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Classic Hawaii Five O

Will you please bring the classic Hawaii Five O back ?  This was the best program on t.v., barring none.Television programming now is horrible, boring, etc.  Hawaii Five O with Jack Lord is clean, dramatic, and has many interesting and beautiful scenes.  It is a very well rounded program with someth

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New Feature - Nine Super Favorite Channels - Setup

OK, Got the download for the new feature of being able to save nine special channels, but for life of me, I can't find any instruction on how to do it.

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Seriously?? Five, count 'em, five install dates that haven't happened

I've never experienced anything so frustrating as trying to get AT&T U-verse installed at my new house. We moved in on Mar 24, timing our move around the install date we were given of Mar 25. When the 25th rolled around, nobody called and nobody showed up. So I called back and got a new install date

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Here is the latest DirecTV Hacker Scam / FRAUD "Dear ___________Account #____________Do you know you can avail upto 50% discounts on your DIRECTV AT&T bills by redeeming this Promo code: EBAY.So Hurry Up, call us eight five five seven two six seven t

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Promo to pay 50% of bill

I received several emails, the last one on March 31st, saying that I can pay 50% of my balance due. This promo ended on April 2nd and I called about it and set up a payment to be made on April 2nd, which was made. I was not able to speak with a live representative because the wait was just too long

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Five shows at once - what happens?

I almost had a situation last night where I would have had five shows on five different channels with recordings set at the same time - three would be just ending, and two would be just starting, but there's that three-minute overlap period.  I only have 4 channel capability, and I didn't want to ri

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Under valued Customer after NINE years!!

I had a similar issue!  I've never felt as under valued as a customer as I have with Uverse now.  I have been a customer for NINE years!  Since they first started in Atlanta.  I contacted customer service looking for ways to lower my bill.  It always seems to creep up over time.  Then they do someth

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Why are all of the baseball games blacked out on MLB / FSN 1737? I signed up and paid extra money to see the Detroit Tigers and five out of five games have been blacked out.

Why are all of the baseball games blacked out on MLB / FSN 1737?  I signed up and paid extra money to see the Detroit Tigers and five out of five games have been blacked out.

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FOX Network glitches every five minutes

Is anyone else out there having issues with FOX network?  For the past two weeks, there have been drops in their broadcast that last a second or so that occur every five minutes or so.  I especially have noticed this during NFL and the World Series broadcasts.  The screen goes black for a second and

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Five Recent Channels staying at bottom of screen

Out of nowhere, five boxes showing my recent channels has taken residence at the bottom of the picture of my current channel content. Neither pressing back nor home ok makes it go away for more than a few seconds. How can I remove these recent channels boxes?

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Last five minutes of recorded show the video goes black.

Almost every recording I make, the last five minutes of the show I lose the picture. I still have sound but no picture. It's very annoying and i can't seeme to get it work correctly.

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The SWM8 takes four cables from the dish. The output of the SWM8 then goes to a splitter or splitters to feed the individual receivers. http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?mc=02&p=SWM-8-NOPOWER http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?mc=02&p=SPLIT8MRV 

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Adding Whole Home DVR service to existing setup

Here is my current setup without Whole Home DVR: 1 HR241 HR22 or 23 I don't recall2 H231 H20?? Purchased an additional box last week, when installed this put this old refurbished pile in? Dish with 4 wires coming down into a switch outside the house, and 7 wires off the switch going to the recievers

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Looking to read more about a Directv ad

DirecTV showed an ad where I could get nine channels including Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Where can I read more about that?

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of course they arent interested, you got scammed by a scammer who conned you into buying gift cards for a deal that was too good to be true., it wasnt directv nor are they responsible. its a civil matter contact the police Here is the latest Dir

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Directv Account access fraud department and EBAY Scam

ATT has not been helpful. I was a victim of the Ebay scam and Directtv is well aware of this. The main part of the scam is that your account is access and services turned on so it seems like it is Directtv. I tend to think that it is an inside job. I have been trying to contact and it has been mo

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Grandkids Watched Sponge Bob all weekend and now my TV keeps changing back to it every five minutes while I watch history channel

Help. How do I clear this issue with Sponge Bob coming on every five minutes while watching different channels.

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10+ networked DVRs

Is there a limit to the number of machines that the MRV software will support at any one time? I remember, painfully, that the old ReplayTV software would only allow its networked machines to see nine other Replays at once.I have 12 (8 HR20s and 4 HR22s) networked and without fail each only sees 10

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Low stations gone again

Every two to three weeks while watching channel nine all of a sudden it goes out and now they tell me oh we have to come out to your house and replace stuff. Last time they fixed it from the office. I work in healthcare and can not miss time from work and they won’t come unless I am here I have all

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Shows start five minutes in upon pressing "Play"

Lately all the shows I've recorded are starting anywhere between the two and five minute mark. What this means is that the shows record at the proper time, but I have to rewind to the beginning when I first play them. One show even started at the end, and I had to rewind all the way from the end (se

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RF Remote light above Dish mode flashes five times each time you push a botton

My RF remote was programed correctly for my reciever and it simply quit working like normal. Now when I push any botton the light about the dish setting flashes five times. I have tried to reset the remote and reprogram it for the reciever and when I hold down the mute and select button at the same

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I saw an article that stated the 9 months applies only to recordings that were recorded after today, April 20th. QUOTE FROM THE STREAMABLE POST, "Last month, we reported that DIRECTV STREAM was planning to extend DVR recordings fr

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RECORDINGS NOW KEPT 9 MONTHS ???

I turned on my DTV Box this morning and there were no messages and I still have a "3 day to Expire" notice on one of my recordings. When I went to another room and used my ROKU it said NOW DTV STREAM WILL SAVE RECORDINGS 9 MONTHS STARTING TODAY. So does that start only with recordings recorded s

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You have nine tuners on the 8 way switch and that will give you problems.  If Directv installed this system call them back and have them do it properly.  If this is a DIY job, what steps did you take to not oversubscribe the system with the nine tune

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All recorded shows gone!

I have 3 HR22 HD DVRs (and 3 HD receivers) in the house on a whole home netwrok. I have access to all 3 receivers in any room on my other HD receivers as well. I also have shows set to record on the 3 different units as well. Last night when going to watch a show, all of my recording were GONE! i ha

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