Direct TV question

It's definitely not the same as it was years ago where it would go out with any little storm or rain.

Mine only goes out if it's a quite heavy rain/downpour, light to medium rain/storm and no issues.

It's really not a concern or issue anymore that should prevent someone from getting the service IMO.

I heard they have or are going to add 4K channels. Anyone know for sure?

I'll also add that even in the rare instances it goes out the standard definition channels usually don't go out. It has to be tropical storm conditions or worse for the standard definition channels to go out.

My Direct would go out in heavy rain or clouds. PITA, but Comcast used to go out more often and for longer when I had it.

Recently upgraded my Direct equipment to the Genie system, new dish too, and it rained like hell for a week after that. I was amazed at how the signal came through despite the pouring rain.

It has frizzed out during some horrible weather, but mine is much improved with the new gear. The Genie also gave me a much better picture than I had with my old equipment.

I can totally handle it going out, just not during a Bama or Saints game.

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If you decide to get it, don't let the installer leave without getting at least a 99 signal on all of the satellites.

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If you sign up the installer should be using an AIM meter to peak the dish. If used properly this will get you the strongest possible signal.

Before I was trained to install dtv I would be on jobs installing uverse internet and VoIP while a dtv employee or contractor would be installing dtv. Not once did I ever see or hear one of them using the meter and the meter makes pretty loud beeps when locking on to the satellites .

I am convinced that most people who have signal issues had an installer who didn't peak the dish properly. Remember a degree or two off on earth translates to several hundred miles when trying to aim at the orbital slot where the satellites are located .

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My thing is if it goes out during a football game i will lose my shite.

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I missed the entire 1st half of the Bama/West Va game a couple of years ago because a storm hit right as the game started. It even knocked out the SD channel. It'd come back, and the storm would re-intensify and knock it out again. Then the power would blink which would reset the box which took forever to reload. It was maddening, even moreso because we had a crowd over to watch it.

Really the only time we lose signal is any thunderstorm with lots of lightning. Heavy rain will interfere with it a bit, but not as bad as lightning.

AM-21 is a Direct TV box that get OTA channels?


Does the OTA connect to the TV or the AM-21?

OTA>AM21>Genie(DVR)



When you look at the guide the OTA Channels are in the black box with the -1 after the channel and the channels in the blue box are satellite
channels.