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Going to Satellite TV? Make It Direct TV and Let Me Know.


We changed from Dish Network to DirectTV when we had St. Todd DeCubbville install our BATV. I actually made the decision based pretty much on price. We got a good price with some free premium channels for a few months free.

But now that we have it, I’m finding that DirectTV is a lot better than Dish Network. We can’t get HiDef on our local network affiliates. Insight Communications, our cableco, just couldn’t figure out how it could be done via Tivo, DirectTV, or their own damn cable.

Actually, the cable guy didn’t even know what Tivo is. Serious. He. Didn’t. Know.

Anyhoo… when the U.S. Open was on NBC, we lost the chance to see it in HiDef. Once you have seen HiDef you know how I was suffering.

BUT: DirectTV had an interactive channel for the U.S. Open (maybe you have seen the commercials for some tennis tournament coming soon?) So I had a choice of four HiDef options:

  • four screens at once
  • hole #17
  • featured pairing
  • golfers in depth (features)

The other advantage is the DirectTV DVR records about a tritillion hours of programming. I think Tivo will only record 8 hours.
Plus I could get the leaderboard anytime I wanted, and some other cool junk.

If you are getting satellite television, or would would dump Dish Network for something better, Direct TV will give you $100 off. If you use my secret passcode: 82408932… then I also get $100.

Help fund the Going Like Sixty Dinking Around Foundation. You get $100, I get $100.
All God’s chillen’ get $100.

Buy Direct TV – use this number 82408932.

Give them your DIRECTV account number and tell them to order online at directv.com/refer or by calling 1-800-507-4045. They must have your DIRECTV account number when they order.

And thank you for your support.

Today Begins Big Ass TeeVee Installation – Be Back Tuesday

Today I am starting down the path to crossing another milestone in my life. Is that mixing metaphors? meh.

By sometime next Tuesday I will be fully involved with a full blown media center:

  • Big Ass TeeVee (BATV) – 52 inch Sony with high definition
  • Dell computer with sooper-dooper video card dedicated to serving the BATV.
  • Surround sound
  • Infrared Repeater so my wireless keyboard, mouse and remote can shoot a signal around the corner
  • DirectTV (changing from Dish Network because they are groks and I got a sweet deal from DirectTV)
  • Cable – not new but configged differently to serve BATV
  • Tivo – not new (see above)

St. Todd deCubville is doing the installation.

It all starts tomorrow and I will be sneaking away to Twitter our progress @goinglikesixty. I am the designated beer hauler, that will give me enough time to tweet his activity and keep a beer count.

I think I have the blog set up to compile my tweets and make a post. OTOH, the whole thing could blow up like a Rodenator and bring down the entire neighborhood.

So today:

  • mow the yard (it’s nineteen inches high and can’t wait until next week)
  • get my haircut (it’s nineteen inches long and Nancy is driving me nuts)
  • get Miller Lite Beer in bottles
  • get ice
  • go to airport to pick up St. Todd deCubville and Amy
  • inventory

I hope this isn’t the end of a fine blog.

I do appreciate you readers so much.

But when I sit my Big Ass down in front of that Big Ass TeeVee and see Rachel Ray in HiDef, that may be nirvana.