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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I want to hear from people who have this service. I know it's a digital service provider. I know you get a dish. I think I know you can watch different channels in different rooms. What I don't know is how well it works. How responsive customer service is. What kind of problems you have with it. If it is better or worse than cable.
And does anyone have the HDTV service? (I have it on good authority that I am mainly correct when I say that someone may get me a nice HDTV for Christmas.) If so, are there enough shows shown (including sporting events) in HD that justify the extra $11 a month for the package?
Any and all other information would be appreciated. I'm sick of Time Warner Cable.
TM
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I had it for several years in my old city, before the loans came a-calling. The sister's boyfriend was a geek who knew a guy who knew a guy who printed the card access codes off of the internet. Its way harder to do now. There is a reason I mention this, and I'll get to it.
So I had the legal deal for a year, and the illegal all-access deal for a year. Or something like that. The legal deal was probably comparable to Comcast cable, but less expensive and with a few more options, especially better pay-per-view options I think. And that was just for the Basic+HBO deal.
The illegal deal was amazing. There were like 950 channels. If I was really bored, I would watch the 5 o clock local news for cities in 4 different time zones. Or I'd watch the same Simpsons episode. The pay-per-view, including porn, was always available. Ditto all of the premium movie channels.
Those were the best years of my life.
The reason I mention the illegal deal is that it is possible to do the same thing legally if you pay DirectTV enough money (the PPV would get pretty expensive though). Literally, are you a New Yorker living in LA? You can watch the local NYC news. Or at least you could when I had it.
The downside to Direct TV is that the service would sometimes go out when it rained. Then again, so does my Comcast now. Also, they have you plug the machine into a phone jack. No doubt about it, that's so they can make sure you ain't screwing with their cards.
Does that help?
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