tyrion Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I have a dual tuner hd dvr on directv. Did you buy it or can you get it through directv? When I had it, you had to by the unit and it wasn't cheap. I have 4 tuners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I think it was $99 for the dual tuner hd dvr. But I also think you get the first one free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I think it was $99 for the dual tuner hd dvr. But I also think you get the first one free. Is it HD? I had directv and it was around $350 for the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 yup, HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 yup, HD. That's not bad. Now if they had On Demand, I'd be in business. I still have my old dirctv and dishnetwork dishes still on the house. I will take a look to see what else has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Directv has on demand, I've just never figured out how to get it to work I use appletv and hulu to get my on demand fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 So I go to the website and the first thing I see is directv on demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 It looks as though that after an outlay of $600 for 3 extra hd/dvr's I would save roughly $70/mo with directv (after the first 12 months when I would save more than $90). The on demand seems a bit complicated as it requires you to connect to your router. However, if I tell my wife I'm saving on the deal, she might go for it. I always thought that satellite had a better picture than cable. I should check out dishnetwork to see what they are offering these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 if you go directv let me know, I can get us each $50 credit for referring you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 if you go directv let me know, I can get us each $50 credit for referring you Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Comcast cable blows. They keep getting these pauses in the digital signal, and the frame freezes and the audio drops out for like 20 second increments. It always seems to happen at the climax of a show. I got on the horn to yell at them the other day for this very reason and after waiting several minutes, an automated voice apologized, saying I couldn't be connected. ! ! One of my friends has that problem. Seems their QC isn't all that great, but I haven't had problems. The picture quality with football isn't that great compared to DirectTV's NFL Network though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upstateguy Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 You Betcha ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 One semi-angry phone call to Comcast later and they knocked 20% off my bill and reactivated the two premium channels that we previously had. Amazing that they flat out refused to do this for my wife not more than two weeks ago and had the balls to charge us a $1.99 change of service fee for the expiration of the of their promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Salt Peanuts Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Dang, that's twice as fast (both down and up) as what I'm getting here from Comcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Salt Peanuts Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 So it appears my Comcast service is slower than everyone else's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 It looks as though that after an outlay of $600 for 3 extra hd/dvr's I would save roughly $70/mo with directv (after the first 12 months when I would save more than $90). The on demand seems a bit complicated as it requires you to connect to your router. However, if I tell my wife I'm saving on the deal, she might go for it. I always thought that satellite had a better picture than cable. I should check out dishnetwork to see what they are offering these days. We have dish with two dual tuner HD/DVR's. The on demand works great. The hookup to my router was very easy and works as advertised. It is also easy to hook up external drives to my DVR's to augment storage. Overall we are quite satisfied with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 We have dish with two dual tuner HD/DVR's. The on demand works great. The hookup to my router was very easy and works as advertised. It is also easy to hook up external drives to my DVR's to augment storage. Overall we are quite satisfied with it. When you say dish, I assume you mean dishnetwork? I also assume that for on demand, the connection is between each box you want to have on demand and the router? If I'm correct I would have to have a wireless bridge for each box that I want to have on demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 When you say dish, I assume you mean dishnetwork? I also assume that for on demand, the connection is between each box you want to have on demand and the router? If I'm correct I would have to have a wireless bridge for each box that I want to have on demand. Yes. Yes. and Yes. I have a wired connection on one and wireless on the other. The wired is more responsive but both work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 And that's from the living room some 30' and 3 rooms away from the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 And that's from the living room some 30' and 3 rooms away from the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 So it appears my Comcast service is slower than everyone else's. Everybody knows that southerners speak more slowly than the rest of the country. Comcast just figured you wouldn't miss the extra bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yes. Yes. and Yes. I have a wired connection on one and wireless on the other. The wired is more responsive but both work just fine. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Everybody knows that southerners speak more slowly than the rest of the country. Comcast just figured you wouldn't miss the extra bandwidth. Except I live in Northeast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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