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I am researching adding a standard DTV receiver, which I know will be a lease and come with a one-year commitment. I currently have two HD receivers that I own. One of these receivers, an H20, came with a two-year commitment that ends in Feb. 2008. If I add the standard receiver, will the...

Let see if I get this straight, I am an ass and lacking business principles because I am waiting until the end of a "we appreciated your business discount"? I have paid for both of my HD receiver without any promotions from Directv, so after subing to their highest package, and if you do the...

Once again, I posted this thread not about why I am not getting the rebate, but rather what happens when I cancel Directv in August? I am not concerned about the respective rebate as even when I purchased the H20 had no plans to apply for the rebate, but after speaking to customer retention, she...

Wow, I joined this forum for information and assistance, but instead it appears that it is just easier to not question the almighty Directv. That being said, I did keep copies of the respective rebate and here are the details; "Both $100 and $200 rebate offers valid nationally through 2/28/06...

First, off I did read the rebate form and it does not say the one has to sub to the HD package only that one has to sub to TC or above for 24 months. As for understanding the two year committment, when I added a Sony SAT300HD to my account last year, I did NOT have a two-year committment added...

I had become fed up with Directv's appearance of lack of good business principles with their customer base. Not to get into too many specifics, but after purchasing a H20 prior to 2/28 and sending in the rebate form, I received a letter stating that the rebate application was lacking...

There should be some advantage and/or saving for subscribing to TCPr, but unless you have a dvr hook-up you aren't getting any breaks for DTV's highest tier. I believe the rate for TC Plus is $48.99 after the infamous 3/1/06 increase and if you add the five levels of premium packages, ($48.00)...

Here is what occurred this morning with regards to the "commitment" issue. First call to customer retention ended up having the CSR hang-up the phone on me while I was stating that I will be getting rid of DTV as their logic just does not make sense. Basically, she could do nothing about the...

Thanks for the input/comments and I think that if this is the case I will send the rebate form in. I am still a little ticked off at this situation since when I did the same type of swap with my Sony SAT300 for another basic Hughes that I had. All I did was purchase the Sony from Ebay, but I had...

I went ahead and replaced a basic Hughes receiver with the H20 receiver tonight that I purchased outright at Costco and I am not looking at any rebates. Even though I am about a month off from getting a HDTV monitor, I figured that I would do the purchase of any new equipment prior to DTV going...

Thanks to Jimisham Just thought that I would report back that the "sun" alignment info worked liked a charm. Using the time coordinates to figure out the Azimuth made the install a lot simplier. Thanks again for the assistance.

Jimisham, Thanks for the info. I will give it a try for this coming Saturday during the morning hours. Dietamstel

My zip is 91107 and my Sony SAT300 shows Azimuth 152, Elevation 50 and for the Tilt 102. When I had the 3 LNB up and I was getting the 100's on Sat C was I too far West or East? I did go out and purchased a compass for the install attempt, but still the same result of only finding success with...

Having the same problems with my attempt at a 3 LNB install, basically, getting 100's on Sat C, 50's on Sat B and nothing ever on Sat A. After 3.5 hours of trying to figure out where the azimuth (152 for Pasadena, CA), I took the 3 LNB off and reinstalled my 18" single round dish. Naturally, the...