[Vision2020] Direct TV Converter Boxes and Stuff

[Ted Moffett]

If you mean an older Directv receiver box, they can be re-used, rather than
recycled, for another Directv account, when purchasing a new access card,
20$ the last time I checked.  The user of such a re-used receiver thus is
not leasing the receiver from Directv.

However, some of the older receivers will seriously limit the options of
the customer.

For example, Directv moved the NASA channel so now only HDTV equipped
systems can receive it!  This seems to me to be highly questionable, given
the NASA channel is taxpayer supported thus arguably offering programming
that should be available to all Directv customers, even if they have a dish
and receiver that is not HDTV capable.  And on top of that, the NASA
channel is not in HDTV!

There are a lot of other options lost with using some of the older
receivers....

>From the Directtv website:

http://support.directv.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3241/~/is-nasa-tv-still-available-on-directv%3F<http://support.directv.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3241/%7E/is-nasa-tv-still-available-on-directv%3F>
Is NASA TV still available on DIRECTV?

Yes, DIRECTV will still offer NASA TV on Channel 346. However, starting
August 3, 2011, NASA TV will only be available to customers who have
DIRECTV HD equipment and are subscribed to Advanced Receiver Service-HD.
But please note: NASA TV will remain a standard definition channel.

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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> V-Peeps:
>
> To make a long story short . . .
>
> During the course of our move from south Moscow to north Moscow, we
> switched satellite providers from DirectTV to Dish (Dish has improved over
> the years, less expensive, better packages, yada yada yada).
>
> Once the switchover was completed, DirectTV instructed me to return one
> converter box, both access cards, and various electronic cables (along with
> the remote controls) using a pre-paid USPS box they provided.  This I did.
>
> This left me with an old DirectTV converter box which they (DirectTV) do
> not want returned to them, not to mention a complete satellite dish that I
> had removed from the outside wall of our old apartment on Taylor.  Thanks
> to the fine people of Dish, who took the satellite dish off my hands, it is
> no longer my concern.
>
> Question:  Is there anywhere in town that accepts old TV converter boxes
> for recycling . . . or whatever?
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college
> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>
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