DirecTV Dish
 

The previous owners of our house had DirecTV and left their "Slimline" dish. Would that be of any use to anyone or does DirecTV give a dish to all new customers? I hate to throw something out if someone can use. Thanks.

kathy

You can pitch it. It's of no use to anyone.

I agree, you could leave the post in case you decide you want satellite service in the future.

Thanks, guys!

k.

its probably direct tvs property. careful throwing it out.

Trust me, they Do Not Want it.

I do not think they will want it but you could write them a letter and ask them to remove from your property or give you permission to discard. Dish does want the TV boxes and stuff in the home and I assume these are not present now.

The previous owners moved out of this house last Summer. If DirecTV wanted their dish back I assume they would have communicated that to our sellers and that the sellers would have returned it. They weren't the kind of folks to leave loose ends. If hubs can figure out how to remove it I will put it out with the trash. Thanks, everyone.

k.

For what it may be worth : About 2 years ago I moved within The Villages . I used DirecTV at the home I sold . When I terminated the service I asked them about the Dish . Their response was " you can do whatever you want with it however we will not send someone out to collect it ".
Also you may have noticed that DirecTV is no longer running ads for their satellite service . They are moving into Internet Service only . As you can imagine the savings for them will be huge as they eliminate the network of service trucks and installation techs .

If Direct TV is headed to streaming does that mean their rates will come down? I think their Direct Now streaming service started at $35 per month. I have Century Link and Direct TV and I am paying a small fortune but I have DDR and fast forward through all the commercials. I don't think I could go back to having to watching the commercials again. Any advice?

Does any one know if you have Direct TV up north, can you just have one account with them and bring the box with you south(as long as you have a dish installed in both location)?

I just moved in 2 months ago and I removed the dish and threw it out in the trash.. If it is on the roof just leave the base plate since it is stuck down with black tar on top of the shingles and screwed..

You might want to think about filling the holes in your roof when you take it down.

Yes, we did that for many years. Now, we just have a box in each house. You do have to call them with each move so they can redirect the "beam"

I would be interested. Have directv up north and was thinking of continuing it down south during snowbird time instead of getting cable. You can message me if you want Joan whiteman dorr

FYI , they are not “redirecting the beam” ...... each dish is properly directed at their satellites and they simply activate or deactivate the box in use probably by their unique MAC address .......

save it until it snows, then use it as a sled

Yes you can have one account in 2 separate homes
 

Yes Dish network will allow that, you have to tell them to disconect the address and connect the other one, we had receivers for both, just had to make a phone call in advance to connect the system.
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Yes, we have 1 account and bring our boxes & remotes with us

Good to know, we moved here a couple of months ago and have a direct TV dish on side of our house gathering dust.

If you can remove it safely take to the curb. I had a similar situation and tried to get them to come and get it they said they would charge me to come and get it to recycle it. They do not reuse them. They do not want it.

Yes you can do that. We do. Good way to save money, that's why I think people want them. As long as you have a box to bring with you.

Yes! I take my boxes back to Missouri with me every year then call them to turn on local channels, very easy

Dishes are prohibited in the Villages - chuck it

You can get Direct TV anywhere if you have the boxes and a dish or motorhome dome;we throw our boxes into our motorhome and head to Northern NY for 2 months (family campground) then to other states visiting friends/family and get Direct TV wherever we go either off dome on top of motorhome or if under trees we pull out the dish.

Be careful...it is nearly impossible to get it out of the ground. Mine is permanent with a bush around it.

We had only one account with Direct TV
 

We installed a dish on our home in the Villages. We just took the box back and forth and plugged it in. DTV doesn't care where you are. Never paid any extra. Got the dish from ebay.

It is not on the roof. It is attached to a short (3' tall?) pole next to our AC unit on the side of the house.

k.

Be careful with DirecTV
 

We had DirecTV both in PA & TV for 2 yrs. while we were snowbirds. It worked well. When we moved permanently in 2018, I clearly explained our situation, returned boxes in PA and transferred the account to FL; however, the PA office canceled everything. We had a royal mess and had NO TV for nearly a month while they "worked on it!" We finally canceled everything and went to streaming. Would you believe DirecTV (bought up by AT&T) still billed us and even sent it to collections when we refused to pay! I'm glad I kept records of everyone I talked with, along with dates, times and their badge numbers, especially the ones who had apologized and said there was no payment due. Collections asked for the info and said we would not hear from them again! Be very careful to spell out exactly what you want them to do and keep good records!

Yes

When I cancelled Direct TV, I asked them when they would come pick it up. Their response: You own it! BTW they have never requested I send back my DVR and cable boxes.

Set it out for the trash was what I was told. They don’t want them back. Someone will pick it up. Most everything I have put out by the street disappears before morning 👍