4.99 "lease fee" for receiver #2, and a 4.99 "mirror fee" for receiver #3, plus a $5.99 DVR service fee. Note that the difference between the $4.99 lease fee and the $4.99 mirror fee is only in the semantics. They note it that way so you can tell a receiver is leased vs. owned.
If you now replace receiver #3 with another DVR, then each month you will pay your package price (which will include receiver #1), plus a $4.99 "lease fee" for receiver #2, and a 4.99 "lease fee" for receiver #3, plus a $5.99 DVR service fee. Note there is no additional DVR service fee - the $5.99/mo covers DVR service for all DVR's on the account.