I decided to switch things up with TV. I'm diversifying so to speak. I'll have some DirecTV, and same cable. I cut my Directv package down to the lowest available, and kept Showtime. I'm saving approximately $70.00 a month on it by only turning HBO off, and loosing a bunch of nothing channels I didn't watch to begin with!!! It's still 2 HD DVRs and I still have Showtime.
To support my recording and playback needs, I decided to go for a new TiVo. I always liked Tivo as a product, of course, any DVR is similar, true enough these days. But TiVo of course, is designed for cable. I had a pending lifetime cable subscription transfer to take advantage of. About a $500.00 value on the subscription lifetime service. Why? Because I had TiVo when it first came out, and i was notified many years ago, I could take advantage of a one time transfer to a new system when I contacted them. I never got that new box, I kept getting TiVo emails, so I was still registered in their system. In fact, I still have the old 4:3 TiVo box somewhere here, one or two actually!
I cannot say enough nice things about TiVo allowing me to transfer my lifetime subscription from a box I purchased years ago, to today's technology box. If you were buying both, it would be over 1K. So, as is, I only pay half that. Yes, it's a lot. But I hope to get many years service out of it, as long as cable remains viable as a budget add on. If it stops, then I will do something else. Having my hand in both, gives me the option to go either way, or let both go and go OTA! (OverTheAir) I also have some OTA channels, not a lot, but all my local in hd. Quality is somewhat spotty.
So, here's what I have coming, it's a Roameo Pro, the max size HD for recording shows. I don't know how much recording I will do, but it's bound to be a better cable interface than my budget free cable boxy Comcast provided. This is how TV is changing today. I upgraded my internet from the slowest package available, to a higher speed internet for $5.00 + fees a month. With that, came free HBO for at least a year. So, I'm paying for my cable internet service, and essentially getting the cable tv as a budget add on. What channels? Well, that remains to be seen, how much I get,, but I know I get HBO, and my local channels, which will provide a good backup for bad weather on DirecTV. As you know, when the weather sucks, so too does DirecTV.
So, I'm waiting for Roameo Pro to show up.
I finally got some time to sit down and see what was left of my DirecTV programming after cutting my package to the bone. Well, I can say, NOT MUCH! I cannot believe they don't give you CNN HD, come on! I may wind up cutting it off. Initially, I am very disheartened by how little they gave me for 29.99 a month.
Be aware, if you ask for the cheapest price available from Directv, it is a package that is NOT listed on their web site. It is not the select package listed with 125 channels, as the lowest available online. the lowest 29.99 package channels are not listed online, they have to send those to you via email I guess... http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/packag...questid=917081
UPDATE SAT 12/13/14 Directv conversation, no b*tching required. It was a pleasant conversation that upgraded me from the 50 or 60 channels in the $29.99 a month package which I might add, is NOT on their web site. No cost increase to me. She did whatever she had to do to find the discounts. So my rate didn't go up. i got my Cnn and more back.
Basically all i had to do was tell her, i was already getting those same channels from CC for barely more than the cost of my internet. That did it, she sharpened her pencil then. They do not want to lose customer base. I am sure it's a directive from the top. You start losing customers that have been there 15 years, you are in trouble. Yes, i first got Directv in 1999.
I think they are all in fear now with the new viewability options consumers have with hulu, Netflix, Amazon prime... They are scared. the consumer wins.
To support my recording and playback needs, I decided to go for a new TiVo. I always liked Tivo as a product, of course, any DVR is similar, true enough these days. But TiVo of course, is designed for cable. I had a pending lifetime cable subscription transfer to take advantage of. About a $500.00 value on the subscription lifetime service. Why? Because I had TiVo when it first came out, and i was notified many years ago, I could take advantage of a one time transfer to a new system when I contacted them. I never got that new box, I kept getting TiVo emails, so I was still registered in their system. In fact, I still have the old 4:3 TiVo box somewhere here, one or two actually!
I cannot say enough nice things about TiVo allowing me to transfer my lifetime subscription from a box I purchased years ago, to today's technology box. If you were buying both, it would be over 1K. So, as is, I only pay half that. Yes, it's a lot. But I hope to get many years service out of it, as long as cable remains viable as a budget add on. If it stops, then I will do something else. Having my hand in both, gives me the option to go either way, or let both go and go OTA! (OverTheAir) I also have some OTA channels, not a lot, but all my local in hd. Quality is somewhat spotty.
So, here's what I have coming, it's a Roameo Pro, the max size HD for recording shows. I don't know how much recording I will do, but it's bound to be a better cable interface than my budget free cable boxy Comcast provided. This is how TV is changing today. I upgraded my internet from the slowest package available, to a higher speed internet for $5.00 + fees a month. With that, came free HBO for at least a year. So, I'm paying for my cable internet service, and essentially getting the cable tv as a budget add on. What channels? Well, that remains to be seen, how much I get,, but I know I get HBO, and my local channels, which will provide a good backup for bad weather on DirecTV. As you know, when the weather sucks, so too does DirecTV.
So, I'm waiting for Roameo Pro to show up.
I finally got some time to sit down and see what was left of my DirecTV programming after cutting my package to the bone. Well, I can say, NOT MUCH! I cannot believe they don't give you CNN HD, come on! I may wind up cutting it off. Initially, I am very disheartened by how little they gave me for 29.99 a month.
Be aware, if you ask for the cheapest price available from Directv, it is a package that is NOT listed on their web site. It is not the select package listed with 125 channels, as the lowest available online. the lowest 29.99 package channels are not listed online, they have to send those to you via email I guess... http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/packag...questid=917081
UPDATE SAT 12/13/14 Directv conversation, no b*tching required. It was a pleasant conversation that upgraded me from the 50 or 60 channels in the $29.99 a month package which I might add, is NOT on their web site. No cost increase to me. She did whatever she had to do to find the discounts. So my rate didn't go up. i got my Cnn and more back.
Basically all i had to do was tell her, i was already getting those same channels from CC for barely more than the cost of my internet. That did it, she sharpened her pencil then. They do not want to lose customer base. I am sure it's a directive from the top. You start losing customers that have been there 15 years, you are in trouble. Yes, i first got Directv in 1999.
I think they are all in fear now with the new viewability options consumers have with hulu, Netflix, Amazon prime... They are scared. the consumer wins.
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