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  • ehh
    Hall Of Fame
    • Mar 2003
    • 28960

    #1

    DirecTV question...

    Unfortunately I'll be moving back in w. my parents for the next 3-6 months. They have DTV but just the regular SD boxes and I don't want to have my 50" Samsung collecting dust while I'm living w. them.

    Is it possible for me to get a HD box for only 6 months or are their annual contracts or something similar? I don't think it's like Comcast, where you can walk into the office one day to pick up an HD box and then return it whenever you want.

    So to summarize, I want to know if I can order an HD box from them and return it whenever I feel like it.
    "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

    "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet
  • highheatkingsb
    All Star
    • Jul 2005
    • 8152

    #2
    Re: DirecTV question...

    Originally posted by ehh
    Unfortunately I'll be moving back in w. my parents for the next 3-6 months. They have DTV but just the regular SD boxes and I don't want to have my 50" Samsung collecting dust while I'm living w. them.

    Is it possible for me to get a HD box for only 6 months or are their annual contracts or something similar? I don't think it's like Comcast, where you can walk into the office one day to pick up an HD box and then return it whenever you want.

    So to summarize, I want to know if I can order an HD box from them and return it whenever I feel like it.
    I own my boxes, but I believe they will have to have the HD system added to their setup, which I haven't got around to doing, which means a technician will come and add the HD satellite I think. The box itself is like $100, but I don't know if that's included with the setup fee or not which I don't know for sure how much it is as well. The HD package is 9.99 a month and then if you are renting the equipment such as your box, it is like $5 a month for protection against the equipment, which means it's fully covered if anything happens. I don't know for sure if it's yours to keep or not seeing I own my own equipment and I don't pay the protection fee.
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    • p_rushing
      Hall Of Fame
      • Feb 2004
      • 14514

      #3
      Re: DirecTV question...

      Usually there will be a contract, I think 1 year for the HD and 2 for the HD DVR. If they have the HD MPEG-4 dish, then all you would need is the receiver. You would be leasing that, but you would have to pay $100 or less if you can get a deal.

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      • daflyboys
        Banned
        • May 2003
        • 18238

        #4
        Re: DirecTV question...

        Whatever you do, get EVERYTHING IN WRITING from them before you agree to anything. I had someone from their "Office of the President" (yah, right) actually say to me that a lot of what they do is by verbal agreement. I'd bet a dime to a dollar that anything that has the letters H & D in what you do with them would have some type of 2 year agreement somewhere in small print or on an obsure place on their website.

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        • ehh
          Hall Of Fame
          • Mar 2003
          • 28960

          #5
          Re: DirecTV question...

          I think I'll just pass, not worth the headache. I can still watch football on Sunday's at my buddies place in HD.
          "You make your name in the regular season, and your fame in the postseason." - Clyde Frazier

          "Beware of geeks bearing formulas." - Warren Buffet

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