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Tampa Bay Lightning Coverage

Can't get all Tampa Bay Lightning Games on choice or ultimate. Need a schedule that shows games included and excluded.

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directv and lightning

just had some lightning in the area and once again directv went into the dreaded "satellite search" mode. Fortunately I have been through this pain before and it appears the root problem is a fried BBC. Last time, I took a near hit and paid the $75 to have the repairman tell me I needed new receiver

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Receiver destroyed by lightning

I NEED TO KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LIGHTNING WOULD DESTROY A RECEIVER BOX, THE TV AND PHONE LINES WERE DESTROYED AT THE SAME TIME. IF SO, COULD IT BE REPAIRED AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? IF NOT, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REPLACE IT.

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Receiver destroyed by lightning

I NEED TO KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT LIGHTNING WOULD DESTROY A RECEIVER BOX, THE TV AND PHONE LINES WERE DESTROYED AT THE SAME TIME. IF SO, COULD IT BE REPAIRED AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? IF NOT, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REPLACE IT.

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Lightning strike

Satélite WAS hit by lightning and WAS not grounded properly. Ground ran from splitter to rod on the side of house before going into house. This caused multiple issues with my house and contents. The first lightning strike fed through the coax took out receivers, gateway, two tv’s, copy machine, ceil

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Lightning hitting satellite dish or connections

Hi,Yesterday we had a severe lightning storm and our receiver just says searching for satellite signal. I had a new spare LNB and tried replacing that on the dish but still no signal. I have to borrow a friends receiver to see if my receiver acutally got hit, but was wondering if maybe the connector

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Lightning to hdmi audio not working

I sometimes use my iPhone and the lightning to hdmi dongle to watch tv on a larger screen. It has worked fine for the last year or so. I recently upgraded to iOS 16 and noticed that I no longer get audio thru the directv stream app. I have video with no sound. When I use other apps like Netflix, the

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Why can’t I use my iPhone with the Apple lightning HDMI cable to watch TV?

I have a new iPhone SE and an Apple lightning cable with an HDMI cable and a smart TV. Why can’t I do live streaming from the iPhonethe TV?

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HD DVR not working with HDMI after lightning storm.

Hello... I have the HR22-100 Directv HD plus DVR...we had lightning storm yesterday and i had to reset all of my receivers...all work well except on...the receiver works if I switch to composite cables but will not send the signal through on the HDMI...is this a problem with the receiver and do I ne

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Lightning strike direct

I have insurance on my direct tv box and satellite and tv. This happened tonight between 8:00 and 9:00. Right in my back yard at my den window. Who can I call to get satellite and box replaced in my house. My tv will not come on and my satellite will not reboot. Tomorrow is Saturday and I need my sy

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DirectTv app no longer working from iOS devices via lightning to HDMI connection

I am deployed to a combat zone and a DTV customer for 13 years. I have been using the DTV iOS app , connecting my iPad to a TV via a lightning to HDMI connection. It has been wonderful to have access to all of my stations. I just updated to iOS 16.2 yesterday, and now the HDMI connection is frozen o

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No video using lightning digital av adapter

When trying to use the above adapter I end up receiving “HDMI NOT SUPPORTED.  When using other apps everything works okay. How do I or does DTV make this work?

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Error when connecting my iPhone to lightning digital av adapter

When I connect my iPhone to my lighting digital av adapter the live stream will show. However when I change it to any other channel from my phone. I receive an error of HDMI Is not supported. Only when I press watch from iPhone. The HDMI works fine with other stream apps just fine but will not with

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stream direct TV using an Apple Lightning to Digital AV adapter

Hello, All I get is the video when streaming with my phone in my camper where wi-fi isn't available.  Netflix works just fine, so it isn't a hardware issue . . . . Thanks, Jason

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Waste of money. You can put a whole-house protector on the electrical input to the house and that will protect you to some extent against surges on the power lines due for example on remote failures in switching etc  But nothing simple will protect y

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Need to put serge protectors on my modem , and my direct incoming line

What brand serge protectors do you recommend to use for protecting my TVS. Just had 3 hit by lighting. Very  expensive to replace.I want to add a serge protector on the incoming cable to the modem,  a serge protector for the incoming coax for the Direct dish and serge protector to all 110 volt plug

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@shaee wrote:So much for net neutrality, seems criminal to me. Mob style throttling, we can thank the FCC for watching this happen.I would not blame the FCC for this.  I would blame the courts who threw out the legality of Net Neutrallity laws.  Supp

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Netflix, AT&T reach deal to allow faster, smoother streaming

@hpmsrm (Phil) should be a happy camper, now that Netflix has paid AT&T for access to AT&T's servers.  This interconnection agreement should allow for fatser and better quality streams.  It was signed in May but the accessers began this week.  Enjoy!

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No, it's not a DirecTV issue.  Over the years we've seen a number of reports of HDMI interfaces both on DirecTV (and cable) boxes, and the corresponding interfaces on the TV, being damaged by lightning strikes. The problem is usually compounded by po

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Surge through HD receiver via HDMI cable damaged HDTV 55 inch

It was raining a lot last night woke up around 0230 due to some crackling noise, went by the TV got a strong odor of something had burnt it came from the HD receiver, than also noticed on my VIZIO HDTV it had a white glow right on the logo that only comes on when the TV is on otherwise when off its

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No sound through receiver.

This occurred after a lightning storm. All HDMI cables are new

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Replacing tv

Can’t get replacement tv to connect to Direct TV.  Lights are on in small direct tv box. Lightning may have hit it. Lightning hit old tv.  How do I know if a new direct tv box is needed.

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Have you had any storms recently', lightning strikes etc?

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Genie and HDMI problem

Called for Service. Problem is similar to others:  HDMI signal from Genie to TV HDMI Input 2 was at first intermittent and then didn't work at all.  775 notice signal loss from dish.  Serviceman replaced the dish LNB.  Upon starting up Genie, client box had good picture but it a

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