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It may have helped that the receiver we transferred was owned and not on a lease...

I wasn't sure either, and although the installer was fully ready to try it, even he was surprised it went as smoothly as it did; he called in to an internal line at DTV and explained the situation, they got my okay over the phone to transfer it over, we waited a couple of minutes on hold and...

An update for everyone here: the install at the ranch property was today, and I'm happy to report everything went great. The installer was local to the area, was well aware there are a number of similar ranch type properties and had no issues with the setup. We did make a change a couple of...

Don't think so either, but seems they are really pushing only Genie & client installs now - one Genie DVR and mini's in all other rooms.

The reps at 800 Directv were not helpful at all..."we only have Genies, we don't provide HD DVR's anymore, can't do separate buildings" etc. The nice lady at the local ATT store disproved all this, was able to bring up what they qualify for, and although they do have to pay for the receivers...

Wow. In that case we are lucky there are two SWM dishes ready to go, and the coax looks to be in good shape. Nope, ain't doing any trenching in their yard, that would be a deal breaker!

This is helpful to know, thanks for the support here. The family will most likely be around during the install, I'm sure they'll be able to prove they are indeed all related. ;) In any case the service address is the same, there are no multiple addresses at the other buildings (i.e. Suite A...

As soon as they decide on the programming package, I'm going to put the order in. Current offer expires in early Jan so I'd like to get them set up in the next 2-3 weeks. So it sounds like while the 2 dish setup is totally fine, it's a gray area as to whether the installer will actually rig...

Yep, I already confused the heck out of a couple of CSR's last week haha...good idea, I won't take that route again. Appreciate the help - thanks!

Got it. It will definitely be the Genie & Client at the main house and two HR24's in the cottage, if we go thru with the plan. My hope is that the installer, knowing the area is rural, will be easy going enough to simply hook up everything this way; I don't know that we can rig up four rooms...

Yep that was indeed my other thought, set everything up at the main house. The house is old, however, and I don't think the owners are too keen about having lath and plaster walls being drilled. But I will definitely let them know it's an option. Thanks! EDIT: 13 tuners - yikes! If we do...

I am helping a family get set up with DirecTV as a new customer. The situation is unique and I did not find any current answers on the forum. They reside on a ranch property, in two separate buildings that were previously used by staff; they have since been converted to family residences...

The short answer is Yes. If your receiver is in LA, and it has an LA service address and you take your receiver to Montreal, you'll get the LA channels that are in the 380's and 390's *if* you are receiving them now (as you should be). You will want to verify that you are receiving those...

Thanks...that's encouraging to hear. They live in LA but are looking at properties in Mammoth and South Lake Tahoe, and as you do, want to be able to bring their receiver with them and still be able to watch LA locals. If they end up with a cabin in Tahoe, I would think that's too far north...

You understood my question perfectly. :) Obviously they would like to be able to receive all 8 HD locals (I didn't realize there were than many in the LA market), but in the event the spot is marginal, I wanted to confirm for them that they would still be able to get the four CONUS feeds -...

Hi all, I have some friends who are interested in signing up w/DirecTV that live on the northern fringe of the Los Angeles market spot beam, but would like to be able to receive at least *some* HD channels from LA. For those of you who are in LA, are you receiving the "national" HD channnels...

Hallmark Movie Channel HD is due to launch on April 2nd, but I don't know on what services (this is according to Hallmark's website). Don't see much mentioned about them on the forums and it's probably not the most watched channel in the world, but they really do have some good family films...

Could be for the better - perhaps they do not want to risk a repeat of what happened to Dish Network and AMC 14 (even tho it was a totally different launch facility). If I were DirecTV right now, I'd want a thorough going-over to make sure everything goes right.

I would not mind TV Land, or any of the other "no HD content" channels in hi def at all, as it would be a significant improvement over the current washed-out SD feed & would be more enjoyable to watch, certainly on par or better than DVD.

I watched both of these movies this past week on Starz and couldn't agree more. Spectacular.

I have both E* and D* (just got DirecTV a few days ago, actually) and have noticed the same thing with Starz HD; on Dish, their channel is sharing space on a transponder with five other HD channels, so the bandwidth is spread between all of them, and it makes the PQ look really washed out at...

Scott was going to do a side-by-side comparison of the HD channels on D* vs E* but I haven't seen a report from him yet. I just recently signed on to D* myself in addition to Dish for "the best of both worlds" and strictly from a viewing perspective, DirecTV's new channels are a tad sharper...

I've been posting complaints about History HD in the Dish Network forum ever since the channel launched. Why would anyone stretch a 16:9 formatted picture for a feed that they know will be displayed on an HD channel? Best thing to do is to email The History Channel thru their website (I...

Mine either...for some reason, once I'm locked onto an HD signal, I have no control over the aspect button on the TV.