Posted by Industrial Mineral on 08/08/07 20:22

"George Orwell" <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote in message
news:185a504bab071d11d094e5c5b0c97b09@mixmaster.it...
> It used to be you could buy a DIRECTV receiver at K-Mart or Walmart for
> about $50 for do it yourself installation and be done with it.
>
> I went to the DIRECTV website and the receiver is $70 with $20 per month
> lease which really adds up. It does come with professional installation,
> however. That is a mighty price to pay for a few hours of a technician's
> time.
>
> Can subscribers still buy the dish/receiver combo at reasonable prices for
> self-installation?

I just switched from digital cable to direct tv, got the receiver with the
hard drive that acts like TiVo, and the premium ent package, and did not pay
anything for the equipment, no lease, and it was installed. I started at
Direct TV web site, too.

By the way the picture on direct tv is 40-50% better than digital cable,
clearer and does not pixilize. Cable companies always overload their
equipment until it gets so bad customers leave. Cable did this by offering
phone service over their cable, along with high speed modems and tv. After
using direct tv for a month, I wish I had switched years ago. Cable sucks.
The DSL modem from the phone company is 4 times faster than the cable modem
at abut 30% less money.

If you go to circuit city, they sell all of direct tv's equipment. Why buy,
they will give it to you, I got mine for nothing other than the monthly
service charge for programs.

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