http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/ Engadget Comments for DBSTalk goes hands-on with DirecTV's new 24 series receivers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/Mar 12th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/
It really depends on which operator you talk to, how long you've been with them, and what service you have. They don't want you to leave, so they'll try to do almost anything to keep you. They know that giving you a $300 DVR box is still better than losing thousands of dollars if you leave. We were about to cancel Sunday Ticket, but they gave us over $100 off the price, so that convinced us to keep it.

In general though, you'd need to purchase the newer box (which you still do not own). Granted, why would you need to own a box that only works with them anyway? So, it's not that big of a deal. If you only have standard def, then they may make some sort of deal with you to upgrade to Hi-Def.

There's not too many choices out there if you care about your HD quality. I'm not sure how FiOs is, but U-Verse isn't that great (at least for me). Cable sucks too. Not sure about Dish. So, I wouldn't threaten to leave if you don't intend to. It will only piss off the operator.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/
That hasn't worked for me at all, so much that Fios will be in my home next week. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/
There is still a pending class action lawsuit against DirecTV.]]>Mar 13th 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/
I just want to know if this is going to be better than TiVo (probably not) or if it has some great features that a DirecTiVo just won't have.

One thing's for certain ... I'm going back to DirecTV whenever they decide to release these boxes. I gave U-Verse a try and after having five different techs come out to get it working correctly ... it still kinda sucks. It's fast, but the HD makes my plasma look like LCD on many of the channels. No detail in the blacks. My OTA antenna gets better HD than U-Verse.

So, DirecTV, we're all waiting.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/dbstalk-goes-hands-on-with-directvs-new-24-series-receivers/
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