Recent content by maestro7

In my experience, in spite of what Jimbo has stated, I've called DirecTV over various times of both weekdays and weekends, and frankly, have only ever talked with folks who clearly do not speak English as their first language (though what's spoken is otherwise more than clear), and who've...

I think my comments were misconstrued if they were taken for waiting for, say, 8K or some other such technology. My point was getting folks to think longer-term, and I think that if anyone is going to get themselves a new TV today, then they need to go and get the best they can afford, along...

While I appreciate what rad said, I would also state that your enthusiasm over 4K might be a bit "cart-before-the-horse." 4K standards (both physical and logical) are still being worked out. Aside from major sunk costs, this is why no local station, for example, has gone to 4K (they're not even...

We have never paid for such plans because we've been patient enough to wait long enough for DirecTV to upgrade us for next to nothing. You can see my signature for what we have and had. But I can say that we initially upgraded to HD only after a couple years after DirecTV went lease-only on...

I'm somewhat surprised they met you with those fees. But, then again, as raoul5788 suggested, you might have to wait for a bit more time to pass between the time you first got your HR44 and when you'd be able to "upgrade" to the HR54. It may also depend on how far you can push DirecTV on things...

While I don't have a direct answer for your issue, I can say that the DirecTV iOS app is reasonably buggy (as opposed to being solid, or as opposed to being overly buggy to the point of crashing on every other/2/3 uses). What's going on? While streaming a particular Live TV station starting...

Having gone through a generally similar situation recently, here's what you need to know. If you choose to *replace* (as opposed to *upgrade*) the problematic HR24 receiver, then you'll receive whatever latest receiver for that model there would be and you would continue operating...

So, at the end of the day, can we say that the only real reason DirecTV released DirecTV Now is to reach those who (for whatever reason) can't get sat? We know it's not for cord-cutters, and all other restrictions make conventional sat sub a reasonable deal. I had high hopes for this new...

Why should a business invest in change that won't be realized until later? Most cost decisions are to resolve issues now, not for things that could potentially change in major ways.

Because it's not just ATSC standards. I've posted previously about this. Most high-def shops are waiting on both protocol and physical topology standards to be set before they make the same (or greater) sunk cost in 4K as they have in HD. Remember -- most broadcasters are only at 720p/1080i...

They're waiting over a year because 4K standards are still getting worked out. Ask anyone in broadcasting and they'll tell you this. There is no risk in waiting; there'd be a bigger risk in making the wrong investment now.

Maybe I'm not understanding what you're saying, but last time I checked, DirecTV tends to treat potential newbies such as yourself better than folks like me when it comes to initial onboarding offers. I didn't think you had to have anything more than a particular video package deal (say, with a...

Maybe they treated your return differently than mine. I scoured that box, both inside and out, including the packing slip that's wrapped in shrinked plastic on the outside (knowing exactly what you're talking about), and there was nothing. In fact, the only directions were to recycle the...

It appears that it's all based on the receiver's serial numbers. If DirecTV wants them, they'll be able to pull each box up.

Right. However, my initial DirecTV email upon ordering the replacement receiver said IF there was pre-paid postage and/or other inclusions, then I'd be sending things back. Our initial replacement receiver never contained any such things. From a QA perspective (my main professional domain)...