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10-25-2019, 03:14 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
Posts: 1,422
THOR #15553
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Sale of Direct TV to Dish TV
Just got off the phone with Direct TV Service Tech in Ft Myers Fl. There will be no sale of DTV to Dish TV. For now we are stuck with ATT. DTV is for sale but don't expect that to happen anytime soon. 4th Tech coming to my house tomorrow to try to fix my problem. Supposedly LEAD Tech. 
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10-25-2019, 03:28 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Good luck! 
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Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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10-25-2019, 03:52 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 30.1
State: Colorado
Posts: 388
THOR #5190
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We've had DTV at home for close to 15 years. All we seem to get out of them is a yearly price increase. Last year I finally called them and told them that I was done unless they would reduce the price. I got $60/mo off for a year, but its coming up on the end of that year.
I'm really looking at cutting the cord and going with Playstation Vue along with a Plex account for OTA channels that PSV doesn't covert. I have to get a Silicon Dust Homerun tuner to allow Plex to access the local stations. With a Plex account, you set up a server on any computer in the house (or even a NAS) to function as a DVR. I played with this arrangement a bit before being able to threaten DTV (which is what it takes to get them to treat you as well as they treat new sign ups). I have Apple TV's on all the TV's in the house plus one for the RV, all of which support the PSV and Plex apps.
With the PSV and Plex I can get the same channels we now get for about $100/month less than we pay for DTV and $150/mo less once they jack my rates back up. I think when my current DTV discount expires, I'm done with them. I may just suspend the account so I don't immediately have to return the DTV boxes. I think they will let me suspend for as long as 6 months.
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2017 Thor ACE 30.1
2017 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
Roadmaster Falcon All Terrain
RVi Brake 3
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10-25-2019, 03:57 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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We had DirectV; but switched to Spectrum... 
We wish that we could change back... 
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10-25-2019, 06:38 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
Posts: 1,422
THOR #15553
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I'm happy with DTV at home. Wife gets Nessen for ball games and I get NBC and NBC/Sports for NASCAR. The problem happens with local stations twice a year when we go to and from MA to FL.
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10-25-2019, 06:52 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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 There's never anything worth watching on anyway! 
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Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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10-25-2019, 07:23 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2019 Freedom Elite 30FE
State: New York
Posts: 187
THOR #16600
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DenverTransplant
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I'm really looking at cutting the cord ....
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We have Optimum as our cable package. We cancelled the house phone and cable, still use them for internet. We stream Direct TV Now / ATT now. It is a perfect set up. We have all of the same channels and features we did with cable at half the cost and it is totally mobile. I can watch TV and DVR wherever I am on any device.
For our rig, we just ordered the Togo (our hotspot did not give us enough gigs) to connect. We are going to use it at the house also to see if it is better than our internet connection. If it is we will either get a second Togo for the house or get a cellular antenna for the house and drop our Optimum internet connection.
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11-06-2019, 11:34 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Michigan
Posts: 11
THOR #15979
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavie
I'm happy with DTV at home. Wife gets Nessen for ball games and I get NBC and NBC/Sports for NASCAR. The problem happens with local stations twice a year when we go to and from MA to FL.
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I switch from Dish to Direct and back again every 2 years to get the new customer deals. This time to Direct the deal is for all of the 2 years. You’ll find they are pretty much the same company, at least where I am.
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11-07-2019, 04:45 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Axis 24.1
State: Florida
Posts: 58
THOR #4064
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Radioman
I switch from Dish to Direct and back again every 2 years to get the new customer deals. This time to Direct the deal is for all of the 2 years. You’ll find they are pretty much the same company, at least where I am.
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So what is their deal for new customers? A friend of mine has Dish and I've been using his second box but he is dropping everything at the end of the month. Like someone else said there is nothing worth watching. My wife watches Wheel of Fortune and a couple of the NCIS and thats it.
roger
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11-07-2019, 04:53 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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You can only watch just a couple of "Gilligan's Island" episodes: before your head explodes anyway...
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Current coach: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
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11-07-2019, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Gemini 24TX (Formerly)
State: California
Posts: 1,459
THOR #5821
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DTV since AT&T took it over, has become IMO a real PITA to deal with. I have the SWM3, auto dish on the RV, so am pretty much locked into DTV, at least for the RV. When it works, it works well, but????? I had AT&T some years ago, and after they slammed me twice, and it took a year and a half to get it straightened out, I dumped them, but for the RV, because of the SWM3 dish, its not an option.
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11-07-2019, 06:08 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Still Looking
State: Georgia
Posts: 21
THOR #4609
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Just so you know PlayStation Vue service will end January 30th, 2020.
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