Directv available in The Villages?

[RicNic]

Is Directv available in The Villages

[Stu from NYC]

Yes the previous owner of our home used them.

[mulligan]

Direct TV is available anywhere you can see the sky.

[dewilson58]

Is Directv available in The Villages

It is, but search for reviews..............Florida weather causes issues at the worst time.

[MrFlorida]

Yes

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

It is, but search for reviews..............Florida weather causes issues at the worst time. that’s why you have the non HD station to go to , which a picture that’s almost as good, I didn’t even loose signal when that hurricane came over the villages a few years ago

[Pinball wizard]

that’s why you have the non HD station to go to , which a picture that’s almost as good, I didn’t even loose signal when that hurricane came over the villages a few years ago

Agreed!

[Bilyclub]

I was a long time customer of Direct TV but gave it up a couple of months ago. I was paying $150 a month which included the premium channels. I now use over the air and stream the other stuff. A lot cheaper that way. ATT really screwed up Direct's customer service.

[RoadToad]

Streaming Hulu + Live gets you the same content at half the price of Direct Tv...
There is also Sling ... And numerous content providers that have great live Tv and Sports packages.
All at substantialy less cost then Direct Tv.
Google searches can find all this for you. Might want to get acquainted with modern times.

[thevillages2013]

It is, but search for reviews..............Florida weather causes issues at the worst time.

It’s the best forecaster of a rain storm. Before the first drop of rain “signal lost on one”. Sure you can switch to non HD channels. Also if the power happens to go out for a second or two due to a lightning strike on a transmission line leading to The Villages the Directv box takes forever to come back on. IMO the only reason to have it is so you can pay an extra $300 a year for NFL Sunday Ticket( at least that’s how much it was when I punted it).

[DaleDivine]

It’s the best forecaster of a rain storm. Before the first drop of rain “signal lost on one”. Sure you can switch to non HD channels. Also if the power happens to go out for a second or two due to a lightning strike on a transmission line leading to The Villages the Directv box takes forever to come back on. IMO the only reason to have it is so you can pay an extra $300 a year for NFL Sunday Ticket( at least that’s how much it was when I punted it).

Our Directv rarely goes out and if it does, my wife has lots of programs recorded to last about a week.
And I don't watch foolsball so no NFL add on.
:bigbow::bigbow:

[TimeForChange]

It is, but search for reviews..............Florida weather causes issues at the worst time.

I dropped Spectrum after they bought Brighthouse cable. Have had Dish for three years and love it. Yea, if there is a huge thunderstorm it will go out for perhaps three minutes. I would highly recommend Dish.

[noslices1]

I had Direct TV for years, but prices went through the roof, so I switched to DISH. Their prices are going up also, but I get better service than I did with Direct.

[banjobob]

Yes but why , lose signal in storms .Streaming is much better.

[PJackpot]

Is Directv available in The Villages

We had DIRECTV here for six years and had no issues. As others have stated, I had it for the NFL Sunday Ticket, but it got too costly so I went to streaming with YouTube TV, and gave up the Sunday Ticket.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

It’s the best forecaster of a rain storm. Before the first drop of rain “signal lost on one”. Sure you can switch to non HD channels. Also if the power happens to go out for a second or two due to a lightning strike on a transmission line leading to The Villages the Directv box takes forever to come back on. IMO the only reason to have it is so you can pay an extra $300 a year for NFL Sunday Ticket( at least that’s how much it was when I punted it). I pull plug on my direct tv at least once every 3 weeks, when the closed caption starts to slow down a little , it happens on other cable systems also I have been told , but anyway system comes back in about 5 minutes.I’m very happy with the service and the price is right for me , I don’t care about premium channels, but even if I was unhappy with the service, I would never leave direct as long as they have the NFL ticket no matter how much the price , because one I love NFL football and two I love to gamble on it

[FredJacobs]

DirectTV is available through AT&T as streaming. All you need is Internet. Watch on your TV or computer, laptop. tablet all delivered via your router. No dish on the roof. No weather interruptions.

[PoolBrews]

that’s why you have the non HD station to go to , which a picture that’s almost as good, I didn’t even loose signal when that hurricane came over the villages a few years ago

Please don't listen to anyone that states that an SD picture is "almost as good" as an HD picture. If your eyesight is fine, there is a tremendous difference. The bigger the TV, the bigger the difference you will see. An SD picture on a 60"+ TV looks terrible - like you're watching an old VCR tape.

