Recent content by Happy Camper

Well, you could switch to Verizon FIOS and get all that. We finally canned DirecTV this spring, saved a bunch of money and got Verizon FIOS with new TiVo Premieres and cable cards. The TiVo Premieres transfer freely betweeen units, network with the internet/Amazon/You Tube/Netflix/etc. ad...

Your boss should be in jail. What he is doing is illegal. Report it to the local police and get out of there, or you will be joining your cheating boss in jail. Finding another job is no picnic, but it beats being in jail and paying for lawyers.

Overall, we are very, very happy with our switch from D* to FIOS. Here are some random thoughts and comparisons if you are ever thinking about leaving D*: Things we'll certainly miss about D*: 1. D's terrific sports coverage and packages-none better 2. Channel 101 3. The "list"...

We terminated our DirecTV service (after fourteen years) three days ago, and afterwards received ten calls from DirecTV, only two of which we answered. The first was to express regret we had cancelled and then to offer us $150 credits and some temporary package breaks like "free HD" for six...

Dodger King: Slingbox.com - Watch Your TV Anywhere with a Slingbox

Scoop-we moved in 2008 to a more rural part of Collin County (still suburban enough to get fiber!), and we have some land around us, with no real wind break on the South side. Our dish is installed very securely, and has been looked at and strengthened four times,tightened, braced, etc. I've...

Thanks riffjim. I had gotten just one FIOS box here in my little upstairs man den, and messed with service and capabilities for a coupe of months before we changed everything. Thank goodness the new TiVo premiere came out just at the right time! Our daughter has FIOS at her house and has...

Buy Belden RG-6 in bulk.

Things I learned wiring our house two years ago: 1. Always put in two more wires than you need. Wire is cheap, retro wiring is not. I would have had to add wires for Sirius radio tuners, whole house modulator feedback and two extra antenna wires for my new TiVo boxes. 2, Add much more...

Well, our reasons may be "wrong," and there is always room for spirited debate, but we sure are happy in our "wrongness," as are no doubt many who voted for our current President and Congress. Freedom of consumer choice is the key. I make no argument for rightness, or that FIOS is better than...

We have had DirecTV service since 1997, with the Premiere package and, at times, as many as five boxes, now four (well, zero today), hooked up to a whole house audio video network. For a variety of reasons, we've finally and happily said a final good-bye to DirecTV effective today. We are now...

Wow, people seem excitable about this. Seems to me that the original summary was correct, subject to wildly differing opinions, of course: DirecTV is better for sports and has more versatile DVRs. FIOS does not compress picture or sound, and most think picture and sound are better, is more...

Well, Mr. Stonecold, you may be right in saying what policy is supposed to be now, but I have had three owned boxes changed out under the protection plan, and they were all replaced with leased boxes, despite emails, calls and letters to D* by us protesting this and wanting our replacement boxes...

Another "highly qualified" DirecTV installer. In all our years of DirecTV service, we have only had one guy who knew what he was doing and had good product knowledge. He was a custom installer that we paid, because we did not trust anything in our new house to the idiots from D*.

We also have FIOS. The FIOS "protection plan" is exactly as it should be: if the box fails, they replace it. No service fee, no charge, no upgrade, no hassle. what a concept. No wonder most people choose FIOS over D* if they can get FIOS. We are dumping D*, in part because of crap like...