direct tv...

[Matthew3590]

Until Viacom pulls the same stunt with them.

They already got their money from comcast.

 

[cupman]

I think this is a bunch of baloney. I have dish, so I'm not affected but I have a similar experience. I had about a half dozen channels go blank.. the dish had a problem or signal was a problem(I don't really remember). I called and said I had problems and wanted someone to come out and help me. Before I got off the phone they had apologized a half dozen times(I was not even upset) and tried to offer me free movie channels for a month. I was appreciative but declined their offers, I have Netflix so I'm already up to my ears in movies.

I started to Google around for some answers and I read dozens of posts with people that were pumped because Dish offered them movie channels, free DVR for 3 months, etc.. I could be wrong but what I got from it was that the cable/satellite companies must be making a killing off of us.. it must not be much sweat off of their back to give us a little deal to calm us down or make us happy. It was nice of them to offer and I'm not criticizing them I am just thinking that maybe there's a reason they make sure to keep our service. They really need to come to a deal because they both suffer when the customer is unhappy.

 

[TurkeyOutlaw]

I'm trying to talk DBF into ditching our $90 per month direct TV which just took away Comedy Central! That was practically the only channel I watched. We could save over $1,000 per year!

If you watched an hour of TV today you could have........

• gone outside and watched chickens!
• Planted a row of carrots
• gone for a walk or a bike
• talked to a neighbor
• had a good conversation with someone you care about
• cleaned out that messy drawer in the kitchen
• turned the compost pile,
• ETC, ETC.

 

[HEChicken]

We ditched Dish two years ago and have never been happier. I went from paying $75 a month (signed up for a $45/month plan and by the time they added on all their taxes and extra fees, ended up paying $75

) Now we don't have live TV and joined Netflix instead. For $17/mo, we have unlimited streaming of programs and 1 DVD out at a time. Our programs are uninterrupted by commercial breaks (with the DVR we could skip them but had to sit there with the remote watching it skip over), and we don't record a program only to discover the middle section has nothing but static due to a storm at the time it recorded.

Its not often you can slash costs and cut services and have the whole family exclaim "I LOVE this"!

 

[redhen]

This really is BS... i am paying for those channels. My contract was for those channels..
Now we dont get them? Better be some money coming off my bill...

 

[hemet dennis]

This really is BS... i am paying for those channels. My contract was for those channels..
Now we dont get them? Better be some money coming off my bill...

Oh I'm sure they will give you a refund.

 

[Stumpy]

We finally made the break and gave up satellite television altogether. There were so few channels we watched. If we could get our favorites, things like TCM, History, Discovery, TNT, Fox News, Military, History INTL, TV Land, etc. and pay a reasonable price for them, we'd go back. To get the channels we really want, we have to pay for this huge expensive package. For the first two weeks, I thought I'd climb the wall. Now I get so much done and the house is much more peaceful. We use Netflix and have a lot of our own videos.

 

[redhen]

Oh I'm sure they will give you a refund.




                         

I know... turds.. :/

 

[hemet dennis]

I know... turds..

I'd be calling them and say what the hey. So you have Direct TV ?

 

[littlechicklet]

We ditched Dish two years ago and have never been happier. I went from paying $75 a month (signed up for a $45/month plan and by the time they added on all their taxes and extra fees, ended up paying $75

) Now we don't have live TV and joined Netflix instead. For $17/mo, we have unlimited streaming of programs and 1 DVD out at a time. Our programs are uninterrupted by commercial breaks (with the DVR we could skip them but had to sit there with the remote watching it skip over), and we don't record a program only to discover the middle section has nothing but static due to a storm at the time it recorded.

Its not often you can slash costs and cut services and have the whole family exclaim "I LOVE this"!

I am going to check into Netflix. Sounds good to me. We also have Directv. IMHO each side is trying to blame the other and both sides are going to win over the consumer. As long as we are willing to pay the cycle will continue.