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i recently wrote DirecTV an email about problems i have experienced with my channel list settings. recently, DirecTV updated the software on my receiver and i had to reset all my favorite channels.. i check the channels i wish to be viewable in my guide, but when i flip through my guide, a couple of channels show up that i had set to not show up. these channels are the INFO and GEMS channel which are both infomercial channels and sometimes i would see paid programming channels in my guide. i go through my settings again and uncheck these channels but every day they show up again.. grrr!
i tell DirecTV that i feel this is sorta like spam because these channels sell stuff and i don't want to be forced to see it in my guide. this is the response i receive from DirecTV: Quote:
i Believe, that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody who's life gives them vodka, and have a party! |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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That's some serious whining.
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I shot the sherrif.
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Ok, maybe it's just me but I would find it really damn annoying to continually remove some stupid channel only to have it show up again and again. It's like a telemarketer that just keeps calling. Obnoxious.
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lost
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Yeah, I had DirecTV for a while. It really grated against my nerves, too. Especially when the channels they added were porn and the like. Seriously.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Once a channel is deselected, the software should take the channel away from ever showing again.... But that seems to realistic.
Guess we're not updating our reciver. |
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i didn't mean to sound like i was whining.. ok, maybe a little.
the thread was more to tell people my experience with DirecTV and how those basterds put restrictions on me personalizing my channel list. i wouldn't care if it was "special programming" i was interested in, but the fact that it is channels that sell stuff or i have to get a subscription to see is kinda lame. my feelings exactly! i Believe, that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody who's life gives them vodka, and have a party! Last edited by digitalAngel : 2006-09-25 at 14:26. Reason: added second quote |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Well I have had DTV for about 8 years now and I have yet to run into that same issue, but I am sure your channel list is far leaner than mine. I pretty much just have the non-english and sports package-only channels turned off.
I see this kind of issue as pretty inqonsequential compared to spam. Spam robs bandwidth and storage space, both of which we pay for explicitly. A channel popping back onto a list once in awhile does not cost any more than the extra couple tenths of a second it takes to hit chan up/down again. And I ALWAYS get a chuckle as I surf past the Knife channel! How can anyone sell knives 24/7/365??? |
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just a quick note:
last weekend i locked the channels that keep popping up as the customer service rep suggested, but the channels still show up in my guide even with parental controls on. /me shakes fist at DirecTV grrr! i wrote another message to DirecTV about it, not that it will do any good. my options are just ignore these infomercial/paid programming channels.. or get cable. i Believe, that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. And try to find somebody who's life gives them vodka, and have a party! |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Say that you're a parent who has had an unfortunate experience with your child buying stuff from the TV and that you need to ensure that you can block the shopping channels at all times. Threaten to cancel your service. It doesn't matter how much shit you make up. You pay them, it's time for them to serve you.
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LOL.. i could bring up the 3yr old boy who bought a pink Nissan on eBay. |
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