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DirecTV LCC (updated)
Posted on 9/6/23 at 10:47 am
Posted on 9/6/23 at 10:47 am
I just ordered a Local Channel Connector from DirecTV with hopes of being able to watch channel 33 (WVLA) NBC and specifically FOX 44 (WGMB) for NFL games.
set up looks basic. Hope to get a signal inside from my "electrical cabinet" and not have to tape it on a window, etc.
any experience or advice would be appreciated.
other than this issue, I have been satisfied with my combination of DirecTV with 4 DVR receivers and ATT Fiber internet. Recently the loyalty department credited my account a $300 value over the next 12 months, so that helps.
That said, I don't need comments about switching to youtube TV, etc.
Just trying to get any thoughts on the LCC that supposed to deliver in 3 days.
TIA
set up looks basic. Hope to get a signal inside from my "electrical cabinet" and not have to tape it on a window, etc.
any experience or advice would be appreciated.
other than this issue, I have been satisfied with my combination of DirecTV with 4 DVR receivers and ATT Fiber internet. Recently the loyalty department credited my account a $300 value over the next 12 months, so that helps.
That said, I don't need comments about switching to youtube TV, etc.
Just trying to get any thoughts on the LCC that supposed to deliver in 3 days.
TIA
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 8:18 am
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Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:14 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
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Hope to get a signal inside from my "electrical cabinet" and not have to tape it on a window, etc.
How close are you to the towers? I have an old school Directv AM21 that adds OTA to my receivers. I had to put my antenna on the roof to get all the locals.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:20 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
Never thought i'd have to explain how an antenna works on a tech board.
Come on dude.
Come on dude.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:21 am to weadjust
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How close are you to the towers?
Walker LA by I-12
3/4 bars signal strength on this site if that means anything
signalstrengthdirectv
This post was edited on 9/6/23 at 11:25 am
Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:28 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
quote:
other than this issue, I have been satisfied with my combination of DirecTV with 4 DVR receivers and ATT Fiber internet. Recently the loyalty department credited my account a $300 value over the next 12 months, so that helps.
That said, I don't need comments about switching to youtube TV, etc.
We have been with Directv for almost 25 years. The wife called the loyalty department in June and they lowered our bill down from $210 to $140 for 12 months. Wife is about to call them again, because they will have to lower it more than that, because if not, we're switching to YouTubeTV.
The streaming market is way too competitive, so the Directv's, ATT's and the cable companies better get it into gear or they will find themselves sitting on the outside. I will say that eventually all of them will go to streaming. There will be no more DVR boxes or satellite dishes. They spend too much money on all that equipment.
This post was edited on 9/6/23 at 11:33 am
Posted on 9/6/23 at 11:52 am to BadaBingBadaBoom
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I will say that eventually all of them will go to streaming. There will be no more DVR boxes or satellite dishes.
How long is eventually? Until we have cellular or satellite internet covering 100% of the US there will still be some demand. A county like Issaquena in MS only 10% of the population gets high speed internet. Then there is cost. Directv is cheaper than Starlink plus a streaming tv service. I do think Dish and Dirctv will merge at some point.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 12:46 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
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3/4 bars signal strength on this site if that means anything
Unfortunately, the best advice that anyone here can give is, “try it and see.” You are close enough that rabbit ears in an inner room may work. You may get good signal most the time and a bad signal for one or two channels. If that channel is ABC, you’ll probably be upset. If that channel is the one that plays evangelical speakers, maybe you won’t be as upset.
But plug it in in your inner room and see. If it works, great. If it doesn’t:
The device is basically just a translator for antenna stuff to appear in your program guide and hopefully have some guide data associated with it. So if the signal is bad, get a better signal. Options include:
Bigger antenna
Different antenna shape/style
Lifting antenna higher
Removing interference (fewer walls, maybe in a window. Maybe in an attic. Maybe 30’ in the air outside the house).
I’m about 18-20 miles from most the stations I’m interested in. The previous owners left this antenna in my house:
It’s currently wedged in the rafters in my attic, plugged to the main splitter that delivers signal to all the cable outlets in my house. It does have a tiny amplifier that is part of the antenna. The main splitter is also amplified. I get all the big channels. I catch the next set of locals, but the signal is too crummy to do anything with.
I have a particularly tall attic (2 story, Acadian-style home where I have attic above the 2nd story, and that attic peak has got to be close to 18ft above the top of the 2nd floor). I’ve run scenarios in my head to pole-mount a really nice, big antenna near the top of my attic to really maximize my channel selection and signal quality.
But my rabbit ears have been in the antenna for 4 years and do fine, so I haven’t bothered. Would I recommend jamming this in a corner under tin foil? No. But my terribly positioned antenna does fine. Yours may, too. But the only real way to find out will be to test it, unfortunately. Best practices are easily ignored for adequate results. So slap the thing together, make sure you get your channels, and if one is missing, move it around the room a bit until it shows up or you have to decide if you’d rather a visible antenna, a trip to the attic, or an upgraded antenna.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 8:11 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
UPDATE:
got the LCC OTA antenna in the mail yesterday. Installed, ran the TV setup, and nothing.
moved antenna a couple times, repeat setup, nothing. Stretched it out across the hall into my office and had it in the window unobstructed and ran search set up again and still nothing.
So. F it.
I watched the TNF on Peacock last night and without FOX I will go to IPTV on KODI on my Firestick and hope it does not buffer.
The FOX sports app wont play once im signed in with DirecTV as my provider
got the LCC OTA antenna in the mail yesterday. Installed, ran the TV setup, and nothing.
moved antenna a couple times, repeat setup, nothing. Stretched it out across the hall into my office and had it in the window unobstructed and ran search set up again and still nothing.
So. F it.
I watched the TNF on Peacock last night and without FOX I will go to IPTV on KODI on my Firestick and hope it does not buffer.
The FOX sports app wont play once im signed in with DirecTV as my provider
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 8:16 am
Posted on 9/11/23 at 10:59 am to BadaBingBadaBoom
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We have been with Directv for almost 25 years. The wife called the loyalty department in June and they lowered our bill down from $210 to $140 for 12 months
21 year customer here. Shut it down last week. 2 boxes and 1 hasn't been hooked up since the 2016 flood. They wanted to drop my 175 bill to 67 for 12 months for loyalty. With them hemorrhaging customers maybe they should have reached out earlier. We weren't watching anything that we couldn't get 9 different ways already.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 1:59 pm to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
Got my LCC in last week. I tested it with supplied antenna and only got a couple channels because I have a metal roof. So I bought a ClearStream outdoor antenna and was able to pick all the channels within 70 miles. It’s works perfect. It also lets the local channels play on the app too, so no more blackouts.
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