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ESPN Channels and Disney owned ABC affiliates pulled from DirecTV right now

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51 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

I pay $340 a month to fucking DirecTV because they’re supposed to be the best for sports. They first lose Sunday Ticket last year and now this shit and the beginning of football season. Unacceptable. 

Did you just doxx yourself, Ben Dover? 

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  • For those of you using Direct TV, are they your provider for your fax machine and rotary phone as well? 

  • MNLonghornFUKM
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    whoever is his directtv rep, has to work 1 day a month 

  • The most satisfying thing I did 5 years ago was climbing the roof with my socket set and launching the DTV dish on the driveway and smashing it with a hammer. YTTV for the win.

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Just now, MNLonghornFUKM said:

whoever is his directtv rep, has to work 1 day a month 

I had to pay a commercial installer myself to do my setup and get the dish, boxes, DVR and other equipment from Solid Signal because the chucklefucks at AT&T who ran DirecTV into the ground had no idea how to pull off what I wanted 

Just now, Macklemore said:

I had to pay a commercial installer myself to do my setup and get the dish, boxes, DVR and other equipment from Solid Signal because the chucklefucks at AT&T who ran DirecTV into the ground had no idea how to pull off what I wanted 

LOL awesome.  this entire saga could be its own thread in itself on this site 

I have DirectTV streaming for Astros, Rockets, and it’s the only option in Houston for Bally’s. I hate Dallas, but I’ll gladly take an extra 150 + baseball games especially if they’re paying the Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, Mavs games, Stars games, and they’re  the only channel that carries the Dave Campbell shows the state finals. 

Edited by billfromlaketravis

19 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

For those of you using Direct TV, are they your provider for your fax machine and rotary phone as well? 

I appreciate the snark. 

38 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

For those of you using Direct TV, are they your provider for your fax machine and rotary phone as well? 

Hell, when I had this house built I had phone jacks put in on the walls where the TVs would go because that’s how you got DirecTV PPV at the time. Holy fuck. 

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Still able to watch through the ESPN app?

This is exactly what I did after watching on TikTok live for a few minutes and asked a buddy for his YouTube password. I’m a survivor. 

2 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

Hell, when I had this house built I had phone jacks put in on the walls where the TVs would go because that’s how you got DirecTV PPV at the time. Holy fuck. 

we had to go to a local tv repair shop place to get one of their like 3 PPV boxes they had to make sure we could watch Royal Rumble, Survivor series etc. back in the early 90s

43 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

YTTV and the rest need the ability to match Dish, etc. channel numbers instead of having to scroll so much. If my 86 year old dad wants channel 8, it would be nice if he had a reasonable way to input an 8 and get there. 

So much this. The cord is elderly parents friendly. Streaming? Not so much.

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

So much this. The cord is elderly parents friendly. Streaming? Not so much.

I mean, hell, I can manage it but I’d prefer number input, too. 

11 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

So much this. The cord is elderly parents friendly. Streaming? Not so much.

Im still trying to explain to my dad how ESPN 3/+ isnt an actual channel. I had drive over to his house and put the SD St/Poke game on for him yesterday

Edited by MNLonghornFUKM

So much this. The cord is elderly parents friendly. Streaming? Not so much.

My 79yo mom and 80yo MIL pirate my YTTV account and they do just fine.
1 minute ago, tbone_ said:

My 79yo mom and 80yo MIL pirate my YTTV account and they do just fine.

Consider yourself lucky. 

DirecTV ad during tonight's game that can't be shown on DirecTV...      priceless

 

Funny, this just aired during the USC-LSU game

 

Consider yourself lucky. 

I guess. But we all had directtv for years. Since 99 I think for me.

YTTV is so much simpler and easier.

Yeah YTTV is the way to go, esp now that LHN is RIP. But it’s true it’s not olds friendly. 

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1 hour ago, Macklemore said:

3 in the living room set up for sports and a TV in each of the remaining 4 rooms.

You answered where all your tvs are.  You didn’t answer why the hell you need all of them.

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

You answered where all your tvs are.  You didn’t answer why the hell you need all of them.

With YTTV multi view you can easily have 4 in 1 so just get a 70+ inch TV and it’s perfect for CFB Saturday, Bowl games, March Madness, whatever else you like.

1 hour ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

Very odd.  My DIRECTV works on my tv but not in my iPad or phone.  

You need to pay them like $200 more per month for that according to Iconos rep

The cord cutting thread covers a lot of the comments in here. But the reason I still have Uverse at a terrible price is because I can watch spurs, Astros, Mavs, Rangers, stars and everything else, and do it on one input. If you drop uverse, the internet fee jumps from $65 to $90, taking away some of the savings of jumping to YTTV. Once the spurs and Astros change next year, we switch. 

