Directv for homes with 5+ TV hookup's

Directv for homes with 5+ TV hookup's#181374

By Hold My Own - June 16th, 2008, 7:55 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 7:55 pm #181374

OK...I really need to get my family away from CABLE and they are willing to EXCEPT they have around 8 TV's that would need a receiver and when you add the $5 per hook up they really wont be saving much money. The quality from the Cable service is awful...it's an old line that is run up their driveway which seems like a half a mile long.

Does anyone know of any specials for multiple hook ups? Does anyone else have a good plan for something like what we need?

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Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#181376

By thepostman - June 16th, 2008, 8:02 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 8:02 pm #181376

holy crap....8 tv's....i have a suggestion for them...get rid of some of those tv's....sorry that is just plan crazy....

#181377

By Hold My Own - June 16th, 2008, 8:04 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 8:04 pm #181377

6 live there...so it's not as many TV's as you think

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#181379

By Cider Jim - June 16th, 2008, 8:11 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 8:11 pm #181379

HMO, I don't know if DishNetwork has any better deals, but that's what I have, and I really love their service.

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#181388

By flamesbball84 - June 16th, 2008, 9:25 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 9:25 pm #181388

get DISH, it's a better deal both monetarily and in terms of channels. We have 6 TVs hooked up (kitchen, living room, den, two bedrooms - one bedroom has a tv and a computer with a tv tuner connected) and we only have three receivers. They charge a set dollar amount, can't remember how much, per receiver as opposed to per tv I believe. We have the second most expensive package, and I believe it costs the same as cable or slightly less.

#181395

By thepostman - June 16th, 2008, 10:27 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 10:27 pm #181395

Hold My Own wrote:6 live there...so it's not as many TV's as you think

i came from a big family...7 people in all....we had 2 tv's...8 is a crazy number of tv's to me.....and i think to almost anybody....

#181396

By SuperJon - June 16th, 2008, 10:32 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 10:32 pm #181396

thepostman wrote:i came from a big family...7 people in all....we had 2 tv's...8 is a crazy number of tv's to me.....and i think to almost anybody....

Five of us at home. We have seven tv's. Only four, maybe five, have digital cable boxes. The rest are basic cable.

Four bedrooms (three kids + parents)
Living room
Basement
Game room

#181397

By adam42381 - June 16th, 2008, 10:44 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 10:44 pm #181397

thepostman wrote:holy crap....8 tv's....i have a suggestion for them...get rid of some of those tv's....sorry that is just plan crazy....

My parents have 10 televisions (that I can count thinking off the top of my head) including 2 older 60" rear projections and a 42" LCD. There are only 2 of them at the house and those 10 aren't including the ones in the home office. It's ridiculous. Strangely enough, when I was at home I wasn't allowed to have a tv in my room...By the way, they have cable too since the cost of satellite would end up being higher.

LUnpretty11 wrote:PH, your BJ skills impress me.

#181399

By thepostman - June 16th, 2008, 10:46 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 10:46 pm #181399

wow...i thought my family watched a lot of tv...i guess not....i think the most tv's I have seen in a house is 4....

i guess i don't get around much...

#181400

By Hold My Own - June 16th, 2008, 10:50 pm

- June 16th, 2008, 10:50 pm #181400

It's kind of a larger house...it could easily have 9 or 10 but some rooms just dont have them

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

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By thepostman - June 17th, 2008, 12:48 am

- June 17th, 2008, 12:48 am #181402

i guess i don't see the point in having a tv in every single room....

#181407

By JDUB - June 17th, 2008, 1:23 am

- June 17th, 2008, 1:23 am #181407

i have dishnetwork and it has been decent. a few problems but they sent a guy out to fix it for free. I got a good deal and free DVR. one box runs 2 rooms, so you don't have to pay as much that way

#181417

By flameshaw - June 17th, 2008, 9:19 am

- June 17th, 2008, 9:19 am #181417

I suspect you want DirecTv since they are the only one with the NFL package. Call them and explain your situation, they will work out something for you, they are pretty flexible with their customer service.

