DIRECTV's 29th Birthday is coming!

[John2021]

When I got DirecTV, you didn't have to buy the receivers and install it yourself.

When we bought our boxes and did it ourselves there was no contracts no promos

 

[KyL416]

It was also lot easier to install a dish as you only had to aim for the 101 slot, so there was no setting a tilt or dithering.

After Para Todos launched on 119 and the Jade World/Cantonese package launched on 110, along with HD, and DIRECTV started adding full LIL service via spotbeams, professional installation became the norm.

 

[mr_rye89]

I remember back in '96 when my dad installed an RCA DirecTV dish and receiver, I was like 6 or 7 and seeing Cartoon Network's early days was pretty awesome. We recorded a lot of ppv movies to VHS back then…….