[onebadmofo]

It is the shiznit!

Loving it. New HR34 is working great. Looks great on my Sammy. Trying hard to resist urge to pick up an 70" Sammy as I want an 80" for the mancave....must....resist....temptations!

In all seriousness, if you're on the fence with WHDVR, let me confirm it for you: well worth it!

 

[Ira Lacher]

It is the shiznit!

Loving it. New HR34 is working great. Looks great on my Sammy. Trying hard to resist urge to pick up an 70" Sammy as I want an 80" for the mancave....must....resist....temptations!

In all seriousness, if you're on the fence with WHDVR, let me confirm it for you: well worth it!

I am happy for you, and respect your opinion.

DirecTV wants me to pay $250 for the upgrade, including a trip charge, even though I need no receivers replaced. And they won't lease me an HR34, saying it's for new customers only.

I am not on the fence; I would like whole home, but not for that price.

 

[Marlin Guy]

DirecTV wants me to pay $250 for the upgrade, including a trip charge, even though I need no receivers replaced. And they won't lease me an HR34, saying it's for new customers only.

I am not on the fence; I would like whole home, but not for that price.

If your contract is up you have other options.

 

[domingos35]

If your contract is up you have other options.

he sure does and free equipment to boot
oh and did i mention programming discounts and more HD:hurah:

 

[RunnerFL]

I am happy for you, and respect your opinion.

DirecTV wants me to pay $250 for the upgrade, including a trip charge, even though I need no receivers replaced. And they won't lease me an HR34, saying it's for new customers only.

I am not on the fence; I would like whole home, but not for that price.

Keep trying. If you've been a customer for a while and your account is in good standing you're bound to find someone at DirecTV that will work with you. It took me several tries to get an HR34 at a good price but I finally did. Others have had the same experience.

 

[Marlin Guy]

It's a rotten shame, but the best method for getting the best offers is to cancel the service and then watch the mailbox.
Not that long after I canceled with D*, they offered me WHDVR with all new HR34s, which is ironically more than they promised me if I didn't cancel.

Got any vacation time coming up?

 

[RACJ2]

It's a rotten shame, but the best method for getting the best offers is to cancel the service and then watch the mailbox.
Not that long after I canceled with D*, they offered me WHDVR with all new HR34s, which is ironically more than they promised me if I didn't cancel.

Got any vacation time coming up?

I got all that from DIRECTV for free w/o having to cancel. So not everyone has to cancel to get it. And DISH does the same thing, they won't give most current subscribers a free Hopper, but give them to new customers. Have you been doing your fellow disgruntled DISH customers the same service? Letting them know they can get an HR34 and WHDVR for free if they switch to DIRECTV?

 

[Marlin Guy]

I got all that from DIRECTV for free w/o having to cancel.

Good for you. It would be nice to see some consistency in retention policies and offers across the board.
A customer should not have to play CS Roulette to get the best offers. Especially when a brand new customer can step in and get all the gravy with no effort whatsoever.

 

[underlord2]

It is the shiznit!

Loving it. New HR34 is working great. Looks great on my Sammy. Trying hard to resist urge to pick up an 70" Sammy as I want an 80" for the mancave....must....resist....temptations!

In all seriousness, if you're on the fence with WHDVR, let me confirm it for you: well worth it!

For a moment there, I thought you were just boasting your toys to make us all jealous! :lol:

 

[RACJ2]

Good for you. It would be nice to see some consistency in retention policies and offers across the board.
A customer should not have to play CS Roulette to get the best offers. Especially when a brand new customer can step in and get all the gravy with no effort whatsoever.

Again, your current provider is no different. So I don't know why you feel you have to come to the DIRECTV forum and post the same thing you could be posting in the DISH forum. They are very inconsistent in their retention policies and offer plenty of opportunities for you to post the same nonsense you and your protégé Domingos35 post here.

 

[zimm7778]

Yeah it's great. Every couple of weeks it quits working and I have to reset the DVRs and HD Box once or twice to get the programming back up from each DVR on the other. It'd be really nice if the equipment from them didn't give me such a problem. Even their wifi antenna gives me all kinds of problems on occasion.

