DirecTv . . Switching from SD to HD

ken burke wrote:
All . . . . . We are thinking about going from SD to HD with Directv. Has anyone done this lately??
They will update our equipment for free, and charge an extra $13 per month for the Gene HD package.
However, they will NOT provide the tripod (they have in the past), and will not give us more than 20 feet of cable. They will charge for more than 20 feet of cable (we need at least 100 feet of cable at some campgrounds).
They will give us a SlimLine dish, and a DVR (HR34, or HR 44).
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It was obvious that they did not want to talk to us about traveling and resetting the dish. Finally, I just agreed, and said okay, our present campground is our final destination.
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Did you have to pay for the tripod and extra cable when going from SD to HD?? Direct TV is getting harder and harder to deal with. We had to fight with them to give us local programming when traveling across country.
thanks . . . .ken

If you need that much coax you are going to need to go buy some. It does not need to be solid copper core but good RG6 or RG6 quad will do just fine. Be sure to get an HR44 and not the 34 and if you want to be able to watch more than one channel on one TV you will need a client as well (for 2nd TV and 2nd channel) for $6/month. Without the client you will still be able to watch 1 channel and record 4 more but all TV's must be watching the same satellite channel or one watching satellite and one watching OTA.