Local Channel Connectors

the incompetence has GOT to be engineered to fruaterate their customers into just not bothering.

Accidental!? They are local over air channels. You mean they just have their system setup to view that information but DIRECTV will not give its customers Local Channel Conectors to view it.

and that...says it all. It’s not like they can’t fix the problem. They won’t.

If it is available to all, how come no one can get one!? DIRECTV is refusing to send them to those who want it. All of their crap is driving me to just get rid of them. I mean the locals are apps on AppleTV or Roku. And the infuriation of just dealing them......they’ve just created a system and environment to try and hold onto their antiquated (Edited per community guidelines) for as long as they can pull our money out of it.

It is not available to all.

if I was told I would be receiving one and didn’t get it, then would it have been available to me?

If you were in a negotiation area, then during a limited window you might have gotten one. Unfortunately from other posts (including from those with the "employee" tag), it appears that too many orders were placed that they couldn't keep up with.

So until it is out of testing with enough stock built-up, it will not be for sale. During negotiations with local channels they might do an exception again, but that is not a guarantee.

Would be nice if it was available all around, but that is not the reality. There is no entitlement or obligation that requires you get one. If they open it again for a limited exception like before, I hope they would disclose something like "while supplies last" to set the correct expectation.

At this point you apparently not getting one.

Oh well, I guess I just have to give up! SOOOO Helpfull! Thanks to all of you "Award for Community Excellence 2019 Achievers", you're so freaking great! Be careful so you don't choke on all that AT&T Kool-Aid you're gulping! And PLEASE don't forget to cash all of those checks! (ha! , who am I kidding, I don't have to worry about that.)

Hey, when you get your chance, I hope you catch a major diseased so you and your family can all go away! That would be an "achievement" for society at large. Keep reaching for those stars

Achievers"! Thanks again!

Then why can’t those of us who have HR54 systems get one?

predatory. Their should be a (Edited per community guidelines) (Edited per community guidelines). It’s predatory!

THERE SHOULD BE A CLSS ACTION (Edited per community guidelines)!

@YRSrviceIsAScam

The Local Channel Connector (LCC) is an optional accessory by DirecTV that is still in testing. There is absolutely nothing required by DirecTV to provide you one so there is nothing to dispute about it.

DirecTV is service by satellite. They have no obligation to connect your over-the-air (OTA) antenna to their equipment. It is a convenience they are working on, but has only worked with a couple models. Because of limited compatibility and stock depleted as they were nice and gave some out to many people that were affected by their local channels pulling the feed temporarily, it is not ready for national launch.

You want local channels use a regular antenna on your TV. Otherwise going to pay TV should be for all the national channels that you cannot get free over the regular airways.

You are distracting from and/or missing the point! We are all looking for the same thing on this thread, to INCLUDE our local off air programming along with our satellite programming. This is possible but Directv is inhibiting us from doing so. Moreover you/they are purposefully and actively inhibiting us from doing so. Directv has the ability and, yes, no “legal reason” to help us. But your statement alone shows how against the customer Directv really is. And THAT will be your businesses ultimate downfall and why people will get rid of your tyrannical and draconian dip(Edited per community guidelines) decoder boxes for something that actually works for what we want.

You are simply wrong AND a lier.

@YRSrviceIsAScam oh, community guidelines don’t allow you can’t say “(Edited per community guidelines)”.

@YRSrviceIsAScam

I have not lied about anything. The LCC is a highly desired accessory. Only works with the HR44 and HR54, but the not their new Genie-2 (HS17). Since they have been so heavily pushing that new server tower, going a new direction with equipment from traditional receivers, it is understandable they want the LCC to work with their current equipment.

DirecTV provides locals via satellite, but only if they have permission from the local affiliate owner. Connecting a regular antenna is not going through their service, so there is no requirement they provide it. If there were to just move on and discontinue investment in the LCC, that would be their right to do so.

Sorry but as much as you want the LCC, it is not ready for a full national launch as has still been in test markets, with limited exception during negotiations with local channel owners. In the end it is their choice if it is provided or not as having one is not an obligation.

And from your statement, you seem to have a misunderstanding. This is not my business any more than it is yours. I am a customer. This is a public forum of other customers. If you want official support then you call them.