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Why are all local channels streaming but national are not?
All of the local Kansas City stations for ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX appear to be streaming this morning while national channels such as CNN and CNBC are coming in perfectly through satellite? You can't record streaming stations so there is no way to record major network programs. What's going on?
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NFL Network
As of this morning when I attempt to watch Good Morning Football (channel 212) I am being prompted to pay $5.99 to watch it. What happened?
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activating Signal Saver
The support pages on DirecTV's site appear to be down so if I click on the link about Signal Saver, I get a page with a confused looking guy on it. Just wondering - if I don't see the option on my local channels to stream when I get the 771 error, does that mean I don't have the streaming option for
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THANK YOU, DIRECTV,
REGARDING THE CODE 771. THANK YOU, DIRECTV FOR WORKING HARD TO GET THE SAT. CLEARED UP. I DO HOPE YOU HAVE PUT IN AN AUTO SWITCH IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN. I'M 78 AND TV IS WHAT GIVES ME PLEASURE. THIS FORUM WAS VERY HELPFUL AND WISH I KNEW ABOUT IT EARLIER.
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99 sat outage yellow banner
Great if you have a Genie but people with HR24s are stuck. For whatever reason I can still watch the Dodgers game in a lower resolution which according to a post on another forum is on the 99 sat.
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Issue With Reelz
When trying to watch Reelz, I am told 'Something wrong with this satellite signal... No error message. I am able to stream it. So far, as far as I can tell, no other channels have this issue. James
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STREAMING
I see some people are not receiving some channels a town over from me in Elk Grove CA. My problem seems to be some channels I cannot get without streaming and others are ok. And the ones that stream says you cannot record or move forward/backwards. Any answers DTV or just another AT&T communication
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Local Channels are not available
This started this morning. How many months will we have to go with streaming (which means the DVR is useless for recording)? I pay for CBS and Fox and for months I didn't get them. As a loyal Direct TV customer for decades I go comped on NFL Sunday Ticket for a couple of years - NOPE Direct TV lost
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