DirecTv will give a cst a FREE HD-DVR

but i still am not comfy with the leased part of it!! i'd rather get it from newegg.... but thanks for the help though... i will be in the market for one in the near future

 

so they have the authorization for that high of a credit? heck for my one big credit last year it took almost a week and it was only 250. HDtivo costs a lot more than that. I'd think this, as you stated, would draw too much attention to the audit list and that few, if any, of these would be given out.

 

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did you go back to your other thread yet and answer all those questions?

 

I found your post completely unreadable. Can you actual use the words "for" and "customer" next time...

 

I guess he is sticking to his story of being a supervisor, even after letting his other thread die and answering little.

Assuming you are a supervisor, I strongly question the wisdom of giving a customer (see, not hard to type full words) a HR10-250 to not cancel the NFL Sundat Ticket.

Let's just look at the math:

HD-DVR: $499 + $19.95
NFL Sunday Ticket: $249

So by this logic, DTV agents are so afraid of a customer not spending $249 to keep the NFL Sunday Ticket that they will pay them $269.95 to keep it?

I truly doubt many agents will give anyone a HR10-250 not to cancel the NSF Sunday Ticket.

Any of them that do... well Carlos Mencia says it best "Doo Doo Duhr".

 

well lets see, you'll have a 2 yr commitment they'll pick up from most subs another $4.99 /month mirror fee (to relocate their old receiver) so approx. $120.00 fo 2 yrs.
2 yrs. guaranteed programing of I think $44.99 /mo is $1080 approx. some might not even have a dvr so $5.99/ mo DVR fee is $144 approx. for a soon to be obsolete DVR (MPEG4) you need to return when you cancel anyway.... wow I think they are doing alright.

 

I don't know many agents who would do that.

Now if it was a good customer with good billing history who spends alot of money on additional services (sports, movie packages, pay per views, etc...) I might be inclined to give them a free standard definition DVR.

They still get the two year contract, still need DVR service (if they do not allready subscribe).

Those numbers make much more sense to me.

 

Interesting, I might have to all of a sudden cancel my NFL Sunday Ticket for no apparent reason.

 

Let us know how that works out.

 

The HD-DVR wouldn't be $499 though. He said in the OP that it was part of the lease program. Is the cost off the HD-DVR $499 through the lease program?

 

damn, already cxld 2 years ago...

 

Yes...$499 to lease....~$749 to own.

 

In other words $499 to "borrow". I have to try that one next time someone wants to borrow a torque wrench, engine stand, or cherry picker......

 

I just did this. I called retention to cancel my Sunday ticket auto renew. I was going to cancel anyway regardless of this topic (although I guess I would have kept it if they blew me away with something). The csr made a comment about some kind of dvr deal and then after after looking at my account she said, oh you already have the HD DVR. She then took off the sunday ticket with no further comments. I don't know what would have happened if I didn't already have one. I also have no use for a second one as my other tv is a standard 24 inch tv and I have a hacked DTivo for that one, so I didn't puch it any further.

 

wouldn't the HD unit record more hours on SD? doesn't output the siginal to coax or RCA jacks to th 24 inch tv? just curious because i have a 36 in. SD tv but I want to receive my OTA digital channels and being able to TiVo them and have them in the guide would be a huge plus.

 

Yes, but I have a 160gb drive in my SD Tivo and the HD Tivo doesn't have MRV. Right now I have 2 tvs. A big HDTV and a regular 24" tv. I currently have 3 Tivos. One HDTivo and one SDTivo on the big tv and one SDTivo on the 24". I use the extra SDTivo for MRV, space issues, and for extended family members who don't have a tv to use my slingbox. So since MRV is very important to me, I would never switch my SDTivo on the 24" to an HDTivo.

 

A warning if you consider getting the HR10-250 to use with an older SD TV: The HR10-250 does not have COAX RF output. It does have S-VIDEO out, composite video out, and component video out though, so most new SD TVs will handle this with no problem. (You also have to remember to set the HR10-250 output resolution to 480i or 480p, depending on your TV. This can be handled via the front-panel button selection.)

 

Not all customers are eligible to receive this. Account history determines what we can offer a customer in order for them to keep NFL ST. The lowest level is $20 off the NFL ST and for high rated customer we can offer a free receiver.