I was a customer of DirecTV for over 20 years until I moved to Florida. The number of rainouts here is ridiculous. Yes, sometimes you can still get the picture in SD, but it's bad.

All "HD" pictures are not created equal - everybody compresses the signal differently, and some compression algorithms are far worse than others for picture quality. DirecTV, using satellite transmission, has a far more limited bandwidth than terrestrial transmissions (cable, fiber, etc), so they tend to compress the initial signal far more than other companies, resulting in a poorer HD experience (hence why some think SD is not bad on DirecTV).

Get good internet service, and then look at streaming options. I use YouTube TV - it works great. Hulu Live is fine, but look at the costs for DVR and how it works. That was the indicator for me to not use Hulu Live (I tested it for 30 days).

DirecTV stream is more expensive and offers less channels and a crappy DVR, so they were a no go as well.

I get 1GB internet for $65/month, and YouTube TV for $54.99/month (you get $10/month off if you're T-Mobile). No issues, works great.

[JCoth1972]

I pull plug on my direct tv at least once every 3 weeks, when the closed caption starts to slow down a little , it happens on other cable systems also I have been told , but anyway system comes back in about 5 minutes.I’m very happy with the service and the price is right for me , I don’t care about premium channels, but even if I was unhappy with the service, I would never leave direct as long as they have the NFL ticket no matter how much the price , because one I love NFL football and two I love to gamble on it
Pretty sure NFL Ticket is going elsewhere...maybe Apple TV. Can't recall right now.

[talonip]

I switched to DIRECTV streaming about 4 months ago. No satellite dish. All you need is internet. DIY. Easy setup at home. However if you have a 20 year old tv you won’t be able to set it up. You need an HDMI connection on the back of your tv.
Go to the ATT store in your neighborhood. 64$ a month and they can never raise your rates

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I switched to DIRECTV streaming about 4 months ago. No satellite dish. All you need is internet. DIY. Easy setup at home. However if you have a 20 year old tv you won’t be able to set it up. You need an HDMI connection on the back of your tv.
Go to the ATT store in your neighborhood. 64$ a month and they can never raise your ratesit goes up for bid after next year , apple may get a game and Amazon is getting some Thursday night games which I guess I won’t be watching

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Please don't listen to anyone that states that an SD picture is "almost as good" as an HD picture. If your eyesight is fine, there is a tremendous difference. The bigger the TV, the bigger the difference you will see. An SD picture on a 60"+ TV looks terrible - like you're watching an old VCR tape.

I was a customer of DirecTV for over 20 years until I moved to Florida. The number of rainouts here is ridiculous. Yes, sometimes you can still get the picture in SD, but it's bad.

All "HD" pictures are not created equal - everybody compresses the signal differently, and some compression algorithms are far worse than others for picture quality. DirecTV, using satellite transmission, has a far more limited bandwidth than terrestrial transmissions (cable, fiber, etc), so they tend to compress the initial signal far more than other companies, resulting in a poorer HD experience (hence why some think SD is not bad on DirecTV).

Get good internet service, and then look at streaming options. I use YouTube TV - it works great. Hulu Live is fine, but look at the costs for DVR and how it works. That was the indicator for me to not use Hulu Live (I tested it for 30 days).

DirecTV stream is more expensive and offers less channels and a crappy DVR, so they were a no go as well.

I get 1GB internet for $65/month, and YouTube TV for $54.99/month (you get $10/month off if you're T-Mobile). No issues, works great.

You should have stopped telling us that are HD picture is bad on our sets when you said you used to be a customer before you got to Florida , I’m very happy with my picture but perhaps I don’t know any better ,and I have my Turner Classic Movies , 2 PBS stations lots of sports channels and all the network shows for I think about $110 the other stuff is just what it is , so I’ll muddle along happy and oblivious to the fact that I’m watching an inferior picture on my one year old 65 inc Sony, FYI I don’t bargain shop for clothes I’m not going to do it for cable, some people look for bottom line , me I don’t care

[Kahuna32162]

All this "who ha" about Dish or Direct TV in thunderstorms is BS. Will they lose signal during severe weather, Yes it does happen for but just for a few minutes. We've had Dish TV for almost 20 years and love having the DVR storage in our set top box as well as connectivity to multiple other TV's and wireless devices (phone, laptop, ipads, ect).

As for NFL Sunday Ticket, we get the NFL Redzone which shows all the best plays, as they happen, from all the games every Sunday (with no commercials).

