I knew this day was coming !

A long time ago, in a far away galaxy...





OK, it was only 2 years ago when I waded into the HD waters with DirecTV, switching from Dish amid promises of more and more HD channels from new satellites they were launching. Well, that day has finally come with 70 new channels and another 30 due by January '08. Beefy's comments about receiving the new channels in another thread had me scratching my head as to why I wasn't. After a little one on one with Customer Service, I was informed that my HD-DVR (you know, the one the made me PURCHASE two years ago) is only MPEG3 compatible. Lo and behold, all of the new channels are MPEG4 . Soooo...guess who has to buy a new STB?

Man, they didn't even kiss me first!

If there is a silver lining to this, at least I was able to negotiate the price down to a third of what they wanted to shaft, er...charge me. Instead of $300 some odd dollars, I was able to upgrade for $100. I'm still not happy, but whatcha gonna do?

So if you are a DirecTV'er, make sure you have the right STB. If not, grab your wallet and ask them for at least a reach around this time.