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internet and direct tv
At this time I have Direct TV and I am trying to find out how to get rid of this service and just watch my programs through the internet. I am old so all of this is new to me. How does this work? I d...
Hi rbhowell . Without going into a bunch of technical stuff the short answer is even the highest plan on satellite Internet is not meant to be a cord cutter service where you can move all your TV and movie viewing to it.
There is not enough monthly data available to do all that. Plus because of the delay caused by going through a satellite some people experience problems when streaming video especially at higher definitions.
So no, it is not recommended to use HughesNet for all your TV and movie watching unless you do very little of both and do it at lower definition, as in lower video quality. Even at lower quality 50 GB (Gigabytes) will not last long if doing a lot of video streaming.
EDIT: Mark beat me to it while I was typing.
Thank you. I guess living in the middle of nowhere does have its downfalls. Bummer!
rbhowell wrote:Thank you. I guess living in the middle of nowhere does have its downfalls. Bummer!
I've had DTV for quite a long time. I've not been a fan since ATT took over. Just try ordering a replacement remote for an HR24 now - you can't. Plus, they cancelled beIN sports (that really torqued me) even though they still use their logo on their plan site. So... sympathies.
MarkJFine wrote:
I've had DTV for quite a long time. I've not been a fan since ATT took over. Just try ordering a replacement remote for an HR24 now - you can't. Plus, they cancelled beIN sports (that really torqued me) even though they still use their logo on their plan site. So... sympathies.
Same here. AT&T's takeover was definitely a negative for the customers.
With regard to the remote, you should still be able to order the older ones through "Order New Accessories" under "My Equipment" on the DTV site. The have the original IR only remotes, as well as the RF/IR ones (Universal Remote and Universal RF Remote). I bought one of the latter remotes about four months ago. I don't like the newer Genie remotes.
Edit: Then again, maybe they just haven't changed their site yet and the older remotes are still showing, though you can no longer buy them.
Exactly what I said but the pros outweigh the cons tenfold.
