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DirecTV Experience
- Thread starter RealMoneyIssues
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burrocrat
Well-known member
Thank you sir. And will you be paying by cash, or credit card today?
jpcavin
Well-known member
I think Burro answered.what?
PessOptimist
Well-known member
RMI, check out this link. http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
It got the neighborhood protection commitee off our backs about sat dishes. It applies to antennas too.
Back in the day the builder had contracted with COX about TV service. COX stated one year before they could get a roundtoit. Many of us or our families could not do without TV so we installed dishes. Other new homeowners asked about our illegal dishes. We spread copies of the FCC fact sheet around and the HOA backed off. They still frown on and try to stop antennas for OTA reception but usually lose. They still prohibit clothes lines and only approved solar panels when the local power provider said it was OK. Makes you wonder about the HOA's motivations.
FWIW, I can receive all local channels using an old VHF loop antenna sitting on top of the furniture. The picture quality is better than the DirecTV local channels. Turns out that going to the antenna is a button too far for a family member so we still pay for local channels.
I have had pretty good luck with DirecTV since 98. We seem to have a lot of outages on HD channels from time to time. Heavy rain will take the whole thing down.
Buster, here we don't care so much for our COX.
It got the neighborhood protection commitee off our backs about sat dishes. It applies to antennas too.
Back in the day the builder had contracted with COX about TV service. COX stated one year before they could get a roundtoit. Many of us or our families could not do without TV so we installed dishes. Other new homeowners asked about our illegal dishes. We spread copies of the FCC fact sheet around and the HOA backed off. They still frown on and try to stop antennas for OTA reception but usually lose. They still prohibit clothes lines and only approved solar panels when the local power provider said it was OK. Makes you wonder about the HOA's motivations.
FWIW, I can receive all local channels using an old VHF loop antenna sitting on top of the furniture. The picture quality is better than the DirecTV local channels. Turns out that going to the antenna is a button too far for a family member so we still pay for local channels.
I have had pretty good luck with DirecTV since 98. We seem to have a lot of outages on HD channels from time to time. Heavy rain will take the whole thing down.
Buster, here we don't care so much for our COX.
jpcavin
Well-known member
RMI, check out this link. http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
Buster, here we don't care so much for our COX.
See what you started, Buster? :laugh:
nnuut
Moderator | TSP Legend
I had Cox for years and liked it, reliable and good service, BUT doesn't offer many programs that are available on SAT, another thing is cost just before I switched they had ANOTHER unannounced rate Bounce and that made up my mind. Losing service in a thunderstorm is a BUMMER, but I have Internet 24/7. Cox Internet Service is top notch!
PessOptimist
Well-known member
Re: DirecTV Experience - my COX
I should rephrase that and say at the time we didn't care much for our COX.
Now I am using my COX for internet access and get basic TV service for the same price. The ISP thing has been pretty good. They have "decertified" my modem once and though I was given 90 days to replace it, strangely the modem "failed" to connect to them the very next Saturday morning. I rolled over for my COX and bought a "recommended" modem from their store. Of course the customer service rep tried to charge me 250% of the advertised price until I showed him my COX e-mail. All is OK now for a couple years though I do get asked "why is the TV different in the other bedrooms?" once in a while.
I still have DirecTV, my COX and local PSTN service. Yeah I could bundle and probably save a bunch. As a comm type I understand that when you have all your eggs in one basket, if the basket breaks all the eggs get broken.
There is something comforting to an older person like myself to have a telephone that doesn't require AC power that works connected to two copper wires that are connected to a device that has the potential to work for quite some time off of a DC battery system. I do occasionally have to retrieve the non AC powered telephone device from a shelf in the garage or the trash can.
Back on subject. DirecTV - if it is your only option or you like it, go for it.
As far as installers go, most are contractors and use the SAT receiver to position the antenna. Most will NOT do anything with the wiring except drape it along the outside of the house and drill or use a punch to make a big sloppy hole through the wall. My experience comes from when I used a free upgrade to a digital receiver and four LNB dish. The coax wiring was in place and all they had to do was install the new receiver; the new dish and aim the dish. They did that. When I asked about installing additional coax for the additional LBAs they said no. Some on this board may say that was my fault because my foreign language skills are lacking. I decided that I did not want to offer them a side job running coax through the walls. They showed up in an unmarked SUV, no DirecTV IDs of any kind but had the receiver and dish. I called DirecTV and they said, yeah, they are our installers.
Your experience may vary.
I should rephrase that and say at the time we didn't care much for our COX.
Now I am using my COX for internet access and get basic TV service for the same price. The ISP thing has been pretty good. They have "decertified" my modem once and though I was given 90 days to replace it, strangely the modem "failed" to connect to them the very next Saturday morning. I rolled over for my COX and bought a "recommended" modem from their store. Of course the customer service rep tried to charge me 250% of the advertised price until I showed him my COX e-mail. All is OK now for a couple years though I do get asked "why is the TV different in the other bedrooms?" once in a while.
I still have DirecTV, my COX and local PSTN service. Yeah I could bundle and probably save a bunch. As a comm type I understand that when you have all your eggs in one basket, if the basket breaks all the eggs get broken.
There is something comforting to an older person like myself to have a telephone that doesn't require AC power that works connected to two copper wires that are connected to a device that has the potential to work for quite some time off of a DC battery system. I do occasionally have to retrieve the non AC powered telephone device from a shelf in the garage or the trash can.
Back on subject. DirecTV - if it is your only option or you like it, go for it.
As far as installers go, most are contractors and use the SAT receiver to position the antenna. Most will NOT do anything with the wiring except drape it along the outside of the house and drill or use a punch to make a big sloppy hole through the wall. My experience comes from when I used a free upgrade to a digital receiver and four LNB dish. The coax wiring was in place and all they had to do was install the new receiver; the new dish and aim the dish. They did that. When I asked about installing additional coax for the additional LBAs they said no. Some on this board may say that was my fault because my foreign language skills are lacking. I decided that I did not want to offer them a side job running coax through the walls. They showed up in an unmarked SUV, no DirecTV IDs of any kind but had the receiver and dish. I called DirecTV and they said, yeah, they are our installers.
Your experience may vary.
Buster
Well-known member
We're not?
PessOptimist
Well-known member
I no longer have any idea what the subject is. I still have my COX. No COX BOX in the house but two DirecTV BOXs, both old and new. Not sure what I have a hand on at this point. Hands on application is sometimes best.
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