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Why no demos available ?

I don’t understand why Directv satellite doesn’t have a demo video on how the service works. Dealers are now almost extinct makes buying into satellite tv difficult.

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Formal Billing Dispute and Request for Investigation

Dear DIRECTV Billing Department, I am writing to formally dispute recent billing practices on my account and to request immediate review and resolution. On April 15, 2026, I received an email from DIRECTV stating that a past due balance of $291.74 must be paid by April 19, 2026, to avoid interruptio

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After HR54 replacement from HR44, Direct TV App doesn’t work!

Had a warranty replacement to an hR54 last week as advised by the tech. It’s now been almost a week since the installation, and our online account and app are still showing old recordings and channels we previously watched on app no longer work so we’re not able to watch anything from the app for ou

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Billing

I wanted to share my experience as a long-time customer and express my disappointment with the retention process. After 25 years of continuous service, I contacted DIRECTV to discuss my options due to the steadily increasing cost of my monthly bill, which had reached approximately $240. As a loyal c

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Screen says turn on cable/satellite box is off will not turn on.

Triangle shape box has 1 green light 1 orange light. Ethernet connected to small receiver box

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Closed Capyioning

I have noticed a SERIOUS decline in the closed captioning presentation over the last few months. Complete sentences are eliminated or truncated so badly only the last three or four words are displayed. Recently a full minute or more was not captioned at all. Captioning is not presenting enough text

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cable/satl box is off

cable/sat box will not turn on,the black remote will turn tv and small box off/on,nothing else works.brought items from home for vacation nothing works. what did i do or not do

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stream

average time to recieve answer

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vacation with stream

Ihave a directv box from home and a remote,what do i connect to box or.......

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remote

turn tv on with black geniebut,off with tv remote only.2 blue lites on genie slowly blink blue for few minutes then screen says video lost 615.remote will not pick on screen troubleshoot or Qr.press ok and blue lites start slow blinking,after several seconds screen has directv floating around screen

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