direct tv

bdyman · Post by **bdyman** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:06 pm

i had comcast for 4 yrs never one problem with them up to about a yr ago, pic always goin in and out customer service has been shitty, so g/fs parents turned me on to direct tv
got it installed saturday morning, so far so impressed, xm radio, over 200 channels, pic and sound way better then comcast, customer service very nice
and a dvr to boot!! that thing is the coolest device i have ever come in contact with lol
but ya iam happy as hell just thought i would share
and oh ya iam payin 65 a month for all that when comcast didn`t give me shit

<<< me

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:43 am

We have direct tv, I'm not to fond of it... It's pretty retarded when their rates spike up every six months... Just wait, within the next couple of months your rates will go up a couple bucks... Then a few months will go by and they'll send you a letter say its going up a little more....

In the last year or so our rates went up like 20 bucks a month...

Sorry, didnt mean to hi-jack your thread, just trying to warn you...

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:19 am

is that 65 a month with Internet?

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:39 am

we have directv and it rocks.....turn on that xm chill station and get it on with the ol lady......we have never had any problems and no rate hikes but we actually got a package deal through our phone company where we got the satellite, home phone, and internet for a special deal but we did awaay with the land line, and internet and now have satellite for tv and cable for internet and no phone at all

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:59 am

Hmmm^ I have digital Cable and I love it, but at the same time i really hate the internet package that we have and its theior "TOp of the line" Platinum package... BS is what it is .. .Damn DSL... Anyway... at school im forced to buy their crappy digital cable but i was thinking if I could get Comcast or Direct TV somehow and its only $65 a month i would totally do that, and i dont really need all that fancy XM stuff or extra channels... just 1-76 is fine with me.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:47 am

For HD&Digital cable +HBO & DVR, 12Mb internet, and phone, it's about $130 a month here for Cox. I think most of it is for the tv cable. Probably $70 per month just for that.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:57 pm

Never tryed DirectTV, but had Dish Network and loved it for the first year... we had the DVR too, and yeah I loved the fact that I could pause regular tv for up to 2hrs. to talk on the phone, get something to eat, or just go to the bathroom, then come back and skip through the commercials :)
But it didn't last... once our contract was up (1 year) they started increasing the price like Justin's did to him, and were paying $20 bucks more a month after 6 more months...
And if that isn't bad enough... When we cancelled it they sent out a box for the set top DVR and then tryed charging my credit card for it the next day... Luckily my bank called to verify the payment ($680), and I stopped it... called dish and told them they can go get screwed tryin to bill me just one day after I got the boxes to return it in

I do miss that DVR though

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:58 pm

Never tryed DirectTV, but had Dish Network and loved it for the first year... we had the DVR too, and yeah I loved the fact that I could pause regular tv for up to 2hrs. to talk on the phone, get something to eat, or just go to the bathroom, then come back and skip through the commercials :)
But it didn't last... once our contract was up (1 year) they started increasing the price like Justin's did to him, and were paying $20 bucks more a month after 6 more months...
And if that isn't bad enough... When we cancelled it they sent out a box for the set top DVR and then tryed charging my credit card for it the next day... Luckily my bank called to verify the payment ($680), and I stopped it... called dish and told them they can go get screwed tryin to bill me just one day after I got the boxes to return it in

I do miss that DVR though

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:07 pm

Thats the kind of behavior to expect from direct tv...

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:31 pm

MobileAudio219 wrote:Thats the kind of behavior to expect from direct tv...

Sad thing is... Direct TV and Dish Network are 2 seperate companies competing for you, so you'd expect better from at least one of them.