lakeside7 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Can anyone share their experience with Direct TV..is it legal here..What are the pros and cons vis Shaw..cost etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Direct TV like Dish USA TV is not sold in Mexico but people have Direct TV accounts and use Direct TV here like they do with Dish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowyco Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 We have had experience with DirecTV and found it takes a very big dish (2.4 m is typical). DirecTV from the USA generally does not work quite like having an account in the USA: If you bring down your DirecTV receiver from the USA, you can get DirecTV's national channels that are broadcast using continent-wide signals ("CONUS" beam), like TNT, ESPN, USA, etc., but the local NBC/CBS/ABC/Fox network channels are almost all spot beamed* to the narrow areas of the USA where those local-market clients live. When we had DirecTV, there were New York city and LA NBC/CBS/ABC/Fox network channels available.as CONUS beam signals here. We were pleased with the US DirecTV's quality, but changed to Slingbox due to DirecTV's high cost. *Here's a link to a list of some of the DirecTV local channels that are not available here: http://www.satbeams.com/satellites?norad=31862 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureisendless Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 What is a slingbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowyco Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Slingbox is a small electronics box (specialized computer) that you connect to your current cable TV service or current satellite TV service, and then connect the Slingbox to the internet (with an ethernet cable). The Slingbox converts your cable/satellite TV signals into internet signals, which then are bounced around the internet for you to download and watch your "home" TV from anywhere in the world. How you use your computer to change channels, from around the globe: You tape a little plastic thingy to your current cable or satellite TV receiver - pointing it at the remote control "eye" on your TV receiver - and the Slingbox then controls your cable or satellite TV box - through the internet. Slingbox's TV display on your computer screen includes an image of your remote control - and you simply use your mouse to push the channel changing, program guide, menu items - through the internet - switching your cable-box or satellite-TV-box back home. As you may have already guessed, since you are changing channels from here in Mexico, it also changes the channels back in the USA (or Canada) where the Slingbox is sitting - making it hard for someone in the USA to share one cable/satellite box with a family-member-user in Mexico using the Slingbox. Many people who piggy-back their Slingbox service on family or friends' cable/satellite TV buy their own cable/satellite TV "bedroom box" to add to the existing home service - giving the Slingbox user their own dedicated TV receiver to change channels at will, without interfering with TV viewing of people back in the USA/Canada. In that installation, put the cable/satellite "bedroom box" receiver + Slingbox combination in a spot close to both internet/ethernet and TV receiver connections - next to the US router/modem(?) This lets you watch your TV anywhere in the world where you get at least 400 kbs download speed (0.4 Mb per second), at just the cost of buying a Slingbox + paying for internet. Slingbox relays the signals over the internet for no monthly fees. If you want HD TV, you need a steady "3MB" download speed, and you have to buy a more expensive model of Slingbox. Some internet posts say the HD Slingbox is not as reliable as the SD model. We've happily used an SD Slingbox for 2 years, no problems, but the picture quality is a little grainy on fast moving sporting events. (You have to wait for the enhanced replay to see a little-hand-check in an NBA playoff-game.) ROKU gives better picture quality for TV-thru-the-internet, but it has "freezes" as the ROKU servers get overloaded with users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Using a 2.4 meter dish, you can get most of the DirecTV HD signals and only some of the SD signals. I subscribe here in Seattle and were I to rent an extra receiver for $5.95 US per month and bring it with me to Lake Chapala, I would not be able to see those local Seattle signals that are spot beamed to me. However most everything that is in HD above Channel 100 is receivable lakeside with a 2.4 meter dish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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