http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=62181Hey guys,
First post here, but I've read for quite awhile. Anyway, I just got back from Las Vegas where I attended a convention where DirecTV was one of the vendor sponsors. I was inquiring about the release date of the HR20 with one of their people, and she said September 12th was the date. She herself was a beta tester of the unit and said that it was going very well, and they were going to move it up.
I'd say take this with a grain of salt, because DirecTV people are usually pretty bad with information, but she really sounded sure of herself and seemed to know what she was talking about...
Lots of people have called and yes they are being scheduled for installs. Thats not the same thing as having one. As Charper1 pointed they are being scheduled for install. The earliest he's seen being in September.directvfreak said:It's been released in LA. I called yesterday and there installing them.
There has been NO advertising at least nationally, probably in the LA market.vurbano said:I would guess that no D* sub would even be aware of it if not for forums like DBStalk or AVS forum. Unless they sit with baited breath looking for press releases on the net. ANd if they do that they would most likely visit Sat guys, DBS or AVS.
Agree 100%Jimbos said:There has been NO advertising at least nationally, probably in the LA market.
therefore the only way anyone would know about the new stuff would be if they were interested in DBS enough to fins sites such as this and the others in the community.
Then I guess that goes for ANY thing to do with dbs offerings, HD channels or antytrhing else, local channels ect...
99% of sat subs have no knowledger of new channels or sats going up or anything like that, they just watch their paid programming and are happy with it.
Jimbo