Direct TV "Genie"

buckeyefarmer · Mar 28, 2015

One of the reasons I stay with dish is because DTV won't let me do my own install. you also have to pay rental on all the equipment. I don't want their idjits in my house. It was awful when I had Wildblue install satellite internet. The installer was terrible. Shouldn't have to call and threaten to leave to get better rates.

Sawyer Rob · Mar 28, 2015

I've had the Genie for a few years now, we love it!!

SR

RollingsFarms · Mar 29, 2015

buckeyefarmer said:
One of the reasons I stay with dish is because DTV won't let me do my own install. you also have to pay rental on all the equipment. I don't want their idjits in my house. It was awful when I had Wildblue install satellite internet. The installer was terrible. Shouldn't have to call and threaten to leave to get better rates.

They send you surveys after you have an instillation done or even contact their customer service, and they take those surveys very seriously apparently. I've also been lucky in that the guy who did my initial installation gave me his card and I call him whenever I need something done or need new remote so I don't have to order one. We basically cut out the middle man and I get someone who knows what they're doing.lol

bindian · Mar 29, 2015

I got the Genie service a month or two ago. We love it. Don't connect to the internet and view the internet showings unless you have lots of internet download allotment available. My son put us over the monthly download limit in one day while watching movies off of the internet. I disconnected Direect TV from the internet ASAP!
hugs, Brandi

LD1 · Mar 29, 2015

I just got direct tv when I moved bout 6 months ago. My only complaint is cost. Previously I had TWC.

Now with century link which is about 1/2 the speed, and similar tv, I went from ~$110/month to $160/month. And thats the promo. It will go to ~190 after a year. But Its the only thing I can get. Dish is the same price.

I did pay the extra $100 upfront to get wireless. Same monthly price, just higher install cost. Nice not having to string wires between 4 tv's. Only have to run wires to the main one.

bindian · Mar 29, 2015

We got a special installation of only $39 dollars. Upping two more "boxes" to be able to record and store more programs was $15 more a month then what I was paying. My son "absorbed" that price increase. I didn't know you could go wireless.
hugs, Brandi

jwstewar · Mar 30, 2015

We went with the Wireless Genie last fall. Went from a 2 tuner receiver and 3 additional boxes to now the Genie with 5 tuners and 3 wireless boxes. Ended up keeping the old DVR box as well. So now we have TV on 5 TVs and the ability to record 7 shows at once and watch any of them from anywhere. We paid no out of pocket (not even for the 3rd wireless which they didn't want to do until I pressured them a bit more) for the install and got a $20 month credit for 6 months.