#181436

By Innocent Bystander - June 17th, 2008, 10:28 am

- June 17th, 2008, 10:28 am #181436

Why would you ever need more TV's than you have people? Just in case company comes over and everyone wants to watch something different?

#181437

By Hold My Own - June 17th, 2008, 10:29 am

- June 17th, 2008, 10:29 am #181437

Innocent Bystander wrote:Why would you ever need more TV's than you have people? Just in case company comes over and everyone wants to watch something different?

b/c the TV's dont get up and follow around the people

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

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By LUconn - June 17th, 2008, 10:30 am

- June 17th, 2008, 10:30 am #181438

they don't? Is your family stuck in the 1800s?

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

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By thepostman - June 17th, 2008, 1:24 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:24 pm #181447

Hold My Own wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:Why would you ever need more TV's than you have people? Just in case company comes over and everyone wants to watch something different?

b/c the TV's dont get up and follow around the people

i still think that its kind of sad having that many tv's....sorry...

#181448

By SuperJon - June 17th, 2008, 1:27 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:27 pm #181448

We have one in every bedroom, the living room upstairs, the den downstairs, and then we have another room that has video games and stuff like that in it. I don't think that's excessive at all. We don't have cable boxes in all of those rooms and it's not like we have flat screen LCD's in them either. The tv in my bedroom is an old one we used to have in the camper that's maybe 13 inches.

#181449

By thepostman - June 17th, 2008, 1:28 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:28 pm #181449

agree to disagree i guess

#181450

By Hold My Own - June 17th, 2008, 1:31 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:31 pm #181450

thepostman wrote:
Hold My Own wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:Why would you ever need more TV's than you have people? Just in case company comes over and everyone wants to watch something different?

b/c the TV's dont get up and follow around the people
i still think that its kind of sad having that many tv's....sorry...

Sad? LOL...alrite man...so I guess it's "sad" to have a larger home, or newer home, or newer car or what? Your like these people who feel sorry for those who have done well in business and despise them from a distance

I'm still confused how it is you're focusing no the number of TVs...what does it matter to you? Really? What?

Big Boy: I weigh 300 pounds and need to find the nearest store that has clothes my size
Thepostman: Why dont you just eat less?
Big Boy: Oh ok thanks, you saved my life

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Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

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By SuperJon - June 17th, 2008, 1:47 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:47 pm #181451

thepostman wrote:agree to disagree i guess

I can see your point if the tv's were in the bathrooms and kitchen and stuff like that. That's getting a little overboard. Bedrooms, living rooms, and game rooms is normal though.

#181453

By Hold My Own - June 17th, 2008, 1:50 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:50 pm #181453

I'm still trying to figure out the "as many TV's as people" theory....

Does that mean you only have them in bedrooms and your living room doesnt? Or do you have one in the living room but one child is left out...how do you choose? Favorites? Competition? How!

This thread is so funny on so many levels

love it

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#181455

By SuperJon - June 17th, 2008, 1:55 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:55 pm #181455

Hold My Own wrote:I'm still trying to figure out the "as many TV's as people" theory....

Does that mean you only have them in bedrooms and your living room doesnt? Or do you have one in the living room but one child is left out...how do you choose? Favorites? Competition? How!

That one's easy:

One in every bedroom and one in the living room. That's one for every person assuming your the parents/adult couple sleep in the same room.

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By LUconn - June 17th, 2008, 1:55 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 1:55 pm #181456

ThePostman's Mom: Our first television set. Dad just picked it up today. Do you have a television?
Marty McFly: Well, yeah! You know we have... two of them.
ThePostman: Wow! You must be rich!
ThePostman's Mom: Oh, honey, he's teasing you. Nobody has two television sets.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#181459

By JDUB - June 17th, 2008, 2:22 pm

- June 17th, 2008, 2:22 pm #181459

whats wrong with having a tv in the kitchen? i spend a lot of time in the kitchen and like to watch tv there