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

All this "who ha" about Dish or Direct TV in thunderstorms is BS. Will they lose signal during severe weather, Yes it does happen for but just for a few minutes. We've had Dish TV for almost 20 years and love having the DVR storage in our set top box as well as connectivity to multiple other TV's and wireless devices (phone, laptop, ipads, ect).

As for NFL Sunday Ticket, we get the NFL Redzone which shows all the best plays, as they happen, from all the games every Sunday (with no commercials). and it seems the people who complain about dish and direct don’t even have it

[jjombrello]

Yes. Had it for several years but dropped it after ATT took over and really messed it up. Minimal problems with weather delays. Now stream with xfinity and really happy with that.

[Badger 2006]

Yes but why , lose signal in storms .Streaming is much better.

Internet goes down no streaming. Six of one half dozen of another

[thevillages2013]

I pull plug on my direct tv at least once every 3 weeks, when the closed caption starts to slow down a little , it happens on other cable systems also I have been told , but anyway system comes back in about 5 minutes.I’m very happy with the service and the price is right for me , I don’t care about premium channels, but even if I was unhappy with the service, I would never leave direct as long as they have the NFL ticket no matter how much the price , because one I love NFL football and two I love to gamble on it
You , sir are a degenerate!:bigbow: Only joking you are THE MAN Charlie O

[MX rider]

Internet goes down no streaming. Six of one half dozen of another

Exactly.

We've been on DirecTV since 1996 here in Indiana, overall pretty happy with it. Very rarely do we lose signal here. I have it at our home there as well. But since we're not retired until December, and are only there for a week at a time I have DTV there too.

But I will say it's getting a bit expensive and I'm looking into streaming. I have it down to YouTube tv or DirecTV streaming. Not in a big hurry until we start snowbirding.

For what it's worth CNET rated YouTube tv the best overall streaming service.

[PoolBrews]

Internet goes down no streaming. Six of one half dozen of another

It's not even close to "Six of one half dozen of another". When I had Xfinity, I lost internet once in 4 years, and that was during hurricane Irma. Since switching to Quantum fiber several years ago, I haven't had a single outage.

When I had DirecTV, outages were daily during rainy season - at least 30-50 times per year. Even if it's only a few minutes, it sucks when you recorded a game, and then the picture is out on the recording for minutes at a time.

NFL Sunday Ticket is about to move off of DirecTV within the next year, but I've found other ways to watch all the games I want at home.

[MX rider]

Internet goes down no streaming. Six of one half dozen of another

It's not even close to "Six of one half dozen of another". When I had Xfinity, I lost internet once in 4 years, and that was during hurricane Irma. Since switching to Quantum fiber several years ago, I haven't had a single outage.

When I had DirecTV, outages were daily during rainy season - at least 30-50 times per year. Even if it's only a few minutes, it sucks when you recorded a game, and then the picture is out on the recording for minutes at a time.

NFL Sunday Ticket is about to move off of DirecTV within the next year, but I've found other ways to watch all the games I want at home.

Thats weird. I very seldom lose signal here, even when it rains. Must be the difference in geography?

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Thats weird. I very seldom lose signal here, even when it rains. Must be the difference in geography? ha ha 30 to 50 times , I think someone’s nose is getting longer,I even had a signal when that hurricane came through and I stayed up that whole night because I was closing on that house and was worried about water as the wind was pushing rain across the golf course very hard up against my sliders . I am interested in how someone gets all the games for free legally

[Kahuna32162]

Just curious, what did all the "cord cutters" do yesterday when the xfinity/comcast internet went down for a few hours? Cable and Satellite all worked fine.

I understand that many businesses literally shut down yesterday because they couldn't operate any of their cash registers or credit card machines because of the outage. Unfortunately, it's a glaring vulnerability.

[JerryLBell]

Direct TV is available anywhere you can see the sky.
Well, that's not exactly true. But they (and DISH Network) are available in the continental United States, which does include the dangly bit at the south end known as Florida. I've had both DirecTV and DISH and actually prefer them (I'm currently with DISH) over the cable companies but I do find that I get more rain-related dropouts during the frequent summer afternoon thunderstorms than I ever got while living in either Michigan or Florida. I have considered dropping them all in favor of streaming but the wife really, Really, REALLY prefers getting 99% of her TV shows from a single source rather than hopping between a handful of streaming services. So it'll be DISH for a while longer for us.

