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01-14-2010, 10:07 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Freshman | | Join Date: Sep 12th, 2007
Posts: 16
| |  Adding another HD receiver?
How have you all gone to get another extra HD receiver without paying the full $99 price for one?
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01-14-2010, 10:40 AM
|  | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Jan 11th, 2010 Location: Ohio
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You really can't. I'm getting installed as we speak and I needed a total of 8 receivers. Direct is hooking 5 up for me and I purchased 3 additional receivers on line. Not a great deal but a little cheaper and no tax.
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01-14-2010, 10:51 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Junkie | | Join Date: May 5th, 2007 Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 3,798
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Originally Posted by 1tufgt  How have you all gone to get another extra HD receiver without paying the full $99 price for one? | It is folly to assume that "you all" have been given free HD receivers. If DIRECTV offers you one because they like you, you get one. If they don't, you don't.
It usually takes a year or two of favorable treatment from you to get favorable treatment from DIRECTV.
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01-14-2010, 11:30 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Junkie | | Join Date: Sep 8th, 2003 Location: Springfield, IL
Posts: 1,702
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Well if you are lucky enough to live in a market with ONLY MPEG4 locals, you automatically get ALL HD receivers standard. If you want extra HD DVR's, you can simple order SD DVR's (which normally are $99) but you'll end up getting HR2x DVR's, since D* is no longer using the R22's.  
This would be all 72.5 markets (which either have or are transitioning to Ka MPEG4 only) or the few markets that have always been MPEG4, such as Palm Springs, CA.
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01-25-2010, 06:52 AM
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Cool, thanks for the information.
This may we will of been with DTV for 3 years so hopefully I can call them up and see if they can offer me a deal.
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01-25-2010, 07:35 AM
|  | SatelliteGuys Freshman | | Join Date: Dec 24th, 2005
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Do you have to pay another $10.00 a month for HD programing if you already on Hd dvr and paying the hd charge
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01-25-2010, 08:58 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Junkie | | Join Date: May 5th, 2007 Location: Salem, OR
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Originally Posted by rkalbo Do you have to pay another $10.00 a month for HD programing if you already on Hd dvr and paying the hd charge | HD Access is per household as opposed to per HD receiver.
I strongly recommend that you read your bill.
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01-25-2010, 06:05 PM
|  | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Jul 17th, 2005 Location: Mount Pleasant,SC
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If you live in an area which is moving their locals off of 72.5 to MPEG4, you can call and say you want to add a standard receiver. In those areas they are giving HD receivers as Standard receivers so people can get their locals.
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01-25-2010, 08:13 PM
|  | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Jul 27th, 2007
Posts: 87
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Originally Posted by Mark0525 I purchased 3 additional receivers on line. Not a great deal but a little cheaper and no tax. | I'm going to be looking to get another HD receiver soon and want to buy rather than lease because I don't want to get sucked into a new contract (if DTV disappoints with new HD channels I want to be able to switch to FiOS).
I know I need to be careful of buying a receiver online as some people sell leased ones that I won't be able to activate. Do you mind if I ask where you got your's from and approximately how much they go for?
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01-25-2010, 11:11 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 9th, 2009 Location: General Location
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Originally Posted by sudnshok I'm going to be looking to get another HD receiver soon and want to buy rather than lease because I don't want to get sucked into a new contract (if DTV disappoints with new HD channels I want to be able to switch to FiOS).
I know I need to be careful of buying a receiver online as some people sell leased ones that I won't be able to activate. Do you mind if I ask where you got your's from and approximately how much they go for? | I've always heard that activating a new piece of equipment whether you buy it or lease it will extend your contract 2 more years.
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