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DirecTV customer - my experience

So, I bought their general pack not long ago, and at the time (just like you sign the terms and conditions for any general subscription based platform) I signed their terms and conditions, knowing that the free trial would expire in a few days, and a day or so before that happens, I will receive an

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Autoextend for baseball not working

I've had two baseball recordings cut off with one out to go, despite having the auto extend box indicated. Am I correct in assuming if, when you go to Upcoming Recordings, and that box "+autoextend" is shown, then the the feature will be activated automatically without any further action from me? Is

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Is anyone at DIRECTV monitoring Wimbledon to extend recordings? Day 2 cut off mid-serve...

It seems many live sports events are monitored by DIRECTV and they automatically extend recordings if the event is continuing past the planned end-time in the Guide. Today is Day 2 of Wimbledon, with rounds recording from 6 AM ET to 4 PM ET, and today is day 2 that the recordings ended as planned -

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4K Channels on Nvidia Shield TV Pro

I’ve updated to the latest app on all of my Android/Google TV devices and I have the 4K channels, with the exception of the Nvidia Shield. Is this by design or is there a specific video setting that I should use on the Shield?

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Directv Streaming Network Congestion and Much more

I Stream CNBC most of the day and it constantly has issues such as: Network COngestion, Looks like this program is unavailable, few minutes it will go to screensaver etc. Mostly affects CNBC but the others will go to screensaver(SS) often even after I went to Never on the Firestick for SS. You have

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No "continue watching" option when watching from playlist and recording is paused close to "live"

This is a recurring problem on DIRECTV Stream with posts going back 2 years about this - when watching from Playlist, there's no "continue watching" option when playback is paused near "realtime/live". Scenario: 10 hour sports event (Wimbledon, Round 1, ESPN, started at 6 AM ET) I watched from my my

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When Recording with Cloud DVR, how to extend the recording 5, 15, 30, or 45 minutes after the schedule end time?

On various occasions, the networks or local TV stations delay shows due to a sports event or other programming. When I set up recordings for shows that appear (as an example) on Sundays, with AT&T U-verse, I was able to extend the end time for scheduled show by 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes to account fo

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If I’m able to buy Gemini Air

Was satellite for almost 30 years, now stream with Roku for about a year. Trying to find out if I would able to buy a Gemini Air or 2. My access to Directv.com has me on a loop, sign in, then drops back to sign in! The last time I tried to speak to someone there was a language barrier. Any help ? Th

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Streaming Directv

Hi. I was curious about this 'MyFree Directv.' I already have the app and do some of my viewing it. How many channels do I get with this? Can I still keep my current package? Thanks, James

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Constant Freezes and buffering

i have had issues with the new Directv app since it updated. I am constantly getting buffering, freezing, restarting of programs, Favorite channels not showing up. No volume on recordings. Until this last update I haven't had any of these issues with Directv Stream, I have a Samsung Neo Qled TV.

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