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Need the scoop on SATA drives

Your help would be appreciate.1). How do you determine which sata drives will work with direcTV dvrs?2). Does DirecTV support these? Do they frown on it?

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Here's the scoop on used DirecTV equipment ....http://reviews.ebay.com/Directv-quot-leased-quot-equipment-DVR-apos-s-amp-standard-receivers_W0QQugidZ10000000004230191

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receivers

i am being given a receiver from a friend who moved and owned it. is there any problem repacing my older receiver with directv? also i dont hjave a hd tv set but this is an hd recver -will i have to pay for hd service even though my tv is not hd ? thanks a lot

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I find it provides the perfect amount of time to scoop another handfull of popcorn.

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HD Receiver Playback Anomaly

It's not a big deal, but I noticed when I start the playback on my H21 from content recorded on my HR20 it starts "at the very beginning" unlike when played from the HR20. What I mean is that when the HR20 records a scheduled program it includes a 5-10 second "buffer" of content at the beginning, th

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I have the inside scoop as to why there is a problem. AT&T hired a bunch of Time Warner Cable executives.  They all have MBA’s in how to screw your clients and not give a rip.  Hulu you are getting so much closer.

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Recorded Shows are Missing

They were here yesterday and are gone today. I have about 20% space left and all these recording were set as keep until I delete them. On the main screen it has the show as recently recorded under recordings and then when I go into the playlists it's not there. These shows have recorded over time, a

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DirecTV Stream Multiview

I use Apple TV and Amazon Firestick. When will DirecTV Stream introduce the multi-view feature to its service?  My patience is wearing out.  It's way past due now.  Time to catch up and surpass the competition if you want to keep a subscriber from switching.  Thanks to anyone wh

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We don't need ATT. We'd better suit up coz we conservatives need to find our own Media Services, Utilities, Hospitals & Doctors, Security, etc...  Let's see if Spectrum has the kahunas to take OAN.  I'm going to start making the case t

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DIRECTV dropping OANN?

How could you bow down to the WOK cancel culture demands to dropping OANN? They do not lie!  The "big lie of the 2020 election" is absolutely true. There is mountains of evidence of the election steal. All the misinformation comes from liberals not conservatives!  My husband and I will be

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Upcoming HD upgrade

So my 2 year contract is up in May and we got a new Vizio HD TV and have been limping along with DTV SD and OTA HD for locals. Called to get the scoop on an HD DVR upgrade. First CSR could offer $50 off the $199 for the HD DVR and offered to transfer to Customer Retention immediately. Spoke with an

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@Juniper here's the scoop on free air in my area: doesn't exist. I live in a very mountainous region, to where the nearest station is less than 4 miles away but I can barely receive its transmission due to the terrain. Next station is probably 15 mil

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Nexstar: DirecTV has made no effect to resolve

This hold out has been going on for over 2 months now with no end in sight. Local channels are pretty much gone and I have to use my streaming services to watch the most basic things, such as market area NFL games. Meanwhile however, the billing surely hasn't went down rather up, after 13 years of l

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How to lower bill or cancel service without having to talk to 6 different people and then get a "Dropped call"

Tried to go into att and get my bill lowered, the lady was really nice and said that direct tv took that feature out of the store level it is all over the phone now. So I call Direct Tv to see how to lower my bill, I am way past the 2 year contract so I should qualify for a new promotion, first guy

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You're confused.  Read the attached link and it should give you the straight scoop.http://support.directv.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2806/related/1

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WholeHome and Internet Connection

I recently went to a Whole Home DVR system.  I want to connect a tv to the new HR24-200 DVR via my router.  I try to set it up and am told that IF I have Whole Home I must have a DirecTV "Cinema COnnection Kit".  WHY??  My girlfriend has used a CAT5 cable to connect her DVR and router for some years

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Extremely (Edited per community guidelines) at DirectTV. This is why they are losing this package next year. Hopefully Apple scoops it up!

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“Sorry for the interruption, we’re addressing the problem ASAP”

I bought direct tv SOLEY to watch NFL… Sunday pass doesn’t work. Keep getting the error message above. Found several help forums all with the same useless docu linked about clearing the cache, checking internet connection etc. I’ve tried it all… it’s a direct tv problem and its bullsh*t. Fix it!!!

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Sounds like you've got the inside scoop. You have no need for a silly old message board manned by a bunch of nobodies.

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Replacement Receiver

I am having an issue with a receiver that keeps giving me a black screen and sometimes a gray screen. After resetting the receiver I am seeing a blue screen telling me that HDMI is not compatible. All the other TVs are working fine. I called tech support to report a faulty receiver. I spoke to Mirad

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HD24-500 Receiver

I need to get a HD24-500 receiver for my RV, but I am having a hard time finding it. I have also heard that Directv is no longer activating these boxes.  Can you give me the real scoop?

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OK, just got off the phone with customer retention, Here's the scoop, all ON Demand premium movies and programs are dictated by the premium channel which changes from one day to next and not by AT&T U-Verse. So the complaints need to be directed at t

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Showtime HD Premium On Demand list movies

Can someone explain why Showtime HD under Premium, the list of movies shows only ONE MOVIE?. Also, under Sho HD it shows Series category. Where DID ALL MOVIES GO?

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Vizio Blu Ray & Directv remote

here's the scoop: i have the standard old rc64r...and i purchased a vizio vbr-110....i cannot find codes that work to use the remote with the blu ray...if i try the generic vizio codes, it turns my tv off which also happens to be a Vizio.... is there a possible way to due this?? or am i up the creek

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Active APP content

I have DirecTV and prefer to watch TV in my office using APPS and streaming on my Firestick.   Until recently, for instance ID go, would just tell me to use the following and activate the programming. https://idgo.com/activate.   I could do it from my phone or my computer. It then required me to pic

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ok, so here is the scoop. The installers came out and hardwired for the direct cinema but I cant see if it is going to work for 24 hours. They said I could have it hardwired or wireless, it would be totally up to me, so I chose hardwired only because

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Direct cinema wireless

Ok,I am a new customerand I have a HD DVR, I also have a Netgear wireless router. Do I HAVE to have the direct cinema connection kit, Ehthernet cable. or is there some way to go wireless through me own router?

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Options?

Hi, I'm looking at getting DirecTV and finally having HD available! but I have a question....... I am wondering what my HD options are.. Here's the scoop: I have one tv in our master bedroom.I have one tv in our main living area mounted on the wall above a fireplace. I want to have HD on both tvs..

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3D upgrade and activation

We'll probably have an whole new subject heading for 3D soon. My cousin has s Mitsubishi DLP "3D ready" TV, and was told by a CSR that the new 3D transmission format won't support the Mitsubishi format. Will there be any conversions for this, or are we in for another VHS vs BETAMAX, BLU-RAY vs HDDVD

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