"Moved" locals.

[george99]

So I "moved" to NY 10 years ago. I am in FL. I don't get the local NYC subs because I am too far away. However, I was curious after 10 years, are there any new tricks to possibly get these channels?

 

[Juan]

Get a slingbo x and put it in ny

 

[raoul5788]

Like Juan said, slingbox is a good way to get them. No way to do it from Directv. The locals other than the big four are still on spotbeams that don't get anywhere near to Florida.

 

[HoTat2]

Yep ...

Physically impossible to do from DIRECTV's side. The "Moving" trick only works from DIRECTV if you're within the footprint of the spotbeam carrying the locals you're trying to "move" to.

 

[edisonprime]

I don't know anything about Slingbox myself so I didn't know one could "move" with it. I hear it's cheaper, so I might do that instead as long as there is recording capabilities (or possibly on-demand to watch all previous shows for a couple weeks and not just select episodes), so would it have any of that?

 

[robjlevin]

Are the locals available via the DTV app? That would likely be the easiest way.

A slingbox is just a way of streaming from a remote location using the cable/satellite box there. If you have a friend or relative in NY they could install the slingbox but it likely require them to add an additional tv to their service unless they have a box in a spare bedroom or office that gets very little use since you can't watch one thing and sling another.