Recent content by 2005matto

I live in the St. Louis area. Charter is the local cable company here. They have the Motorola MOXI HDDVR with ZERO upfront cost. I called DirecTV and asked at least 2 CSR's for a price on a HDDVR. The price was $499.00 and this is for a LEASED piece of equipment!!!!! Also, sometime this...

I live in the St. Louis Area. I receive my HD signals OTA through a Hughes HD combo OTA/Satellite HD receiver. My second receiver is an old RCA SD unit. When I started to flip channels on the old RCA, the receiver said 2-001 (KTVI-DT), then 4-001 (KMOV-DT), 5-001 (KSDK-DT), 9-001,002,003...

To Robert and tonedeaf: Thank you for the clarification. I will probably do my own install, no problem. Since I have to outlay the cash upfront and wait 6-8 weeks for D* to send me a rebate, I will have to wait about a month to do this - cash is tight right now. Robert, since you clarified...

Further clarification pasted from FAQ on the D* site....... Q: How can new residential customers get a free DIRECTV DVR? A: New customers who purchase a DIRECTV DVR System for $99 between 8/1/05 and 11/5/05 will receive a $100 mail-in rebate. You will automatically receive your rebate...

You must go to the "Products" page and then click on the "Directv DVR" on their site. It clearly shows 2 different offers - 1 for new subscribers and 1 for existing customers. Sorry, I cannot show the URL to directly link because I am new, this is my second post. Matto

Conflicting Information on D* Website I just visited the D* website. The FREE DVR ($99.00 - $100.00 MIR) is listed as a separate offer for NEW SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!!! They show a different offer for the same DVR for a net of $48.00 ($148.00 - $100.00 MIR) for "existing" customers. So please...