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In article <HbVTD.27528$qC3.15523@fx28.iad>, Ed Pawlowski
<esp@snet.xxx> wrote:

> On 12/20/2018 5:06 PM, Dr. Personality wrote:
> > I'd had DirecTV since before the turn of the century.  I canceled it
> > today.  It has gotten too expensive -- more than $200/mo, even before
> > another rate increase next month.  We now have an Xfinity bundle that
> > includes very fast internet and costs less than half of what I'd been
> > paying just for DirecTV.
> > 
> > I never thought I'd go back to cable, but here I am.  The DirecTV DVR
> > is better, but not so much better than I want to pay an extra $100+ a
> > month for it and not get fast internet.
> > 
> 
> I reluctantly joined you.  We moved away.  I now have Spectrum but don't 
> really like it.  I was paying $144 for DTV  and now will pay about $150 
> but save the $85 phone and internet I was paying.
> 
> A big factor is the whole house setup I had where we could watch 
> recorded programs in any room.  We'd often go into the bedroom and watch 
> a recorded show but now have to do it in the same room as the DVR.  The 
> Spectrum remote sucks too.

I have whole-house with Xfinity.  As with DirecTV, I have a mothership
DVR that communicates with two little subsidiary units elsewhere in the
house, where the other TVs are.

I'm still not used to the remote.  I'm not in love with the interface,
and I really do miss the five-second backup button.

> We still have a landline for various reasons.  I get as many junk calls 
> on my cell so that was n0t a factor.

I get junk on my mobile but, unlike my landlines, I can easily filter
it so the phone doesn't even ring.  I set the phone to ring only if the
number calling is in my contacts.

> They all suck.

No argument from me about that.

BTW just got an email from DirecTV.  They want the Genie DVR and the
two Genie Minis back within a couple of weeks.  (I knew this already.) 
I'm to bring everything down to FedEx or The UPS Store in a box or a
bag or something, let them package the hardware for me, and ship it off
at no charge.  I'll do it at the end of the week because the next few
days are going to be hell on shippers.

Thanks for your input, Ed.

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