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[brandiwine]

Got sick of Direct TV and all their games.  So glad we dumped them.

[WORKING GAL]

@Squirt60- My husband signed up for a $30.00 discount for losing ABC for 2 1/2 weeks.  It took 2 billing cycles but we got our $30.00 on the bill we just got.  Hope you get yours soon.  I would call them if your don't get it soon.  Good luck.

[TurnerGal]

We had Directv for like 25 years.  Last year it got to expensive and we swithced to YouTube TV which we love.  It takes a little time to get used to at first but it is cheaper and so much better. 

[azgal]

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@TurnerGal wrote:

We had Directv for like 25 years.  Last year it got to expensive and we switched to YouTube TV which we love.  It takes a little time to get used to at first but it is cheaper and so much better. 

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I've been thinking of trying YouTube TV. Can you DVR programs? I use that all the time  

We've had Directv for about 30 years. I really like it but I will lose a discount I have in December and I don't want to pay $130 a month! 

[Venezia]

@azgal - We also switched to YouTubeTV, when we dropped DirecTV and finally had decent internet, so we could do streaming.

Yes, you can DVR programs and watch them later.  I do it all the time.  I have all my favorites set up to record automatically.  It's stored virtually in the Cloud and you get a lot of storage.  We've been with them for about three years now and I've never run out of space!

The nice thing is you also get access to all of the other features of YouTube (at least we do on our Samsung SmartTV).  DH is always watching things on there!

We currently pay $77/month, but I'm sure you'd get a new customer discount, probably for the first year anyway.

[azgal]

@Venezia Thank you so much for your reply. I'm going to give it a try.

[SilleeMee]

I switched from their satellite to their Directv STREAM. I got the middle-of-the-road package for $136/mo. There's no fees. Lots of channels that I would have to otherwise add subscriptions for. I love it b/c it's just like having that old 'cable experience' with the remote control and set top box they offer except the price isn't too high. Not the cheapest but I do get many stations that would cost extra with some other streaming services. 

[TurnerGal]

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@azgal wrote:

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@TurnerGal wrote:

We had Directv for like 25 years.  Last year it got to expensive and we switched to YouTube TV which we love.  It takes a little time to get used to at first but it is cheaper and so much better. 

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I've been thinking of trying YouTube TV. Can you DVR programs? I use that all the time  

We've had Directv for about 30 years. I really like it but I will lose a discount I have in December and I don't want to pay $130 a month! 

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@azgal  Yes you can store and record as many shows as you would like to store in your library.  You can record 10 shows at one time. The channels don't have numbers so that took a little time to get used to but you can sign on and pick your favorite channels and put them in order so the ones you like are all at the top.  You can tell it to record all figure skating or all Bear's football games. I record many of the morning shows and when I get up later now that I am retired I just bring them up and watch when I get up. You can fast forward thru commercials.  I think there is a special for the first three months of $20 off per month.  I really like it.

[Venezia]

@TurnerGal - I hadn't thought of doing that with the channels (putting my favorites at the top), so I'll look into that, when I have a chance.  Great idea!

[monicakm]

• We have DirecTV and it had it since 1998. Back when I watched TV I had all my favorite channels at the top of the channel listings. Knock on wood we have had no issues with them at all but have experienced outages during really bad storms I routinely speak with the loyalty department to keep our price down. And the two times that a football game wasn't in our region, the loyalty department changed our plan to include that channel and then let me call back the next day to cancel it. Yesterday's Kansas City Chiefs game was on ABC, we got the game but towards the end of the game a most awesome storm knocked out the satellite but this is where it gets good and the first time we've experienced it. As soon as the satellite went out the game kicked into internet streaming mode and we were able to finish the game. At first the quality of the picture was it as good but that didn't last long. I guess satellite came back up. It was an on the edge of your seat game that went into overtime so I'm thankful we got to see it in its entirety.