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Direct TV
Anyone have it? I am curious about a couple things.
A couple weeks ago I upgraded from my cable to Direct TV. I ended up going with the Genie and 3 Minis for the bedrooms.
What pushed me to the edge was a letter from my cable company saying they were increasing the price starting in May.
The cable we had charged extra for HD channels, and we only got a handful of them. (A bad thing considering we have HD TVS in 4 rooms total)
And secondly, 2 of those rooms don't get many channels at all. They were just the basic standard channels.
So, I switched, but kept the High Speed Internet I had with them as its not bad and the best around here.
Ive had D-TV about 3 weeks now but really like it so far.
Get all channels in all 4 rooms, almost all of them are in HD with DVR and all the Premium Channels.. HBO, MAX, Show etc. Didn't have any of that before.
And its cheaper for the first year and after a year will cost about the same. Even with the Protection Plan.
So in a sense, its cheaper. Paying the same after a year, but a lot more bang for the buck.
Which leads me to one of my questions.
The Protection Plan costs $7.99 a month. Supposed to cover costs of service,repairs, replacements (even accidental) and new equipment every 2 years.
1st month free so I need to make a decision soon.
Is it even worth it or just a bogus charge?
Secondly just curious over the long term how many have issue during storms? I hear horror stories all the time, but so far so good here.
We've had some snow and rain here since we got it, and it never had a single issue. But they were not really that bad either.