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Thursday, August 29th, 2024 2:38 AM

Please give us the option to edit this terrible new menu or get rid of it!

The new menu format is AWFUL.  Why are we now forced to have garbage in our home menu that some will never, ever use?  WE will NEVER watch Sports Central, but have to see it in high and prominent in the menu now.  We NEVER rent movies on DirecTV, but now it's slammed into the home menu, and so on.  Please give us the flexibility to set the menus up the way we choose.

For those who have a DVR for a reason - recording shows - we now have to scroll through 15 tiles or more to get to the playlist?  Shame on whomever did this new UI with zero actual customer input - terrible experience that is 10x more cumbersome and painful than it should be!

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254.6K Messages

4 months ago

Hi, @UnhappyUser10. We're sorry to hear you feel that way. DIRECTV is laying the foundation to present more personalized content and offer more aggregated subscription video on demand. We continue to innovate and improve our interface to provide a seamless customer experience. We have forwarded your suggestions to the appropriate team, so they can review and determine the next steps. Furthermore, we value your feedback. Thank you for choosing DIRECTV.


- Jayson, DIRECTV Community Specialist

4 months ago

Complete and total agreement, this new UI is a terrible change.  Please at least let us disable it.  I have ZERO interest in DirecTV trying to personalize my feed or Aggregate Individual Media  Streams for me.

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4 months ago

I absolutely hate the new setup when trying to look at programs that I have recorded and would like a way to change it so that it is essentially back to the way it was with a long list instead of having to scroll sideways

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211 Messages

4 months ago

There was nothing wrong with the previous menu. Bring it back please.

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4 months ago

If direct thinks the new format is user friendly....its so bad i might go back to Dish

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4 months ago

Makes us want to go back to Dish....It makes no sense for the normal user!!!

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4 months ago

This new menu is horrible and incomplete for us that use our DVR. Your new screens do not allow us to list what shows we have set to record and resolve conflicts when they occur. Deleting a recorded event now requires you to go to the entire end of what you've recorded before you can delete it. With the old menu, we could delete it right off the bat of whatever reason. There are so many things you've left out, all while forcing us to accept your silly useless menu.  

Please give us the old menu or all everything with the new menu.

Also, who's stupid idea was it to change in on Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. Didn't want to hear the phone ring off the hook. 

16 Messages

4 months ago

Maybe I’m missing something but I always click on the List button to bring up my recorded shows and it hasn’t changed. Also, the Recording Manager is on the top right of the list. I can delete shows in the List without watching them too. 

I never used the Menu section, so maybe that’s where the disappointment lies. 

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4 months ago

Cannot get 1081 resolution after new menu only 720 p

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175 Messages

4 months ago

@rre   is your TV support that high?   I have no issue w/the higher resolution after menu update.  my TV is a QLED.

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4 months ago

The new menu is disgraceful!  It is awful, cumbersome and confusing.  I cannot get to my recordings.  First all Disney stations are gone including my local station ABC.  Now I can’t get to my recordings.  I have been a directv subscriber since 1995 and am going to XFINITY!  This is the worst menu I have ever seen.  You have no consideration for your customers.

GOOD BYE!

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4 months ago

Eighty year old mom just out of the hospital and bedridden is frustrated as all get out over menu change and the inability to navigate to her shows. Great job directv keeping your senior customers in mind when changing formats…. You know… those older folks that don’t often see well, aren’t always tech-savvy, and don’t adapt to change well…. Offer the option to keep the old stuff please.

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3 months ago

When I push my list button, to see previously recorded programs I get a runaround mess. If I have multiple episodes of a certain title, I can only access whichever one they why me to see. This is insane. I use my DVR often. Give us back user friendly menus - not what's best for people in a think tank office. Some of us long time users are going to go away if we can't maneuver easy. FIX THIS or AT LEAST GIVE US THE OPTION TO REVERT BACK TO THE OLD USER INTERFACE 

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3 months ago

Exactly my thoughts.  Why are we paying so much to have our service downgraded to making it harder to see the Guide and Playlist and search for shows we never had to look for before? Give us a choice to keep our old format.  The new one in not intuitive At All...!

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1 month ago

This new menu is ridiculous I'm thinking of canceling my subscription why did you change original menu there was nothing wrong with it.now when you delete something it shows up as being canceled and you can't get rid of this notification. 


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