The only guy that seemed to mention a better deal than you didn't appear to get the HD DVR.
You did fine. You got a leased HD DVR for -$40. The downside is you don't own it. The upside is if/when it breaks.... you don't own it.
The only guy that seemed to mention a better deal than you didn't appear to get the HD DVR.
You did fine. You got a leased HD DVR for -$40. The downside is you don't own it. The upside is if/when it breaks.... you don't own it.
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I am thinking about making the switch but I have one question. According to Directv you need a phone line connected to your Directv receivers. Do you have to have a phone line connected to every receiver? The problem for me is I don't have phone lines near any of my televisions. I just was curious if anyone was able to order thing like Extra Innings or Sunday Ticket without having the receivers connected to a phone line.
i've had directv for 5 years and never had a phone line hooked up. also you get one box with your service but every box after that is 4.99 per month. directv is a little expensive compared to other services but i wouldn't trade it for anything. being a reds, bengals and xavier fan here in the toledo area it was a must to have.
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As toledo just pointed out, each additional box is $4.99 a month. So, if you only have the one box, all you can do is split the signal coming out and let every TV watch the same satellite channel. There is an exception if you have an over-the-air antenna, though. One room can watch the antenna (CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC, etc.) while the other room is watching whatever is being tuned on the satellite.
Nope--you can order online too.
Trust me, you WILL like DTV better than cable!
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Yea, mine broke 6 months after getting it and they took that opportunity to extend my obligation another 6 months. They said they had no way of entering a 'new' DVR into their system without the mandatory 2-year obligation. After I made a fuss and had them get their 'supervisor', they agreed to give me free programming which exceeded the additional cost of the added 6 months.
On the whole, I would never have gotten DirecTV if it weren't for the 'NFL Sunday Ticket' and 'MLB Extra Innings' packages. But that is because my basic cable is free. (paid for by the HOA, which costs $60 per month) I still have basic cable as my backup on 2 TVs and have had to use it 2 or 3 times in the past 9 months. The sucky part is that when there is a bad storm, that's when I'm most likely to want to vegetate in front of the TV.
That said, I LOVE being able to watch the Bengals and Reds whenever they play... Now if I could just get someone to build a Gold Star or Skyline within a mile or two, life would be just about perfect.
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How does the picture quality compare, cable to Directv? Anyone have HD?
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I have 2 non-HD TVs and one HDTV. The picture quality on the regular sets is much better on DirecTV than it is/was on cable, but I suspect it's because I've gone from an analog signal to digital. I had digital cable w/HD on the HDTV before I switched to the DirecTV and there really is no discernable difference ... if there's a difference, I can't see it with MY eyes.
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