Directv without contract?

[raoul5788]

I don't recall exactly when I got my HR20, but it's a leased unit.

 

[Jimbo]

I don't recall exactly when I got my HR20, but it's a leased unit.

 

[Jimbo]

Leases started in '06 IIRC.

 

[TheTechGuru]

I don't remember anyone selling it that cheap, maybe for sd setups. When Directv first came out it was in the $700-800 range. When you could still get an HR20 at Best Buy they were $300.

Ya'll must all be young or something, you're not going back far enough.

I'm talking about December 1998 (DirecTV HD did not exist), bought a Hughes Network Systems receiver + dish from CircuitCity for $250-$300, went home, installed it with the self install kit then had to call BOTH DirecTV AND USSB to activate it.

 

[raoul5788]

Me? Young?? Thanks, but I'm 60! If you paid that little for a complete setup, you must have bought it on sale, maybe even as a close out. BTW, USSB was aquired by Directv in December of 1998.

 

[Jimbo]

Ya'll must all be young or something, you're not going back far enough.

I'm talking about December 1998 (DirecTV HD did not exist), bought a Hughes Network Systems receiver + dish from CircuitCity for $250-$300, went home, installed it with the self install kit then had to call BOTH DirecTV AND USSB to activate it.

Yes, like you said, Standard Def as HD wasn't around at that point ...

 

[Jimbo]

Me? Young?? Thanks, but I'm 60! If you paid that little for a complete setup, you must have bought it on sale, maybe even as a close out. BTW, USSB was aquired by Directv in December of 1998.

Yup, your young ... or maybe your mind is leaving and you just don't remember any more ...

 

[twizt3dsist3r]

Working for directv makes me age twice as fast as normal I think... that would put me at 56.

 

[Jimbo]

Working for directv makes me age twice as fast as normal I think... that would put me at 56.

Careful ... shortly I will be 56 ....

Several years yet.

 

[twizt3dsist3r]

Yea.. I'm a youngster but aging fast.

 

[Jimbo]

Yea.. I'm a youngster but aging fast.

I have 5 more winters to endure before I can retire.

I could actually go sooner, but can't afford it.

 

[acostapimps]

Receivers that were activated before March 1 2006 were non leased.
HR20's were released around Aug-Sept 06

 

[raoul5788]

Receivers that were activated before March 1 2006 were non leased.
HR20's were released around Aug-Sept 06

IIRC, the HR20 was owned for a short time before the leasing program began.

 

[texasbrit]

Yes, my HR20-700 (still going strong) is owned, it was one of the first ones released in I believe September 06...

 

[Mr Tony]

DirecTV really does need to offer a no-contract option. Contracts are the #1 reason anyone picks Cable over Satellite.

I'm sure the number one reason is that they CANT have satellite (apartment, line of site)

 

[Mr Tony]

BTW, USSB was aquired by Directv in December of 1998.

Ironically in Minneapolis (home of Hubbard Broadcasting....who started USSB) they have a commercial on the local Independent station that Hubbard owns (KSTC45..they also own the ABC too) about the "house of laughs" or something of the nature of the programming. The "professor" takes a lady into the elevator and if you slow it down you can clearly see a USSB logo in the back of the elevator.