Ive been paying so much like a few hundred for many years.

The thought of 65 bucks a month and not having the dish is very appetizing

A box? But you still need internet to access it. Why on earth would you subscribe to DTV for that if there are various services (Sling, YT, Fubo) that give you the same thing through a Roku, Apple TV, Firestick, etc.

Do they charge a rental fee on the box?

I had that when my elderly mother was living with us for a year. I only got it for 2 reasons:
- Primary reason: It had a more traditional remote where she could punch in the numbers to get to a channel. She has a lot of trouble scrolling through menus to find stuff.
- Secondary reason: The service had Reds games.

It was a 1 time fee for the box, somewhere around $80. I canceled it as soon as she moved into an assisted living place.

For some, it may be access to RSNs. For others it may be quantity of channels offered. Most steaming services are missing a few things, which could be a deal breaker.

The main reason to go with Direct TV Stream is for the Regional Sports Networks, in my case NESN for Red Sox and Bruins games. They also carry PBS which Fubo doesn't.

You can use Roku, Firestick, or Apple TV but the Direct TV box or Osprey as its called gives you a remote with numbers that is closer to the cable experience. I went with their refurbed box for a one time cost of $50 bought through the site which arrived as if brand new and has worked flawlessly for the past year.

Maybe this is widely known, I don't know, I haven't kept up with this thread. I turned the TV on during a winter storm last week and I got a prompt like "having trouble with satellite connection, would you like to use your broadband connection". Clicked Yes, and everything worked as normal. If I changed the channel, it buffered for a moment before coming up, but otherwise everything was fine. I thought it was great that they have a workaround to the "rain fade" issue.

Yeah that has been a feature for a while. Basically using DTV Stream through your set top box.

Why doesn't DirecTV offer it's customers their streaming service for free with Roku/Amazon Fire.etc?

I don't think DTV Stream has the same contracts as DTV so this might not be possible to have your same channels as DTV at the current time.

I also have Spectrum cable and I can get everything also with their streaming service for free.

Why would they give you something free that you aren't paying for?

Add that Snapchat nightmare commercial to the list.

Probably because then I'd work a deal with my buddy who still has DTV - split the bill with him, he uses the dish, I use the streaming.

Spectrum does.

I heard this is the first new hardware since 2017.

Now you can watch streaming shows with a google account

Would people want to pay $15 per month for this?


https://www.directv.com/technology/gemini/

I was sick of outages and being treated like shit by CSR's after 17 years of being a loyal customer. Moved to Roku/HuluLive and never looked back.

1/2 the cost, more channels.

Now I just wish I could get the fucking dish off my roof.

I bet there are people you could hire to remove a dish.

I thought Directv would do that automatically if you are not a subscriber.

nope, it's considered "yours". probably because of the expense involved in having someone come take it off, and the possible damage to the roof if they do.

Yeah, they had no interest in getting the dish back when we cancelled. Luckily ours was on a pole in the ground rather than mounted to the house. Clipped the cable and pulled it out easy enough.

Currently I have the lowest tier for DirecTV. It's costing me $128+ per month after taxes for 3 TVs with DVR and no RSN fee. I'm probably one more price hike away from bailing after 20 years.

I have one more month of a $50 discount then I'm bailing for Hulu live.

Twitter

Nextstar owned TV stations went dark on Sunday due to the carriage contract expiring.

For the LA market, where I'm at, our local CW affiliate KTLA went dark.

I lost my ABC and CBS affiliates in this.

https://www.nexstar.tv/stations/

Here is the list of all Nextstar owned stations affected.

I called them about the Gemini and they sent a HR24 and then called them again and said the Gemini would arrive last Mon but so far nothing

MeTV is now on DirecTV(Ch. 77). Not all of the packages will receive it. It started earlier this month.

Family Movie Classics is now available on Ch. 314. Mostly older movies with many westerns(at least in the coming days).

I did it... I canceled DTV after they wouldn't extend a $50 monthly credit I've had forever. I still have them thru the month and then I'll likely switch to Hulu Live. Is that the service most of you would recommend?