Direct TV SUCKS!

jazz lady

jazz lady

~*~ Rara Avis ~*~
PREMO Member
I've been with DirecTV for about 8 years now and have nothing but good things to say about them. When I moved to my new house, I scheduled an appointment to get the new dish hooked up *free of charge* :yay: and the installer showed up on time (actually, he was EARLY.) He even upgraded my dish for free. :clap:

I very rarely lose the signal. It's never in snow storms - only in very heavy rainstorms and then only for about 5 - 10 minutes.
 
Ponytail

Ponytail

New Member
Directv has Saturday appointments. For my HD install, they've had to come out 3 times, 2 times were on Saturdays. But yea, they screwed me pretty good teh one day that I had to leave work to meet them...another no show.

After a little chat with the Directv Techy, they were there on MY schedule next time, and quite prompt.

I lose reception everytime it rains HARD, but that's due to my satellite recieving it's signal through a natural filter called "trees".

Overall, I love DIRECTV.
 
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remaxrealtor

Guest
Railroad said:
Relax, and look at the long run. The service is excellent and the equipment performs faultlessly. We've had our system for at least 4 years and have zero complaints.
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I have to second this.
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Loss in sunny weather probably had nothing to do with the weather.. just coincidence.. sunspots maybe..
 
2ndAmendment

2ndAmendment

Just a forgiven sinner
PREMO Member
itsbob said:
Loss in sunny weather probably had nothing to do with the weather.. just coincidence.. sunspots maybe..
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Do you read? Loss in sunny weather is usually a problem with the up link. When the up link goes, you may have a great signal from the transponder but no picture or sound. The up link site may be in Georgia or some other part of the world. Local weather would have no bearing. If it is sunny with no signal from the transponder, then the satellite is having a problem.
 
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dems4me

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2ndAmendment said:
Do you read? Loss in sunny weather is usually a problem with the up link. When the up link goes, you may have a great signal from the transponder but no picture or sound. If it is sunny with no signal from the transponder, then the satilite is having a problem.
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:killingme: :roflmao:
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Can read very well thank you, and also understand RF transmissions. What an uplink in GA has to do with my reception is a little beyond me.. I know I have an up and down link through my antenna, and as long as I have clear sky have never lost signal... NOW if I lived in Calvert County, say Solomons, and it was sunny, but to the south of me, say St Inigoes perhaps, it was rainy and nasty, THEN I would lose signal.. LOS to the Satellite is lost..
 
2ndAmendment

2ndAmendment

Just a forgiven sinner
PREMO Member
itsbob said:
Can read very well thank you, and also understand RF transmissions. What an uplink in GA has to do with my reception is a little beyond me.. I know I have an up and down link through my antenna, and as long as I have clear sky have never lost signal... NOW if I lived in Calvert County, say Solomons, and it was sunny, but to the south of me, say St Inigoes perhaps, it was rainy and nasty, THEN I would lose signal.. LOS to the Satellite is lost..
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I did a bit more research. All the North American feeds for DirectTV come from Castle Rock, Colorado or Los Angeles Broadcast Centers. If the weather or some other circumstance prevents the signal from getting from the transmitter at the broadcast center to the satellite then you lose the programming. Got it? If the weather at either the up link or the down link obstructs the signal, you don't get picture or sound.
 
DoWhat

DoWhat

Deplorable
PREMO Member
2ndAmendment said:
If the weather at either the up link or the down link obstructs the signal, you don't get picture or sound.
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Damn you are smart, you must be an engineer.
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
2ndAmendment said:
Got it? If the weather at either the up link or the down link obstructs the signal, you don't get picture or sound.
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Nope, don't got it, can ya 'splain again...
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

Football addict
ylexot said:
I installed it myself, so I didn't have to deal with rude service people and waiting for people to show up. Aiming was fun though...point the dish...down the ladder and into the house to check signal strength...back up the ladder and reaim...repeat over and over and over again. But I did get the reception up to 99!

But like Railroad said, once it's set up, it works great. I only lose reception when a major storm cloud passes between the dish and the satellite...30 minutes max.
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