When and where are the Astros moving to? That’s the biggest problem with yttv

11 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

The cord cutting thread covers a lot of the comments in here. But the reason I still have Uverse at a terrible price is because I can watch spurs, Astros, Mavs, Rangers, stars and everything else, and do it on one input. If you drop uverse, the internet fee jumps from $65 to $90, taking away some of the savings of jumping to YTTV. Once the spurs and Astros change next year, we switch. 

Have you considered fubo?

I just went to espn.com and they have the LSU/USC game on the main page there.  At least that is the case where I live down here near Corpus Christi.

Edited by ScottS
ou sucks

"Seven TVs? You must be rich."

"Honey, he's teasing you. Nobody has seven television sets." 

57 minutes ago, troph said:

With YTTV multi view you can easily have 4 in 1 so just get a 70+ inch TV and it’s perfect for CFB Saturday, Bowl games, March Madness, whatever else you like.

only shit thing about it is if you want 3 games, most likely it wont be set up for those 3, but youll get 2 of em

23 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Have you considered fubo?

Id have fubo if they had TNT/TBS for march madness, but it doesnt...so YTTV it is

Just get a free trial for YouTubeTV for a week. That’s what I did last year when Spectrum pulled the same shit plus got a discount from the retention department.

 

And shocker- a deal was reached just in time for NFL week 1 Monday Night Football.

Edited by LonghornSean

2 hours ago, David Dennison said:

So much this. The cord is elderly parents friendly. Streaming? Not so much.

Remote control integrated to all systems makes wifey happy. Not answering tech calls from wifey makes me happier.

3 hours ago, Macklemore said:

pay $340 a month to fucking DirecTV

Wtf is wrong with you

I signed up for a FuboTV trial yesyerday after my DIRECTV discounts expired.  Called DIRECTV yesterday and they would only agree to reduce my bill to $150. Fuck DIRECTV. 
My only viable option is FuboTV because of the Astros. Seems pretty good so far, although the stream seems about 45 seconds delayed from my DIRECTV feed.  This annoys me. The Fubo multiview feature seems badass for sports, but only available on Apple TV. Guess I’m headed to Best Buy tomorrow for an Apple TV. 

I have threaten to leave DTV for two years and I get enough of a discount that keeps me around since going to YTTV would only save me about $25 a month. I know it is savings but my old set in my ways lazy self basically decides why change now. This may change things.

4 minutes ago, The University said:

TiVo

point wan GIF

4 hours ago, Macklemore said:

DirecTV was the go to provider for power users with multiple TVs in room setups idiots like me 

fify

 

Edited by Beau Vine

4 hours ago, Macklemore said:

YouTube TV doesn’t have SCHN for Astros or Rockets. 

Fubo does.

4 hours ago, Macklemore said:

TV is our primary form of entertainment DirecTV satellite has the best picture quality on the market.

DTV’s picture quality is excellent, no doubt about that…

I will definitely be giving DirecTV an angry phone call tomorrow to get a discount on my bill. In the meantime, I'm watching the US Open using my ESPN+ account so I'm not really missing anything but they don't need to know that.

4 hours ago, Macklemore said:

I had to pay a commercial installer myself to do my setup and get the dish, boxes, DVR and other equipment from Solid Signal because the chucklefucks at AT&T who ran DirecTV into the ground had no idea how to pull off what I wanted 

They knew enough to take $340/month from you, enough to get you to do the installation on your own, and also probably also know how important it is to you to watch the rockets and astros.  Disney also knows about people like you who values TV as much as you do to.  Disney will start their messaging soon to you saying call your provider to let them know how all the shit load of sports content you pay for is important to you so settling on a contract needs to be resolved ASAP.  You’re the poster boy customer for DirectTV and the poster boy customer for the Disney messaging to try to influence DirectTV.

Edited by 89Horn

Find someone with a Spectrum account &ensure they have ESPN on their menu, then get their PW / login.

DL the Spectrum app to your TV & using wi-fi, connect to ESPN.

Done.

2 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Wtf is wrong with you


Sling or Fubo are like 50 bucks a month. Why would anyone pay that much for cable? 

Astros/Rangers pay $100 at the start of the year for MLB.tv and ~$3/mo for an Unlocator subscription and, for baseball, you’ve eliminated the need for a package with RSNs.

44 minutes ago, Newy25 said:


Sling or Fubo are like 50 bucks a month. Why would anyone pay that much for cable? 

The Financial Times told him to

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