Michael, Our remotes are always deprogramming themselves, going through batteries like crazy, to the point that we can't even watch our second set, for days at a time. They have come out several times and reprogrammed our remotes, very easy, but it's not fair to us. They have replaced our remotes, and we're stil having the problem. Tomorrow, we have a tech coming out, and now, they're replacing the receiver, so we'll see if this makes a difference. If not, we are changint companies.
----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Baldwin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:01 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Questions about Satelite Companies no, you can no longer purchase your own receiver, all receivers from DirecTV and Dish Network are rented. I guess you might be able to find and old one off eBay, but if that person didn't pay there bill, you will have to pay that before you can get the receiver activated. DirecTV does have a Dual-tuner DVR receiver out, very similar to the Dish Network one, but I think it is only available with DVR. What kind of issues are you having with Dish? i have had dish for about 3 years now, with no major issues, it just took them 3 weeks to come out and re align the dish after we removed it to put our roof on. Oh, and 99% of the contractors that install Sat TV's system do it wrong, your best to deal directly with the company, not a reseller. Michael _____ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claudia Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:32 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Questions about Satelite Companies Hi, We currently have Dish TV, as our satellite provider, but we've had nothing but problems with it, since we got it, 15 months ago. Prior to that, we had DIRECTV for about 3 years! The one thing we like with Dish is that we only have to have one receiver, and we have two sets! With DIRECTV, we have to go back to having two, if we choose to change back! Does anyone know why this might be? I hate to spend the extra $5 per month, for the leasing of the second receiver! Could I purchase my own, but I'm sure I wouldn't reap the benefits for some time financially, from its purchase? Thanks. Claudia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
