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 Review by mikedz4 
member for 10.1 years, 4432 visits, last login: a few hours ago
lodged 4.5 years ago
 Weirton,Hancock,WV
 Contract price not specified.  "Large HD content, huge on-demand library" "If you can't get a Line Of Site or Local channels" "I highly recommend DirecTV for tv"
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I really love DirecTV for their dvr on the interent, their interactive content, their HD content. The only problems are Line Of Sight and quite a few people can't even get SD local channels in their areas yet. All in all if you can get locals and see the satellites go for it, you wont regret it.
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Review by pyakit
member for 9.9 years, 57 visits, last login: 3.2 years ago
lodged 4.9 years ago
- Wyoming,Kent,MI
 Business customer- Contract price not specified.
- "none"
- "slow, dns probs, 3 sec delay before anything happends"
- "worst ever internet. barely better than dial up"
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Had a directway dish about 4 foot and 1000$ and then got 3 second pings and the slowest connection ever. Also got capped at 128 k after the first big file i sent or downloaded and the cap would stay for the whole day basically. Worst pos i ever had. Go to microwave its sooooo much better.
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 Review by cfm117
member for 9.2 years, 723 visits, last login: 7 days ago
lodged 5.1 years ago
- Woodland Hills,Los Angeles,CA
- Contract price not specified.
- "Good HD selection/good price"
- "Installer no show 2x"
- "Good alternative to cable"
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Directv is a good choice imo. Ive had it for about 6 months and I like it so far. Install was fouled up some. Took about 3 weeks to finally get installer to show after calling in after our appt window has passed. We were told he was behind and may or may not show today. Got a tech to show on the 3rd try. Other than installation, its been good
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Review by DemonicLlama
member for 5.5 years, 951 visits, last login: 27 days ago
lodged 5.3 years ago
- Potomac,Montgomery,MD
- Contract price not specified.
- "Good picture, service, packages"
- "HD prices"
- "Very good TV package all around"
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I have the full channel line up but not as a HD service. I have had DTV for 6 years and have been very happy with it. Longest time without a signal was 15minutes due to heavy thunderstorms that happen rarely here in DC. Have 2 Directivo units and 2 normal boxes. Works great. I also have Hughesnet, as said in the forums its a low usuage connection depending on the plan but works great for email, youtube, and various sites plus the occasional legal torrent download(movie trailers for me mainly).
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 Review by openupshop
member for 12.4 years, 512 visits, last login: 55 days ago
updated 5.3 years ago
- Phoenix,Maricopa,AZ
- Contract price not specified.
- "Clear Picture, Most HD Channels, Cheaper Than Cox"
- "NONE"
- "Clearer picture than cox, Cheaper, Very Friendly Web Site"
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I have had Direct TV for about 3 months now. I have no complaints at all. I had Dish Network and was not very happy with them. I had Cox for TV services and they nickel and dime you for everything. Don't get me wrong I still have Cox for my internet. Thats it INTERNET ONLY. I have tried out the VOD and love it. You could also stream music view pictures on your TV from your PC. With Over 85 HD channels you can't go wrong!
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Review by GeekBigboy
member for 5.8 years, 171 visits, last login: 2.2 years ago
lodged 5.4 years ago
- Riverside,Riverside,CA
- Contract price not specified.
- "had it for 4 years now but equipment sucks now."
- "Box needs replaced every 4 months for DVR and need a new 2 year contract each time Fu$$ DTV"
- "used to be good but thinking of going all cable after this contract is up"
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Direct TV as good down hill since they got rid of Tivo and used there new crap boxes. Thinking of going back to cable in year when contract is up.
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Review by Tim618
member for 9.6 years, 3382 visits, last login: a few hours ago
lodged 5.4 years ago
- Garrettsville,Portage,OH
- Contract price not specified.
- "Can't get any better HD channels from anywhere else, theres tons!"
- "My DVR "skips" sometimes."
- "Doesn't get any better than this!"
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HAd directv for over 5 years. Had dish before, Dish absolutely sucked. Everytime the sky was cloudy, i would lose signal with them. Connection is rock solid with directv, however sometimes the DVR skips, and the picture blacks out and then comes back. Had DVR replaced and it still does it, im sure this issue will be fixed soon with upgrades, etc.
Overall, if you want a wide variety of HD channels, with picture quality thats down right amazing, go directv.
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Review by boggaf05
member for 6.9 years, 1882 visits, last login: 88 days ago
lodged 5.4 years ago
- Gaffney,Cherokee,SC
- Contract price not specified.
- "Best HD Lineup"
- "None!"
- "The best television service for the money"
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Had now for over 12 years and have never had a problem. Recently upgraded from Charter HD to DirecTV HD and have never made a better decision. Picture quality is excellent and customer service has been very helpful.
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 Review by Hookem99
member for 5.8 years, 1722 visits, last login: 1.1 years ago
updated 5.5 years ago
- Pflugerville,Travis,TX
- Contract price not specified.
- "Great picture, decent CS, compared"
- "Expensive, too many 'add ons'"
- "DTV nickel and dimes you to death, but the picture quality is great"
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I have been with DTV since 1997 and been relativly happy until the last year or two. DTV charges for EVERY little thing and im tired of paying for the features I should get with my package. Example: I pay a hundred and some for the MLB extra innings package to watch unlimited baseball. I also pay 10/mo for the HD service. But to get the baseball games in HD, oh thats another 99.00 package. Same thing for the Football package. I now have to pay for local HD channels, because you cannot integrate the OTA HD antenna into the receivers with the new HD channels. Their equipment is good, but you have to pay 399.00 to lease a HDDVR that I have to return when im done. That just seems odd to me!! All and all I suppose I would recommend DTV, but I am anxious for ATT Uvearse to arrive and see what that is all about!!
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 Review by Telcoguru
member for 7.7 years, 949 visits, last login: 219 days ago
updated 5.7 years ago
- Fresh Meadows,Queens,NY
- Contract price not specified.
- "I love the variety of over 250 channels."
- "Suffers loss of picture due to rain fade from severe storms."
- "I enjoy the picture quality I didn't get with Time Warner cable."
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The installers that I have dealt with are more concerned with speed of the install rather than doing a quality job. They sent contractors to do my job rather than DirecTV employees. I had to stay on top of them to ensure the coax was run the way I wanted it to be. The equipment was very easy to operate. I have 1 HD receiver and 2 standard receivers. I have all the channels and HD programming and the 3 receivers for $120 a month. I love the wide selection of programming. I am waiting for the switch over to MPEG 4 compression and all of the new HD channels to follow. The only downside is rain fade in severe storms. My satisfaction with satellite is far greater than that of cable TV. The only thing that would make me switch would be if Verizon installed FIOS in my neighborhood. Overall I would definitely recommend the service to others.
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