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If you are looking for the best High Definition experience currently available through a cable or satellite service, we HIGHLY recommend looking into DirecTV. These days HD is more popular than ever and it won’t be long until almost everyone can watch HD channels and movies. Many people are getting new LCD, DLP and Plasma televisions that support either 720i, 720p, 1080i or 1080p and want to be able to take full advantage of that with television programming thats broadcast in those formats.

High Definition is clearly …


DirecTV customers will get to preview the Starz Super Pack on the weekend of October 14th for free.  As I’ve said in the past Starz is probably the best premium package if you want new movies, because they have a tonnnn of them.  With this preview you should get access to see all of the Starz channels.  DirecTV is also running a deal where if you sign up for the Starz premium package you get a $25 gift card to Target.  You can add the Starz Super Pack to your …


1. More Channels
Although this one is pretty obvious I thought I would list it anyway. With regular cable packages you usually get less than 100 channels of programming. Even with Digital Cable you will only get around 200-300 without paying a fortune. With Satellite TV like Dish Network you can get hundreds upon hundreds of channels and pay the same amount as you would for basic cable.

2. Better Sports Programming
Cable Television often offers the basic sports channels ( ESPN, Comcast Sports Net, etc..) major …


After promosing to add more than 100 new HD channels by the end of the year, DirecTV has just added 11 new HD Channels.  This expanding of programming includes five high definition regional sports channels, which should make some sports fans very happy.  DirecTV has promised to add up to 70 new HD channels by the end of the month and it looks like they are well on their way.  These new channels (we are only going to count 6 of them because the other 5 are regional) bring the …


DirecTV has just posted a great video on their site that explains how the installation process works.  Installation is probably the most talked about aspect of Satellite TV.  The video isn’t meant to be a guide and doesn’t touch on any specifics, however it does explain the process pretty well and gives you a good idea of what to expect.  It also explains what you need to have ready for them.  Basically it says

>  Installation takes 2-5 hours
>  Make sure someone 18 years or older is home
>  The …


I have great news for all of you Tennis fans out there.  DirecTV has just added a 24 hour channel dedicated to Tennis to their programming line-up.  Available with the Choice Xtra programming package the Tennis channel has live tournament coverage and events, instructional segments, and interviews with your favorite athletes.  The Tennis Channel is revolutionizing exposer of the sport and making it more visible than ever before.  The Tennis channel will also be added to DirecTV’s growing HD lineup, and should be available in HD by the end of …


We Currently Recommend My New Satellite TV to watch Live NFL Games on Your PC.

This NFL Season, DirecTV is offering a new service and technology called Supercast. They are basically streaming all of the live games from their NFL Sunday Ticket directly on the Internet for subscribers to watch. NFL Sunday Ticket Subscribers can access this new feature through the DirecTV Website. This is a very cool feature and I actually completely overlooked it until a few days ago when I was browsing through …


This Just In! DirecTV has recently been ranked. “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Satellite/Cable TV Subscribers” in three out of the four regions of the continental United States. Ok, well maybe it’s not that exciting to the average person, however this is a pretty big accomplishment for DirecTV. J.D. Power and Associates does a yearly customer satisfaction survey which consists of the entire continental United States. They break it up into 4 main regions, DirecTV ranked number 1 in customer satisfaction in 3 out of the 4.

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I just saw this deal over on Slick Deals this morning and had to post it.  Today Woot.com has a DirecTV TiVo DVR remote control for just $0.99 (limit 3) + $5 flat S/H. Although these have a DirecTV logo on them, they will work with any regular TiVo series 1-3 DVR.  So for those of you that misplaced your Tivo remote and don’t feel like going on an adventure to find it, heres your oppertunity to get a brand new one for next to nothing!

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DirecTV is planning to roll out over 100 HD Channels by the end of the year, so we decided to put a little list together of what channels in HD you can expect to see. DirecTV is adding new channels every few weeks and just launched four new HD channels in September. Below you can find a list of all of the channels DirecTV has signed on to their HD plan. It looks like they are really focusing on adding a lot more sports content in the fall, …


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