[Boilerman]

Please don't listen to anyone that states that an SD picture is "almost as good" as an HD picture. If your eyesight is fine, there is a tremendous difference. The bigger the TV, the bigger the difference you will see. An SD picture on a 60"+ TV looks terrible - like you're watching an old VCR tape.

I was a customer of DirecTV for over 20 years until I moved to Florida. The number of rainouts here is ridiculous. Yes, sometimes you can still get the picture in SD, but it's bad.

All "HD" pictures are not created equal - everybody compresses the signal differently, and some compression algorithms are far worse than others for picture quality. DirecTV, using satellite transmission, has a far more limited bandwidth than terrestrial transmissions (cable, fiber, etc), so they tend to compress the initial signal far more than other companies, resulting in a poorer HD experience (hence why some think SD is not bad on DirecTV).

Get good internet service, and then look at streaming options. I use YouTube TV - it works great. Hulu Live is fine, but look at the costs for DVR and how it works. That was the indicator for me to not use Hulu Live (I tested it for 30 days).

DirecTV stream is more expensive and offers less channels and a crappy DVR, so they were a no go as well.

I get 1GB internet for $65/month, and YouTube TV for $54.99/month (you get $10/month off if you're T-Mobile). No issues, works great.

We’ve had Directv for many years.

1) when a storm comes, I’ve only had to switch to SD for maybe 10 minutes at most before the regular HD picture is available again.

2) It’s true that all TV companies use different amounts of compression for their HD signals. But I can have my DirecTV HD on my main TV with my 2nd TV next to it with an Over-the-area antenna showing the same broadcast and I can’t tell the difference. And I have great vision. Main TV is 65” top of the line. The differences in compression are academic and can’t be seen by mere mortals. JMO

[Boilerman]

It's not even close to "Six of one half dozen of another". When I had Xfinity, I lost internet once in 4 years, and that was during hurricane Irma. Since switching to Quantum fiber several years ago, I haven't had a single outage.

When I had DirecTV, outages were daily during rainy season - at least 30-50 times per year. Even if it's only a few minutes, it sucks when you recorded a game, and then the picture is out on the recording for minutes at a time.

NFL Sunday Ticket is about to move off of DirecTV within the next year, but I've found other ways to watch all the games I want at home.

You probably had a weak signal, maybe the dish was not aligned properly? Did you ever get it checked? A weak signal would reduce your margin for signal loss so a minor storm would knock you out when it shouldn’t have.

[ronda]

Is Directv available in The Villages

Direct TV has a streaming product (Directv Stream) that uses your internet connection. We have it and love it. You get the DTV programming and can get NFL Sunday Ticket. No problems with weather that you would get with the old Satellite DTV service.
You can also get movies and it comes with Cloud based DVR. You can also stream to a laptop or phone. Good options for when you are traveling.

Streaming TV over the internet is the future (and present).

[Boilerman]

Direct TV has a streaming product (Directv Stream) that uses your internet connection. We have it and love it. You get the DTV programming and can get NFL Sunday Ticket. No problems with weather that you would get with the old Satellite DTV service.
You can also get movies and it comes with Cloud based DVR. You can also stream to a laptop or phone. Good options for when you are traveling.

Streaming TV over the internet is the future (and present).

I think the directv stream is a good option if you like the channels they offer but their base package offers fewer channels than the regular directv. So look carefully at the channels provided by each service.

[EdFNJ]

Just curious, what did all the "cord cutters" do yesterday when the xfinity/comcast internet went down for a few hours? Cable and Satellite all worked fine. Cable worked fine during the outage? Really? My Xfinity cable went out as well as my internet as did many others who posted in that other thread during the few hour outage. A main fiber cable was cut so not sure how it differentiated between cable and internet service, at least not here. Funny thing was they just ran a new drop (main line) for me about an hour before the outage and I thought their repair guy screwed it up or the lawn guy cut it because they lay it across the grass (it went 2 houses over) until the "cable burial guy" comes which was the next day.

[MX rider]

I think the directv stream is a good option if you like the channels they offer but their base package offers fewer channels than the regular directv. So look carefully at the channels provided by each service.

100% correct, We've had DirecTV since 1996 here in Indiana. Overall we're happy with it but it's getting expensive. I've considered their streaming service but it's missing a few channels we like. I'm also looking at Youtube TV. For now we're with DirectTV down there since we aren't retired yet. We just switch our service back and forth. When we snowbird next winter I'll probably stream to save money.