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What do I need to get 4K?

long-time (25 years) DirecTV satellite customer. Upgrading my media room to a 4k-capable projector, and looking at updating my DirecTV equipment along with it to allow for viewing 4k content from satellite. Current equipment is the standard Genie + Genie Minis. Main Genie receiver is NOT in the medi

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Picture quality issues

Streaming on the Apple TV 4K the issue has come back since the last update if you're watching the app it will go into slow motion lag and chop this issue took forever to get fixed and now it has returned I stream the app on every possible streaming device that is on the market they are all having is

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Please restore the old LIST format for recordings

If anyone at DirecTV actually reads this, please restore the simple “list” function of recorded programs. Two days ago, its was replaced on my satellite service with a cumbersome, counter-intuitive image-based screen with a “browse” button that doesn’t browse, it takes you back where you started in

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Stop the repetitive commercials, PLEASE!

It's getting worse! Why is DirecTV allowing the customer experience to suffer from this? It seems that the repetitive, irritating 'commercials' from HBO/Disney/Time Warner(?) and the droning music that gets louder the longer it plays(!), showing endlessly on CNN, Discovery, History, and many others

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When can we expect a bug fix for the new UI? (July 2026 - Workaround included)

I, like many others DirecTV users, am somewhat disappointed that the newest update to the User Interface is very buggy and leads to a runaround. The current experience is to click the list button and have the blank screen that talks about how to record "Live Shows" and how it will appear on the scre

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DirecTV App / Unable to Stream Channels

I had my DVR receiver replaced today with the Genie 2 HS17. While there are no issues with any of my TVs and physical receivers if I try to watch my programming on any of my mobile devices or Apple TV the majority of the channels are no longer available to be streamed. Was working on all devices wit

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Changes to DTV Programming Features

I hope Mr. John Abzidir reads my new post today, 7/6/26. Another lie when it comes to explanations about changes in DTV programming features (Cast & Crew and Ways to Watch). No one asked for this change.

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Loving the service, just one question

Good Morning Everyone, I signed up for DIRECTV satellite service about a month ago, and overall I've been really happy with it so far. We live in a very rural area where internet options are pretty limited. We have internet, but we're lucky if we consistently get around 50 Mbps. Because of that, str

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Genie HR-54 suddenly showing NO recordings...C71K Mini show all recordings.

Genie DVR all of a sudden shows NO recordings in the menu. It only shows how to record. All of my recording do show properly on (3x) C71k mini's Whats happening here?

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replace broken ATT Uverse remote, S10-S4

OK button not working and channel +/- sporadic. unit is 13 years old

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