[hulahips]

Our first day with direct TV. Its raining, thundering and TV is Out. Pls tell me this isn't the norm with direct? We just signed a 2 yr contract

[Sonny39]

Its normal,

[gomoho]

The good news it doesn't last long'; however, I would highly recommend a weather radio to be on hand so you can monitor a serious storm if needed.

[Tootsie's Mom]

Had Direct TV for one year now and minimal outages. Hasn't been out at all today. Hope I'm not jinxing it. We are in Belvedere.

[outlaw]

Pretty much any time you have a good storm you will lose your signal. But when you have it, you have a great picture.

[drcar]

Switch non high def, while the storm is here, it will work

[hulahips]

Came back in about 1/2 hr

[Cisco Kid]

sometimes you will have to remove heavy snow off of the dish.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

sometimes you will have to remove heavy snow off of the dish.

It's good to have a broom handy for that.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

It's good to have a broom handy for that.

I always use last year's ride.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I always use last year's ride.

That is too funny.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by drcar

Switch non high def, while the storm is here, it will work

We recently started DirectTV and I'm on a learning curve. How do you switdch to non-HD?

[Yung Dum]

Another problem with Direct Tv-when your box needs replacing, you have to send it back to them and wait for a new one arrive. That's 3-4 days with no tv. I suffered with it for 2 years and went back to cable.

[JGVillages]

Put both HD and regular channels on your guide (you can program this in under settings/remote). Usually when the HD signal goes out the regular channels will be available. You can watch on the regular until the HD signal returns. Only whe the storm is excessive will the regular go out also.

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by Yung Dum

Another problem with Direct Tv-when your box needs replacing, you have to send it back to them and wait for a new one arrive. That's 3-4 days with no tv. I suffered with it for 2 years and went back to cable.

I just had to do this last month and they sent mine overnight. I did ask if they would expedite it and they did.