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Streaming Setup & Equipment

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Direct TV without Satellite Dish

I have arrangement with Spectrum. But Spectrum is becoming expensive for the seasoned customers, and all it advertises with attractive rates are fake. They increase the cost every year and there comes a time the customers of Spectrum think of alternate providers. Accordingly I am seeking Direct TV.

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Unable to set up new osprey box

Hello community! I just bought a new (never been used) osprey box from a reputable eBay seller. After setting up the device, connecting to the internet and letting it do its updates everything goes well but then it comes to a screen that says it's trying to connect to a video bridge. It's as if it t

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Local News App not in catalog

I am trying to load the WIVB News 4 app on my DirecTV Stream Gemini box. The app is in the Google Play Store when I search on the Web. However, I can not find it when I do a search on the Gemini box. This is an app for my home town news station in Buffalo. I am on Direct TV in Southwest Florida.

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issue with Netflix at closing credits of a movie, using Gemini box.

This might be a Netflix, problem but I'll mention here. Netflix has a habit of putting the movie title on the screen when you pause the stream . . . I guess they think it's cool if you say answer your phone and the person sezs, oh you're watching a movie, what's it called???? I don't like that it do

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Transferring DTV Streaming box to another smart tv in another state?

We have DTV Streaming service over fiber optic cable in north Florida. (Correct terminology?) We purchased our DTV streaming box from DTV. We will be spending time in Maine where the only cable and internet service is through Spectrum, which has a monopoly in our part of the state (ugh). We were tol

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Is C71KW-400 the newest hardware for DTV Streaming?

This is in reference to the "no contract" DTV Streaming service where you can use a Roku, Fire Stick, Google Chromecast w/Google TV, Android TV, etc. I use Fire Sticks and Roku, but I also have a used C71KW-400 I got from eBay and it works well. My C71KW-400 says it was manufactured in 2019, so it's

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Firmware request

Hello. New to DTV stream, loooong time DTV satellite user (finally got gigafiber in my area). I have 3 of the c71kw boxes that all updated to the DTV software. I am pleased with the service and interface. I am requesting that at some future update, your software engineers allow an automated switch o

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Apple TV vs Gemini

I’ve been running a 4k Apple TV along side a Gemini on the same TV. Both are hard wired via Ethernet. Picture seems better on Apple TV, channels change instantly on the Apple TV (no expanding line while loading) and Apple TV is faster, including the guide loading. The speed difference is very notice

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App won't work on my TV's

I just purchased Direct TV Choice with AT&T fiber internet yesterday. I downloaded the App and it doesn't work on my TV's. I've got a Fire TV and multiple Fire sticks. It works on my laptop but nothing else. Do I need the box and the Gemini controller first?

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