Well for those that have not been following my drama:
A month ago I ordered Dish Network and after that debacle and NO locals in HD for my DMA market (#52 NOLA) I ordered DirecTV thru their website only to find out they gave me an install date in the middle of OCTOBER due to Gustav caused issues in my area.
Even after calling the install dispatch and pleading my case my date only moved slightly to the left but no where near I could tolerate, come on I need my HD fix! So low and behold I call a local Home Theater store in my town and talk to the people for a few minutes and ask a bunch of questions, all of which lead me to think they might actually know whats going on, so then I ask the real question; (this was yesterday) "when can I look forward to an install?" the lady said: how about tommorrow? I fell to the floor and asked her if I musunderstood, she said; no, in fact, the owner is coming and he is real picky about his work, you lucked out! YES, I did!!! Wow, he was 10 minutes into his 12-2pm install window time and arrived at 12:10pm, hooked up two bedrooms w/HD and 1 dvr in hd for the living room. All went fine and his outside work was outstanding but he had some issues with what he described as new software on the dvr unit that won't let signals of less than 83 pass on certain transponders... so after several calls to tech support that took over 30 minutes and after telling the tech that we were in the IKE storm area and it was cloudy and windy w/gusts of 75mph, I kid you not, they (d*) forced a download to the unit and viola, AWESOME pic quality, much better than my E* ever had while I had HD with them. WOW, worth the ordeal for sure!
PS-I was even able to order my D* NFL remotes too, Go Saints!
A month ago I ordered Dish Network and after that debacle and NO locals in HD for my DMA market (#52 NOLA) I ordered DirecTV thru their website only to find out they gave me an install date in the middle of OCTOBER due to Gustav caused issues in my area.
Even after calling the install dispatch and pleading my case my date only moved slightly to the left but no where near I could tolerate, come on I need my HD fix! So low and behold I call a local Home Theater store in my town and talk to the people for a few minutes and ask a bunch of questions, all of which lead me to think they might actually know whats going on, so then I ask the real question; (this was yesterday) "when can I look forward to an install?" the lady said: how about tommorrow? I fell to the floor and asked her if I musunderstood, she said; no, in fact, the owner is coming and he is real picky about his work, you lucked out! YES, I did!!! Wow, he was 10 minutes into his 12-2pm install window time and arrived at 12:10pm, hooked up two bedrooms w/HD and 1 dvr in hd for the living room. All went fine and his outside work was outstanding but he had some issues with what he described as new software on the dvr unit that won't let signals of less than 83 pass on certain transponders... so after several calls to tech support that took over 30 minutes and after telling the tech that we were in the IKE storm area and it was cloudy and windy w/gusts of 75mph, I kid you not, they (d*) forced a download to the unit and viola, AWESOME pic quality, much better than my E* ever had while I had HD with them. WOW, worth the ordeal for sure! PS-I was even able to order my D* NFL remotes too, Go Saints!
