I just got DirecTV satellite. What should I expect?

[John2021]

The question I have is, should I ask them for discounts or promos I can take advantage of

your a new customer under a new two year contract no discounts for you other than new customer deals you were offered

 

[ramsaso]

The question I have is, should I ask them for discounts or promos I can take advantage of

your a new customer under a new two year contract no discounts for you other than new customer deals you were offered

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[N6BY]

... I got a Genie 2, with 3 Geminis, and one wired Genie mini ...

Try saying that out loud 5 times. A real tongue twister,

 

[b4pjoe]

a 1 TB HDD only being able to record 5 shows at once and stream one 4K show at once and not two 4k shows. a downgrade will extend your contract if they will let you do it i doubt they will..

With my C61K and Gemini I can watch or record 2 4K shows at a time on those two receivers from my HR54.

 

[John2021]

With my C61K and Gemini I can watch or record 2 4K shows at a time on those two receivers from my HR54.

But with two c61k mini's you can only stream one 4k stream

 

[b4pjoe]

But with two c61k mini's you can only stream one 4k stream

I don't really know since I have never had 2 C61K's. Why would it make a difference on the number of 4K you can watch?

 

[raoul5788]

I don't really know since I have never had 2 C61K's. Why would it make a difference on the number of 4K you can watch?

Maybe the processing ability of the HR54.

 

[John2021]

Maybe the processing ability of the HR54.

from what i always have read was the HR-54 could only do one 4k stream

 

[John2021]

It will be interesting to see who sends the bill AT&T or Directv.

 

[b4pjoe]

Maybe the processing ability of the HR54.

I can watch 2 different 4K channels on my C61K and Gemini at the same time. They are both clients of the HR54. Why would the HR54 be able to send two 4K channels to the C61K and Gemini but not to two C61K's?

 

[b4pjoe]

from what i always have read was the HR-54 could only do one 4k stream

Yes that is what DIRECTV claims but my HR54, server for my C61K and Gemini, is doing 4K to each client at the same time.

 

[Tom Speer]

It will be interesting to see who sends the bill AT&T or Directv.

My billing and online account has been with AT&T for several years. I had no other business with AT&T except DIRECTV. This month, for the first time, AT&T is gone from my bill and account. can manage my account online at DIRECTV.com, without a whiff of AT&T. It's great.

 

[Tom Speer]

from what i always have read was the HR-54 could only do one 4k stream

Some of those limitations were put in place when they thought 4K was going to use transponder bonding, using two tuners to receive one 4K signal. All 4K channels now can be tuned with one transponder. (two 4K channels per transponder).

 

[Tom Speer]

They also used to say that a HR44 could not receive 4K. Today they are supplying Gemini clients to people with HR44s. I believe the HR44 can handle two Gemini clients and display 4K channels on both. I am not sure there is much difference between a HR44 and HR54, except for the wo extra unused tuners in a HR54. I have had both, and did not notice a great difference.

 

[John2021]

My billing and online account has been with AT&T for several years. I had no other business with AT&T except DIRECTV. This month, for the first time, AT&T is gone from my bill and account. can manage my account online at DIRECTV.com, without a whiff of AT&T. It's great.

we still get our bill from ATT and it's a complete disater. promo's have fallen off changes to the acct have been made without us knowing anything about it. can't wait to get the hell off ATT. to many system glitches!!! though there wirless side has been flawless.

 

[CLASSICDIRECTV]

That.... sucks.

you could actually be able to get some older receivers, gibe them a call and ask to switch to an hr54 as you are "not satisfied with the hs17 and you want a hr54" and insist on it, and while at it if you want you can ask for an h24/h25 and or a hr24 so you can get a receiver thats not dependant on the main genie, this is what i did 4 years prior to cancelling and switching to dish and it worked, sure i had to call a couple of times but it worked

 

[John2021]

By which I mean, the PQ i get from DirecTV looks good; however, I would like to use older equipment since I'm fascinated by older technology.

You have a genie 2. In order to use the older hardware you will need to open a second dtv acct or shut one acct off and start the other one up with the older boxes. Will they let you activate older boxes my guess would be a big fat no!!! I don't even want to think what a nightmare that would be.

 

[John2021]

you could actually be able to get some older receivers, gibe them a call and ask to switch to an hr54 as you are "not satisfied with the hs17 and you want a hr54" and insist on it, and while at it if you want you can ask for an h24/h25 and or a hr24 so you can get a receiver thats not dependant on the main genie, this is what i did 4 years prior to cancelling and switching to dish and it worked, sure i had to call a couple of times but it worked

We were just told there not giving out the hr 54 anymore it's just for subs that have em and need replacement units. You can't even pick out the clients you want anymore either.

 

[John2021]

How can you make the best of your services with dtv. Just hope to hell that you never have to call them!!!

 

[John2021]

Do you already own older receivers that your account at one time had them activated on? If yes...maybe. If not...you probably can't get the older receivers from DIRECTV and not sure you could gets ones from a 3rd party activated. I don't know of a specific policy DIRECTV has about downgrading equipment.

I know that anytime a new pice of hardware is introduced into the system it's a new 2 year contract even if it's a downgrade. There not giving the hr-54 any longer it's only for subs needing replacement. There only offering the genie 2 now