dave420

Ive got a RCA DTC-100 High Def Directv/OTA Tuner.
I prefer about 215.00 shipped.
This was used by me for about a year and works flawlessly. Comes complete with Receiver, remote, and card.
If youre interested in the triple LNB Oval dish I can sell that to.
Let me know guys!
Thanks for looking

Any questions just ask!

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Owner of a RCA 36' HDTV D36120

gparris

I tried to get a new sat card for my brother's TV for my Directv box I was giving him, not even selling him, so he didn't have to upgrade and the morons at Directv would not allow him to use the box...why are you selling something no one can use?

Directv told me even if my brother had a new satbox card, they line up the serial number and model number of the box with my address (the original owner of the box) and issue the card only to me at my address and never his!

So, armed with a new Dolby Digital receiver, Toslink optical audio cable for DD output transmission from my DD-capable sat box, he couldn't use the darn thing at all. Period. Directv told me it would never happen.

Directv made him buy a new box for DD output and told me to either use the box at my house or throw it out.

I tried re-calling Directv about this and got the same answer before getting him a new box.

IF I am wrong about this and was twice told the wrong information...then all I can say is Directv CSRs are as bad or poorly-trained as cable ones are supposedly be (not from my experience).

So after that, I moved and canceled my Directv subscription.
I have digital cable from Time Warner Cable and don't do the set top box hassle, anymore. I just swap out-for free.
Now I am working on my brother to get DVR - from the cable company!

Mr. Murdoch doesn't need our money, anymore!

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Great Room:
Samsung HL67A750
7.1 Boston Bravo speaker setup
Denon AVR-4306
Panasonic DMP-BD35K for Blu-ray/Toshiba HD-A3 for HDDVD
(2)Sony 995V changers for DVD collection
8300HD DVR
Master Bedroom:
Sony KDS-R60XBR1 on matching stand
7.1 Polk Audio with in-ceiling surrounds
Denon AVR-2807
Panasonic DMP-BD60 for Blu-ray/Toshiba HD-A3 for HDDVD
8300HD DVR

Ratman

I believe you are incorrect, except about the CSR's.
I am 99% sure that all you need to do is order a new card (approx. $20) from D*. Once you get the new card, you call D* and they will activate it (which will then 'marry' the card to the receiver). They will deactivate the existing card.

I could be wrong, but people sell D* STB's all of the time.

gparris

The Sony Directv receiver as a good one, I had just bought a DirecTivo and he didn't want to try DVR service at the time.
Why would two Directv CSRs tell me the same thing?

I hope Dave420 DOES sell his receiver. I have a DTC-100 and it is a great unit.

It is still in storage waiting for someone to buy it along with 2 DirecTivos, but I don't want to upset anyone into buying these STBs for Directv use and end up with the same BS I went through.

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Great Room:
Samsung HL67A750
7.1 Boston Bravo speaker setup
Denon AVR-4306
Panasonic DMP-BD35K for Blu-ray/Toshiba HD-A3 for HDDVD
(2)Sony 995V changers for DVD collection
8300HD DVR
Master Bedroom:
Sony KDS-R60XBR1 on matching stand
7.1 Polk Audio with in-ceiling surrounds
Denon AVR-2807
Panasonic DMP-BD60 for Blu-ray/Toshiba HD-A3 for HDDVD
8300HD DVR

LeeS

I agree with Ratman but I won't dispute what you were told.

E* and D* are bending over backward trying not to lose customers, seems like a very stupid thing to do to an existing or potential customer. I thought they wanted the subscription fees? They are giving the hardware away to new customers.

I would have gone one step farther, I would send an email to someone other than the support group and let them know how much you like your new cable service and thank them for getting you to switch. And that you plan on telling all your HDTV friends online how much better cable is now and that they should try it. (Even if it might be a little stretch )

Lee

gparris

I just didn't want anyone to buy my Directv equipment and have the same problems.
Directv customer service is as bad as cable in my experiences.
I had them since 1996 and left them in 2003.

But my brother's experience didn't end my service with them.

It was my own.

Waiting for a house to be built, I had to do cable-only in an apartment. Time Warner Cable has great HD service here, I found out.

But that still didn't stop me from wanting Directv until I built, closed on the house and called them once more, wanting to do a "movers thing" they advertise all the time.

I had the house wired for both cable and satellite with PVC runs and telephone jacks lined up next to the built in jacks for either installation.
A PVC run next to the fireplace chimney was designed to install a dish without it showing, facing south to interconnect sat line runs easily.

What I didn't know was that Directv was going to shaft me when I moved in.
They had cancelled my account instead of putting into hold mode as a commited customer. I wanted my HD box upstairs in addition to my one in my downstairs media room set and they were not cooperative at all. No special deals for me, no way. No special $99 deal here or movers clause with installed triple LNB dish,etc. NO WAY!

So no thank you, Directv....anybody want some Directv boxes?
Anyone want to bother?

I will wait again a few more years and see if Murdoch wants to do HD locals to my area and by then, the HD-Tivos should be as cheap as the SD versions are now, maybe with DVD recorders built into them for one-time recording/archiving.

Then I will re-think my decision about them and only, then.

__________________
Great Room:
Samsung HL67A750
7.1 Boston Bravo speaker setup
Denon AVR-4306
Panasonic DMP-BD35K for Blu-ray/Toshiba HD-A3 for HDDVD
(2)Sony 995V changers for DVD collection
8300HD DVR
Master Bedroom:
Sony KDS-R60XBR1 on matching stand
7.1 Polk Audio with in-ceiling surrounds
Denon AVR-2807
Panasonic DMP-BD60 for Blu-ray/Toshiba HD-A3 for HDDVD
8300HD DVR