Actually, it's pretty hard to do this... DirecTV keeps decently good records on previous customers. It's not like Columbia House where you can cancel your membership at noon and at 12:05 open a new account as a "new customer."
They base their "new account" status on 3 or 4 different criteria...
This is actually a very hot deal for anyone looking to sign up for DirecTV. I did this deal last year and it was actually a little better because you could get the DirecTV setup with a DirecTivo for about $49 intstead of $99.
As for the installation questions, it's really hit or miss. Some of...
Actually thats exactly what is happening... a few weeks ago when they were running that really good LCD offer that they ended 24 hours early and screwed me out of a really great deal, I called up and spoke to a CSR about the pulling of the LCD promotion. She told me that there would be some...
My understanding is that they use 2 or 3 out of 4 criteria to determine if you are a new user.
1. Name
2. Address
3. Phone Number
4. Credit Card
If can/have changed most of these since you were a previous customer than I'd say you have a good shot. Otherwise, you will have to haggle...
Just to let everyone know, the information that was lost in my original DirecTV thread a few weeks ago can now be found at www.iwantdirectv.com. There are pricing breakdowns for both hardware and programming of DirecTV for new customers.
Thanks,
magicboy
Dish Network does NOT have Tivo. They have a competetor device called a PVR (personal video recorder). Basiccally it is a dumb tapeless VCR. You tell it what channel you want to record and what time to record and it does. That's it. If your show is a repeat for 10 weeks in a row. It will...
My question is why do the machines "Keep their word?"
What purpose do humans (in zion) have to the machines? Why not go back and destroy Zion now that Neo has helped you reboot the matrix? Neo did what he was supposed to do. He died to allow the matrix to be recreated. The machines can...
If there are any of you out there that are ready to make the change from Dish to DirecTV, I'll be more than happy to help.
Check out my Anandtech thread at: [referral link deleted by AnandTech Moderator]
or click on my sig for more details.
The America Top 150 with Dish is more or less...
DirecTivo units have USB ports disabled. Supposedly there is a way to enable them but I have yet to find that information on the web. Basically to get the Home Networking Option you would have to hack the crap out of the DirecTivo box and I'm just not sure that it's worth it.
Check out my...
Actually I have found that people that get crummy installations are people that let the installers perform a crummy installation. I have also found in my experience that contractors, in general, do the minimum amount of work to guarantee that they get paid. Do you tip a waitress for bad...
Shoot me an email with some pics and I will try to help you out if I can. Check out my other thread were I gave some very basic info on running additional wiring in your existing home.
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The preferable method is to run one line of RG6 from home run...
During the setup of the DirecTivo unit you will be asked for the type of dish you have and whether or not you have both inputs active on the receiver. You can choose to just use one. Of course you lose the dual tuner functionality by doing this but it can be done.
It possible to add...
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