Contract required if I have receiver already

[sortsol]

Hi,

I have a directv reciever that is about 6 months old that I quit using about 2 months into my contract because it was replaced with a tivo box.

My question is if I call directv and activate that recever for a 3rd tv (I have 2 currently), will I have to sign a year contract with it?

 

[x1hdtv]

To my understanding in the past. If you activate a new receiver then they will ask for a new 1 year commitment. But as far as an old receiver you had activted before, then no new commitment. Call and ask.

 

[Angerphile]

Erm, sortsol.

If you just 'deactivated' that IRD then you'd be fine just calling up and requested it be readded to your account. No commit needed at all.

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[sortsol]

Great. Thanks for the info.

 

[Enforcer]

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the committment in regards to programming and not hardware?

 

[Angerphile]

You get a commitment for programming if you accept any 'special' offers such as $5 / $10 off a month your TC/TCPremier for 6 months, free locals for 6 months / etc. (This doesn't include the Free Showtime you're offered sometimes or the 3 free months of Starz that is currently there.)

Also, there is a hardware commitment if you buy new hardware since (usually) when you enter a store and buy an IRD they have a contract for you to sign that you agree to keep your IRD connected to an account with at least TC for a years time. (Note, you could buy a new box, hook it up, and disconnect it for a later time and still be okay. The commit is on the account, not the box.)

 

[PMKS]

I recently re-activated a older RCA DRD222RD that I had de-activated months before with no problems. The tech did say that sometimes re-activating of a used receiver requires a new Access Card, I guess this is by a case by case basis, or how long the receiver has been de-activated......