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Press DOWN to see your recent channels. Go the F away!

How do I get this to go away? It's on my screen and the only thing I can do is hit down to see recent channels, and hit down again, it goes back to the message, Press DOWN...!  Does Directv programmers even use their own product?  help!  

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Directv Stream with Bally Sports Southwest

I’m considering changing my DVRs to stream with cloud dvr. I watch a lot of Bally Sports Southwest. With the stream and cloud dvr and if I’m traveling, can I watch live or recorded sports at remote locations or on a plane? Thank you

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News12 New Jersey

Is it possible to get the news12 New Jersey weather and traffic on Directv stream? If yes can you say how? I had it on Optimum Cable and miss it.

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4k picture quality horrible on DirecTV Stream

Whenever college football is offered in 4k format the picture quality is horrible -a faded, dim, washed out look with poor color rendering. No amount of tinkering with settings makes any difference.  I have five different smart TV’s from 32” to 65” and brands from TCL to Samsung and LG.  

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Closed captio

Recently I obtain direct tv’s Gemini air TV system. My package included the local tv programming. Due to hearing loss I utilize closed captions . I noticed that if I taped and played back the local news Broadcast , closed caption was not there. If I watched the local news live CC was present. Four o

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Suddenly Can't Access Streaming DirectTV Recordings

I've been watching recordings I've made using my DirectTV streaming account with DirectTV's website using Safari for sometime. Suddenly about a week ago, the website forced me to re-sign in.  When I did, the recordings were gone.  Everything else worked normally. I am absolutely certain

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How Do I Control the Directv Streaming App (installed on my TV) Using My Voice Through Chromecast TV (the dongle)

How Do I Control the Directv Streaming App (installed on my TV) Using My Voice Through Chromecast TV (the dongle)

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Restart my direct tv

My direct tv was on a seasonal hold. I want it restarted on Monday, April 28, 2025

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Direct tv stream app guide

My direct tv stream app is suddenly (the day after I started and paid for my service) started glitching. The guide is no longer showing correct information, some local channels, some from California, some error messages saying the channels are not a part of my package, and all of my favorites are go

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Home Network Change Due to ISP Dynamic IP

My ISP uses dynamic IP and does not offer static IP. When I signed up for DirecTv Stream, my IP location was correctly showing the city I live in.  My IP recently changed and now the IP location is showing I am in a city a hundreds miles away. As a result, I am now limited to 2 streams because

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