H8tank Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Can't get abc, cbs, nbc or fox on Directtv where I'm at. Recheck, call DTV directly, they are ramping up this all over the country, we live in BFE and have had locals for 2 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Comcast Cable...HD with the DVR in the living room and HD in the bedroom... the DVR can record up to 60 hours of regular TV and 16 hours of HD TV.....I encourage all and anyone to get this.. DTV is horrible in the philly area....but apparently it's great elsewhere....too bad Comcast owns this area and I have to play ball because I don't get any local sports teams on DTV....except for Eagles games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REZ Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Recheck, call DTV directly, they are ramping up this all over the country, we live in BFE and have had locals for 2 years now. As of 2 months ago, still a no go. We are big enough to have local stations of those but not big enough to warrant dtv to carry them. The only way we can get them is if the local stations sign a letter saying we can have a different area's (normally L.A's) feed/ And naturally they won't sign it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 comcast tv comcast internet comcast digital voice all on one bill & a very nice discount having all 3. EDITED to ADD - i'd love the nfl ticket but it's not worth it for me having seahawks season tickets. if I need to see a particular game..... there's at least 5 bars within crawling distance of my casa. You have Comcast's DV???? I have a few questions for you. How do you like it? What happens if the house's wiring goes south? I.E. who fixes it? AKA Line maintenance? Any other comments???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyalboyd Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Sunday Ticket dictates DirecTV ... That is the only reason it got my vote and why i have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 i got cable goin with 2 games and NFL.com smokin at my fingertips......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 .....tangent...... Speaking of Sunday Ticket, I get a letter from DTV today saying they are automatically renewing my Sunday Ticket. And they had it personalized for Packer fans, though I never told them what my team preference was. .....now back to normal programming........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballjoe Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 I did not mention what type of Satellite I have, its DISH. Some have spoken about the poor customer service but I think they have been very good when I called. I tried to get DIRECT TV but they said I had trees in the way. maybe I need them to come out and check the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Yes, Dish Network's customer service is horrible. I had a remote go bad a few weeks ago. It took at least a half hour to get a live person on the phone and then they acted like it was my fault the f'ing buttons quit working after 5 years. After finally convincing them that there remote was old and needed replaced they sent me a new one. Wow. I heard they had poor customer service from one of their call center reps (they are in CO). He told me that their policies suck, and specifically that replacing a broken remote often cost a $100 service call and there was nothing he could do about it. He quit because he hated being such a dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I have cable. And I got the invoices to prove that I get raped by comcast every month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BYoder Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Wow. I heard they had poor customer service from one of their call center reps (they are in CO). He told me that their policies suck, and specifically that replacing a broken remote often cost a $100 service call and there was nothing he could do about it. He quit because he hated being such a dick. They didn't charge me for the remote, but it sucked that I had to argue with customer service to get it. I also let them know that I had no problem switching to Direct TV if they weren't going to help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXXXX Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Cable, at my school we had Satellite.. on top of our 16 floor dorm (with an extremely windy campus). Needless to say, if there was a slight breeze TV was out of the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selly Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 DTV, for the Ticket and to stick it to the local cable co. I moved in 6 years ago, the cable co wanted me to pay $1500 to run the line to my house (I live about 1/4mile off the road), DTV set me up for $49 for 2 rooms. Fast forward 5 years, now the cable co is begging me to switch to them and their "special" bundle, which is still more expensive than my DTV+Sprint DSL+Sprint local combo. I got one of their reps the other day, he kept going on about how "I had to sign a contract" for my current deals (which is true), but after a couple of questions, I made him reveal that I had to sign a contract to get TW's "great deal". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampnuts Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 .....tangent...... Speaking of Sunday Ticket, I get a letter from DTV today saying they are automatically renewing my Sunday Ticket. And they had it personalized for Packer fans, though I never told them what my team preference was. .....now back to normal programming........ If you sign up for a sports package ( The ticket, baseball, whatever ), they automatically sign you up again the next season. The good thing is that it's usually at a reduced rate, I believe it's $40 less for the Ticket. You can call em up and cancel. I was told the Charlotte locals were going HD on Directv at the end of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 .....tangent...... Speaking of Sunday Ticket, I get a letter from DTV today saying they are automatically renewing my Sunday Ticket. And they had it personalized for Packer fans, though I never told them what my team preference was. .....now back to normal programming........ Yeah, mine was personalized for Rams fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemoe Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Yeah, mine was personalized for Rams fans. And this would be what? A mercy discount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Not even thinking about the Sunday Ticket, I love my DirecTV and TiVO. I don't know if I'm under contract or what. I've been with DirecTV since 1999 or 2000. I'll never go back to cable. We don't get the severest of weather in Dallas but signal has never been a problem even when the thing was concreted into a Home Depot bucket on the balcolny of my apartment. The customer service can't be beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 And this would be what? A mercy discount? Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Cable is there any alternative nfl sunday ticket yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 If you sign up for a sports package ( The ticket, baseball, whatever ), they automatically sign you up again the next season. The good thing is that it's usually at a reduced rate, I believe it's $40 less for the Ticket. You can call em up and cancel. I read that again and that is correct (but it looks like the price is rising so it is the same as last year after subtracting this year's discount). I am renewing anyway, but it should be that renewals sould be done by the customer instead of the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Cable is there any alternative nfl sunday ticket yet DirecTV still has exclusive rights until at least 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 .....tangent...... Speaking of Sunday Ticket, I get a letter from DTV today saying they are automatically renewing my Sunday Ticket. And they had it personalized for Packer fans, though I never told them what my team preference was. .....now back to normal programming........ Now you know how WE feel here at TheHuddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 I read that again and that is correct (but it looks like the price is rising so it is the same as last year after subtracting this year's discount). I am renewing anyway, but it should be that renewals sould be done by the customer instead of the company. i had sunday ticket for the first time last year and it didn't renew automatically for me. i may have opted out of that, though. i don't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABearWithFurniture Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Hope they don't 'personalize' my DirecTV to the 49ers...I'd have to switch to radio or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 You have Comcast's DV???? I have a few questions for you. How do you like it? What happens if the house's wiring goes south? I.E. who fixes it? AKA Line maintenance? Any other comments???? I have their internet and DV as well... here's my take on it.... they give me an outstanding deal on all 3 services...my Bill ends up being 125 a month total and I have the Silver package.....HD included with a DVR built in on one TV.... the service on the DV can some times be buggy and I am not phased by this because my cell phone is my "old reliable" anyways.... the best way to go about this service is to reset the box before bed whenever you can...even if the service doesn't act up for well over a month.... it's worth the money, IMO and it's new...so they'll likely work out the glitches over time...which are minimal BTW... also..I have the CableCard service as well....the CC service is great for when the box acts up and freezes...the CC stays running and you get all the channels minues the On Demand features....plus if you are hearing impaired...the closed captioning is better on this....the box Comcast uses has only so much space and they use up as much as they can...so alot of boxes wear down at times.....and slow down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.