 mlongPremium
join:2000-05-27
Parker, CO | Can't wait to leave DTV I don't plan on signing up with Comcast or Dish, I just want out of DTV. I find that most anything I really want to watch is on free channels available over the air. I'd like to get an HD antenna and be done with shelling out $75 a month to have "The Hills" and other nonsense piped into my house.
DTV has a great product and a rather insane price. I spend more time on the internet and a computer and with places like Hulu I think the only use for a TV soon will be movies and even that's fading. I've got a year left on the contract so I'm stuck paying an arm and a leg for something I really don't use any more.
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 BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | said by mlong:I'd like to get an HD antenna and be done with shelling out $75 a month to have "The Hills" and other nonsense piped into my house. To be technical there is no such thing as a "HD" antenna. You just need to be sure that you have one that can tune UHF signals since most HD signals are on UHF channels. I do see that you do have some on VHF in your area so get a combo UHF/VHF antenna |
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 sonofjayMission Accomplished - Bush May 1, 2003Premium,MVM
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North Attleboro, MA
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said by mlong:I've got a year left on the contract so I'm stuck paying an arm and a leg for something I really don't use any more. DirecTV have prorated termination fees fairly consumer friendly when compared to other types of ETFs. Last I checked they were between $12.50 - $20 for each month remaining on your contract depending on the level of equipment you got when you signed up.
12 months x $12.50 = $150 (or $240 @ $20/month)
12 months x $75.00 = $900 (if you continue to "pay an arm and a leg for something you really don't use")
You could save yourself $750.
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mlongPremium
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Parker, CO | I'm tempted really. I was working those numbers out a few days ago and was thinking the same thing. Thanks for the tip though.
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On the topic of termination fees... I have no idea if I would be charged any when I cancel/move soon as I am in a very unique hardware situation.
I signed up and got one HD receiver (non-DVR) and that's it. The apt. complex I live in has one dish with some serious hardware throughout the building to serve DTV to the entire complex (it is INCREDIBLY reliable - ie: it's gone out for a few minutes as a result of a power flicker in the past 6 months)...so I didn't even get a dish installed by them.
I can't find any page on their site detailing their policies and if someone could point me in the right direction (or just tell me I have to call them to find out) it would be appreciated. |
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sonofjayMission Accomplished - Bush May 1, 2003Premium,MVM
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4 edits | Here are the DirecTV customer agreements. »www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/co···avtype=5
Basically the contracts work like this:
- anytime you add a receiver, including swaps/replacements for defective ones
- replace or swap a dish,wiring or hardware
- sign up for "movers connection" where you have DirecTV install your dish at your new place when you move
- sign up as a new customer
- sign up for a further discount or promotion as an existing customer
then you enter into a new 24 month contract with DirecTV. Termination fees are pro-rated for each month remaining.
Also, something to consider is that if you acquired new equipment, either by signing up as a new customer or adding receivers as an existing customer in the past 4 years, then you will in most all cases need to return that equipment to DirecTV as it is leased and not owned by you. This is true even if though you may have paid some money upfront to get these receivers.
Also with MDU (multi dwelling units) there is the possibility that the MDU service is not provided by DirecTV directly but by a 3rd party provider and they could have their own agreement.
You should check your original agreement you received when you signed up and it should outline all of this. A call to DirecTV should clear all this up for you as well. But if it has been longer then 24 months since you received your new HD receiver then you likely do not owe any termination fees as you would no longer be under contract.
If you move then you could also consider getting a free install at your new location using by DirecTV Movers Connection with an extended contract.
For help/info from other DLSR members you can also post over at »Cable & Satellite TV
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
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Milford, NH
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We don't watch enough TV to justify Cable or Sat. I upgraded our outdoor antenna over the summer. Rather spend a few hundred dollars every 20 years then $50-100 per month.
A few years ago antenna preamp went out during the winter. Let family know there was not way I was going up on the roof during the winter. As long as it didn't break the Internet no one was overly concerned.
I think with transition to Digital TV we are seeing something of a resurgence of interest in over the air TV.
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