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Re: When Comcast TiVo hits.. DirecTV charges $5.99 total for DVR service, regardless of the number of DVR receivers, and regardless of the brand/type of DVR(be it TiVo or in-house).
They also charge a $4.99 per box mirroring fee.
I have three boxes. My charges are calculated like this:
$5.99: DirecTV DVR Subscription
$4.99: Mirroring fee
$4.99: Mirroring fee
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$15.97 for three DVR boxes
What does Comcast currently charge for having three DVR boxes? |
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| said by kinabrew:DirecTV charges $5.99 total for DVR service, regardless of the number of DVR receivers, and regardless of the brand/type of DVR(be it TiVo or in-house). They also charge a $4.99 per box mirroring fee. I have three boxes. My charges are calculated like this: $5.99: DirecTV DVR Subscription $4.99: Mirroring fee $4.99: Mirroring fee ------------------------------ $15.97 for three DVR boxes What does Comcast currently charge for having three DVR boxes? For Comcast, you pay for box rental so it going to be about $10 per box so you would pay probably about $30 for 3 Tivos. However, why would you want 3? Heck, even if you buy your own, you have to rent the cable cards.
To me, it about the same price both ways. If its the same price, why not rent? At least then if the box doesn't work, you can get a new one.
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| I want three because I'm not the only person living here.
You can optionally get the DirecTV protection plan for $5 per month.
Within the last few months, I've had three problems:
•Because of a flood in my home, the dish multiswitch got soaked with water and stopped working. They sent someone to install a new one.
•One of my four-year-old HDVR2's tuners stopped working. They overnighted a new DVR.
•The hard drive in my upgraded TiVo died. They overnighted a new DVR.
I own all of my boxes, but because of the protection plan, all three problems were fixed at no additional charge, with the total money spent still costing less than what Comcast would have charged. And not only that, I only signed up for the protection plan *the day after* the first problem had happened, and that problem was still covered. |
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Saint Marys, PA | As a new subscriber to Directv, I'm I forced to purchase the Directv Protection Plan. I thought if the new R-15 failed, Directv would have to send a new one anyway? |
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