DirecTV Spot Beams/Local Channels
Why can't I just simply use the spot beams in my new locations to view local channels? Why does DirecTV keep you locked on to your billing area for local channels? Is there any work around besides g...
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Pirate wrote:
I am buying an Am-21 for the house, for MeTV or something like that, but even for where I am now, outside of Philly, I can pick up a couple of channels on the regular tuner. I can't get a grasp of what or why directrv would not leave the spot beams unlocked or open. If you aren't in the footprint, you can't receive. Must be some anal decision of some form.
Spot beam issues are not Dish or DirecTV issues. They are technology issues. If you will take a couple of minutes and invent a Dish/DirecTV receiver that will automatically switch spot-beams you will be a zillionare in no time. Between now and then we have to work with the technology we have at hand.
