Electronics DirecTV - Considering it - Page 4

thecoffeeguy · 07-13-2010, 09:58 AM

So I have been thinking of going with DirecTV lately. Seems like my cable company (Cox) likes to continually drive the price up on my bill. I've seen it go up and up over the year and I am getting tired of.

I know a lot of people here are DirecTV customers and had some questions.

So I was looking at the choice xtra package.
If I sign up now, my monthly bill is $41.99 for the first three months. This includes, HD DVR as well as startz and showtime free.

After three months, the bill jumps to $65.99. My question is, after these three free months of starz and showtime, which are individually $12.99 a month, can I drop those packages?

I was looking at this particular package because I get a free HD DVR for life, free installation and a good amount of channels. I dont need a crap load of channels as I dont watch that much TV. The DVR is definitely a must though and the cheapest package on their site does not appear to have that (correct me if I am wrong).

So anyone have some feedback and suggestions?

Many thanks.

TCG

Swanman · 07-13-2010, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Yes, I do. Hardware is solid (the 722 HD-DVR) and the firmware is decent. I've been a customer for 12 years.

The only drawback is that there is no Sunday Ticket and that a lot of snow (and sometimes extremely heavy rain) will interrupt signal.

My Directv would go out during really heavy rain (not so much with snow unless the dish iced up). But it would also go out when the storm was about a half hour away, like the signal couldn't get through the mass of storm system clouds. It was weird.

**Donger** · 07-13-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Swanman

My Directv would go out during really heavy rain (not so much with snow unless the dish iced up). But it would also go out when the storm was about a half hour away, like the signal couldn't get through the mass of storm system clouds. It was weird.

It depends on what satellite the programming you are watching. The RF energy is really pretty weak (coming all the way from space and all) and line of sight is REQUIRED.

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