DirecTV
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carolinagirl
What's it 2 U
We have DirectTV. I like it. We have had less outages than when we had with cable and more channels, also.
SuperGrover
jack of all trades
ememdee19 said:
direct tv rocks!
only during SEVERE storms does my direct tv go out.
We love it!!! Ditched cable almost 2 years ago. During Isabelle we lost service about 3 AM and only because that was when we lost power. My MIL called at 8 pm to say she lost her cable and I told her to come on over we still had TV!
Also, it is waaaayyy cheaper than the local cable service. For 2 tvs with their own boxes and local service I pay about $50 vs cable $75 both are w/o premium channels. Of course, if you have a lot of tvs in your home than cable may be more cost efficient since I think you can hook up as many tvs as you want without additional costs.
Their customer service is really good too! They help you over the telephone to resolve problems. I love that you can select pay per view movies online and that some of them are an All Day Ticket. This means you can select it any watch is whenever you want or over and over all day w/o paying more.
Also, it is waaaayyy cheaper than the local cable service. For 2 tvs with their own boxes and local service I pay about $50 vs cable $75 both are w/o premium channels. Of course, if you have a lot of tvs in your home than cable may be more cost efficient since I think you can hook up as many tvs as you want without additional costs.
Their customer service is really good too! They help you over the telephone to resolve problems. I love that you can select pay per view movies online and that some of them are an All Day Ticket. This means you can select it any watch is whenever you want or over and over all day w/o paying more.
I had it and hated it
It went out constantly wasn't worth my time:shrug: Then again we aren't big TV watcher's either:shrug: So having 500 channel's and all that other stuff dosen't mean squat to me, but that's just me
Oz
You're all F'in Mad...
I've had DirecTV since 1995. Never had the problems reported above but that sounds like an installation problem to me. DirecTV with TiVo is an awesome combination! Tivo service is a must-have!
Spend the extra for 1 TiVo unit - you'll love it! The other night I was watching FoxNews on cable while the TiVo was recording both Dale JR on 60 minutes, and the Corvette documentary on Discovery channel. And, during a commercial, I could switch to any of the 3 to watch.
PS. If you have the big DirecTV programming package, it includes TiVo service at no additional charge. And, a TiVo is 1 receiver even though it has 2 tuners inside. So the $5 is for each additional receiver "box."
Spend the extra for 1 TiVo unit - you'll love it! The other night I was watching FoxNews on cable while the TiVo was recording both Dale JR on 60 minutes, and the Corvette documentary on Discovery channel. And, during a commercial, I could switch to any of the 3 to watch.
PS. If you have the big DirecTV programming package, it includes TiVo service at no additional charge. And, a TiVo is 1 receiver even though it has 2 tuners inside. So the $5 is for each additional receiver "box."
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x10. We don't know how we lived w/out TiVo.