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How can I block channel 1998

My husband loves Two and a Half Men Seasons 1-8 which we have set to record. Newer recording override older recordings. Some of these new recording are Channel 1998 and are "Pay Per View". I don't want these pay episodes overriding our recorded episodes. STOP this insanity! Help Please!

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Tv swap and no signal

I recently decided to add a larger tv in the bedroom where everything was working fine. After simply swapping the tv, I can’t get the direct tv streaming to work. When plugging in the little device that plugs into the hdmi the Direct tv logo pops up and then goes to next dtv logo like it’s rebooting

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Service contract

Where does it say I agreed to 24 months of service? I was certainly never told this, and nothing I ever signed or was shown says anything of the sort. The MOST I've seen is on the back of the bill it says "by leasing equipment, you agree to UP TO 24 months of service." But I was told 12 months, and

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Using Directv with Alexa!

I paid thousands of dollars for this equipment that was supposed to work flawlessly, and it does not, for example, if I'm watching directv and I ask Alexa to change the channel, it actually changes the INPUT to my Firestick and starts trying to find some app to use there, even though I erased the di

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Finally thinking about upgrading our equipment....

We have a HR24-200, HR44-700 and a C41W-500. The main boxes are getting extremely laggy despite repeated resetting, etc. Two of our TV's are 4k capable. We may replace the third TV with a 4k TV in the near future. What is the best current system that is stable and reliable? I am assuming a HR-17, wi

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No local channels and most channels will not stream

App has no local channels and most channels come up with this message. Not available to stream on this device. These are all channels I have had no issues with in the past. Thank you for the help.

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Anyone else have an outage on Wed. 07/23/25 at 8:04 PDT?

The screen froze and then went through the lengthy reset process for 8+ min. Fortunately the program was repeated at 2 a.m. so I could see the missing minutes.

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Why are not all my subscribed channels available for streaming?

I’m logged into my account on the app and not receiving all of my subscriptions channels. Usually I do, but recently they are missing. I have satellite tv not the streaming service. Did this get taken away for satellite users?

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Now that DirecTV and ATT are separate... how can I fix my acct to not go through ATT anymore?

I have been with ATT/DirecTV for at least 15 years now. I have not had anything ATT-related in 6 years, only DirecTV. It has been (Edited per community guidelines) dealing with both ATT & DirecTV, and even after they have separated... our billing still comes from ATT despite hubby and I calling MULT

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Starz Promotion

I recently received an email to add Starz for $5.49 per month for 3 months. I attempted to add the channel the same day (3/07/2025) and the monthly rate showed as $10.99 with no discount. I called customer service and was offered a $4 credit for the month to get the channel for $6.99 for a single mo

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