OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

[Thomas Charron]

On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net> wrote:
> >> Anyone know if I'm getting ripped off? Should I really be paying
> >> for a
> >> new DVR when my old DVR is only 2 years old?
> >   I think the resounding answer will be yes, you're getting ripped
> > off, but unfortunately, what can you do.  When they started migrating,
> > they'd already terminated the business deal with Tivo.  :-(
> Yah, that's really it.. What are your choices? Continue to get only a
> few HD channels for who knows how long then be forced to upgrade
> (probably without the discount) or switch to another provider of TV,
> all that are either more of a pain, cost more, suck worse, or some/
> all of the above.

  In my case, the boonies of Lyndeborough means that I either have
Dish network, or DirecTV.  While DirecTV policies and support suck, I
can at least get the channels I want to watch, and hopefully, soon
even more HD channels.

  Also, I don't NOT get anything I pay for.  I can bitch to my hearts
content that I can't hook up a MythTV box, but they don't offer that
as a service, and they really can't offer it and still use HDMI.  :-(
I also didn't have a DirecTivo, so I don't have a complaint that they
let me buy something and then ripped it out from under me.

> I noticed that my DirecTV subscription went up $4/month. I have the
> middle package and two premium channels with locals and one DVR
> receiver (a hacked series 2 DirecTiVo). But it's still cheaper than
> cable and overall I'm happy with the service.

  My big gripe is their customer service is hit or miss.  If for some
reason they CAN'T do something, they'll lie, cheat and steal to make
you feel better, only to find out that there is no mention in your
account fo what they promised.

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-- Thomas