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DIRECTV streaming questions
I have had DIRECTV since 1984, back when you had to purchase your own “Hughes Satellite” equipment and connect it all yourself. The oak trees around the house have finally gotten tall enough to now interfere with satellite reception. So I’m thinking of chatting the streaming service. I have a few qu
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What's the best remote OTHER THAN a Gemini for Direct TV Live TV streaming service? (Don't want to pay $120/year for a REMOTE!!!
Hi, We have two TVs and got one Gemini system and remote, which works well but as noted, it's $120/year for that system. I don't want either TV to require Gemini because using two systems would obviously be an additional $240/year. Is there another way to get an easy to use, intuitive, and quality r
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Stop home screen stream video from automatically playing
Hello - I am on DirecTv Streaming and this issue is on both my Gemini device and my FireStick. When the home screen is selected, there is a larger video window that automatically plays. Even if I'm not watching pre-recorded content, it will play whatever content/channel I last watched. I now have to
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Turn off TV with Direct TV remote
My Direct TV remote does everything on my LG TV but will not turn the TV off. I continue to get a No Signal message after trying to turn off the TV and I have to use the LG remote.
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Anyone having trouble with Alexa
DTV requires what they refer to as a jump start. I haven't found anyone that knows anything about it. However, if you'll start out using your remote instead of Alexa & then start using Alexa a lot of your problems will go away. This is a big difference between Firestick & Fire TV
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Recordings do not start where left off on app
we have one DTV Gemini receiver and use the DTV app on two other TVs (one FireTV and one Google TV)....when accessing recordings on the two TVs that use the app, the recordings do not start where we left off, they all start at the beginning. (The recordings work fine on the TV with the receiver) I h
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Recordings won't erase ???
It says they are erased but they pop right back as soon as you exit and then return to recordings.
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(Padding) recordings time before or after
Can't for the life of me figure out how to add time before a recording or after. Some of my recordings start 15 to 20 seconds into the show. I see tutorials to use menu & info button on remote. My remote has neither one of these. So far only solution is record the show before then fast forward to th
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Why no PiP?
I know this has been asked before but it's worth asking again. Why doesn't DirecTV Stream offer picture in picture and/or multi-view? Every other service has it and they are losing customers because they fail to offer it. It should also be made available on Android so that TV stays running in a floa
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How to stream from Roku to Mac?
Hey, So I’ve been trying to stream stuff from my Roku to my Mac, but I can’t seem to get it working right. I’ve tried a few apps, but everything either lags like crazy or keeps disconnecting. Has anyone actually managed to stream Roku content to a Mac without issues? Any help would be awesome. Thank
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