Rare that I write something good about a company/service, but like most, I'm quick to rip one that has not been up to snuff. Well got to say that I'm starting to really appreciate DirecTV. When we came to Maine 14 years ago before the days of streaming, satellite TV was the only option for us since we're out of range for broadcast reception and there was no cable.
We went with DirecTV on the recommendation of the guy installing our distributed music system with a roof mounted dish. Service was good and not terribly expensive. However, when it rained hard or when we had a wet snowfall, the signal from the satellites to the dish was disrupted and we lost reception.
Fast Forward to fall, 2022 and we're still with DirecTV and still paying less than $90 a month. I'm watching the morning news and the heavens open up. The picture starts to get pixelated and broken up and then the dreaded "Unable to connect to satellite" warning comes up on the screen. Crap! But then a new message pops up, "Would you like to keep watching over the internet?" My first thought was that this was some sort cruel advertisement for a new service I'd had to pay for, but no, it was an honest question! I clicked on "Yes" and voila, there was my show. The only caveat was that video controls like Fast Forward, Pause, etc. doesn't work, but who's complaining?
Yesterday's welcome pounding with snow covered my dish blocking my broadcast signal 24 hours ago, but we've been happily streaming TV with no problems. We may be streaming for a couple of days now because the dish is up on the roof. There's NFW I'm about to go up there to clear it, so I'm quite grateful and impressed with this new service.
I posted this to help those of you in the throes of deciding on what TV service to use, especially if you have that remote vacation home where there is no cable or broadcast reception.
We went with DirecTV on the recommendation of the guy installing our distributed music system with a roof mounted dish. Service was good and not terribly expensive. However, when it rained hard or when we had a wet snowfall, the signal from the satellites to the dish was disrupted and we lost reception.
Fast Forward to fall, 2022 and we're still with DirecTV and still paying less than $90 a month. I'm watching the morning news and the heavens open up. The picture starts to get pixelated and broken up and then the dreaded "Unable to connect to satellite" warning comes up on the screen. Crap! But then a new message pops up, "Would you like to keep watching over the internet?" My first thought was that this was some sort cruel advertisement for a new service I'd had to pay for, but no, it was an honest question! I clicked on "Yes" and voila, there was my show. The only caveat was that video controls like Fast Forward, Pause, etc. doesn't work, but who's complaining?
Yesterday's welcome pounding with snow covered my dish blocking my broadcast signal 24 hours ago, but we've been happily streaming TV with no problems. We may be streaming for a couple of days now because the dish is up on the roof. There's NFW I'm about to go up there to clear it, so I'm quite grateful and impressed with this new service.
I posted this to help those of you in the throes of deciding on what TV service to use, especially if you have that remote vacation home where there is no cable or broadcast reception.