And I wasn't even out of a contract and they offered me a free HD DVR upgrade for a second TV so I have no idea why they would be doing this to someone not in one.

 

[onebadmofo]

For a moment there, I thought you were just boasting your toys to make us all jealous! :lol:

Lol not trying to boast at all! Just spreading the word if your on the fence with doing the WHDVR, I think it's worth taking the plunge if the price is right!

That said, those new 70" are ridiculous nice....

 

[Carolina]

Good for you. It would be nice to see some consistency in retention policies and offers across the board.
A customer should not have to play CS Roulette to get the best offers. Especially when a brand new customer can step in and get all the gravy with no effort whatsoever.

I really agree with that! Isn't whole home DVR just that you can go to a TV in one room to a TV in another room and the program is the same in both rooms?
If so, I really don't see much point in it?

 

[Scott Kocourek]

I really agree with that! Isn't whole home DVR just that you can go to a TV in one room to a TV in another room and the program is the same in both rooms?
If so, I really don't see much point in it?

No, whole home DVR service is being able to play recorded programming from any HD receiver that is networked. In fact the HR34 is capable of streaming up to 3 different programs to 3 different receivers all while giving you the ability to watch another program on the local tv. Oh and the local tv will also be able to utilize PIP.

 

[Nomo1]

It is the shiznit!

Loving it. New HR34 is working great. Looks great on my Sammy. Trying hard to resist urge to pick up an 70" Sammy as I want an 80" for the mancave....must....resist....temptations!

In all seriousness, if you're on the fence with WHDVR, let me confirm it for you: well worth it!

I might just be a little grumpy, but I find this post to be most annoying after reading all the drama on your other post about your wife not being a current customer. I would love the whole home upgrade and have been a customer for a long time, but an unable to afford it. I guess if you have enough money to buy a 70 or 80 inch tv, I'm not sure why it was so important to squeeze Directv for new equipment and services. Other customers do not seem to get the same treatment as some customers do. That is what drives people crazy.

 

[domingos35]

I really agree with that! Isn't whole home DVR just that you can go to a TV in one room to a TV in another room and the program is the same in both rooms?
If so, I really don't see much point in it?

only dish's Hopper offers the ability to pause LIVE programming in one room and restart watching IT IN ANOTHER ROOM :hurah:
it also lets you schedule a RECORDING from any room and WATCH a recorded program in ANY room

Hopper/Joey system the only TRUE whole home DVR system

 

[zimm7778]

only dish's Hopper offers the ability to pause LIVE programming in one room and restart watching IT IN ANOTHER ROOM :hurah:
it also lets you schedule a RECORDING from any room and WATCH a recorded program in ANY room

Hopper/Joey system the only TRUE whole home DVR system

What good will it do when the channels you want to record from disappear in a contract dispute? Never seen an issue with the fast forward button to get to where you were in the previous room.

 

[dpeters11]

only dish's Hopper offers the ability to pause LIVE programming in one room and restart watching IT IN ANOTHER ROOM :hurah:
it also lets you schedule a RECORDING from any room and WATCH a recorded program in ANY room

Hopper/Joey system the only TRUE whole home DVR system

Meh. The ironic thing is now hat I have my 34, I rarely use MRV. And for a while before that, I used it technically, but on the same TV. Just didn't have to switch back and forth.

 

[Scott Kocourek]

Let's not discuss the whole DISH vs. DIRECTV in this thread please.

We know there are those that jump in to stir the pot just so the threads go down the toilet, it's best just to ignore them and move on.

 

[onebadmofo]

I might just be a little grumpy, but I find this post to be most annoying after reading all the drama on your other post about your wife not being a current customer. I would love the whole home upgrade and have been a customer for a long time, but an unable to afford it. I guess if you have enough money to buy a 70 or 80 inch tv, I'm not sure why it was so important to squeeze Directv for new equipment and services. Other customers do not seem to get the same treatment as some customers do. That is what drives people crazy.

For the same reason when I buy a new car, or a boat, I'm squeezing them for every dollar I can....just because you can afford something, doesn't mean you just plop down the hard earned cash for it....:eek2: