Done
 

To close out..Had Direct TV installed yesterday and the picture is much better than what I had with Comcast. It was relief to deal with the people at Direct TV who were excellent! Had the Disk placed on a pole in the yard out of sight because of the comment one TOTV made regarding the roof warranty. Genie looks to be a great advantage. Only negative is that we now have to look for our shows on different channels and that will take time. Returned Comcast equipment and received a confirmation of return BUT person said I could not get a confirmation for cancellation of service. Called up Comcast and they said they will cancel. Looks like the decision was right and overdue.:bowdown:

The first thing you'll want to do is set up the on-screen guide eliminating all the 'for sale' channels. Name it something like 'My List' or similar. Don't hide the SD channels but don't put them in your list, the reason being if there is a storm you'll want to pull up the SD duplicates quickly by keying in 'All Channels' and bring them up in the guide and then you can see the ending of a show. They'll be some channels that don't have an SD copy, such as those in the HD Tier package. If that's the case, in a storm you won't have the option. I've had that happen once in six years, I was watching a Jackson Browne concert on the Palladia channel with is HD only, so when the storm hit I lost the channel for the duration.

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After you've made your list, the channel guide should look like below. Just one HD choice for each channel number. Some of the alternate sports channels you might leave out because they are very seldom in use. The alternate MLB channel is the only one I currently show, they do have games on there frequently. When college football season starts you can bring up the alternate ESPN channels because they stick games on those channels. The on screen score guide that comes up with the red button is really handy also, and it will list the games on those alternate channels when they are used. Good Luck and enjoy your system.

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Direct TV - I now have at all 3 rental homes!
 

Let me help SAVE everyone who reads this post some BIG $ on cable & Internet.

I’m a teacher and live in RI but have 3 rental homes in The Villages. A tip here on TOTV led me to save big $. All as of last month now have Direct TV. See below.

1. Call Select Choice TV in Summerfield (third party broker for all providers) at 352-553-4921. I kept their ad from a Villages magazine in April and got Heba, (she has been great) but anyone can help. Her e-mail: hrobinson@selectchoicetv.com Get DIRECT TV. Free installation. It took less than 2 hours to get done. $24.99/mo for a year for the basic SELECT package (that’s 130 channels & free movie channels for 3 mo). I added HD (high def) at my 3br because I’ll be moving there in a year or so. That’s $10/mo more. Each additional TV is $6/mo.

2. For INTERNET go with Comcast for $19.99/mo. Call 1-800-COMCAST. I was already a subscriber for cable and Internet. Their $19.99 rate is good for a year, and they gave me that rate no problem to keep me (normally just for new folks). It appears to be the cheapest of all providers. I have my own modem and Wifi device at all homes (they’re cheap at Wal-Mart; don’t rent).

3. PHONE is up to you. I have rentals and so don’t have phones. But I did buy MagicJack on Heba’s recommendation so I have a phone now at my 3br. The device costs $50 one time fee and it’s $20/yr for service. Note, that’s PER YEAR, not per month like the local phone companies. But for older folks, it takes being a bit computer savvy to get it all done. Other options are to ask your provider for a special low introductory rate. magicjack.com

4. No, I’m not a salesman, but if you switch and say I referred you, [COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]you get $10 off per month for 10 months[/COLOR]. I used a lady’s account number from TOTV to get that. You too can have a bill for just $18.00 with taxes like I do at my villa (one TV, no HD). Use acct # 14118982 to get $10/mo off when you call Select Choice TV.

E-mail me with any questions. I’m glad I switched. Picture is beautiful (even on non-HD TVs at my 2br homes). Enjoy the savings.
Jszyman806@aol.com - Jeff

Sounds Good
 

Snowbird921, Thanks for the input. I switched from Comcast to Direct TV, signed up to AT&T offer for their $20 a month for phone that included long distance and local, (Note: Magic Jack is not available in The Villages, etc.)
Am going to keep the Internet with Comcast but believe mine will be at 29.99?
Have people coming today to hook up the new modem/router combination that I purchased since I don't want to pay Comcast a "rental" for theirs. TOTV really is informative and helpful..:wave:

I think you might be confusing Magic Jack with someone else. Magic Jack is available everywhere. We brought ours down from MI and got a 352 number. We use the unit that plugs directly into the router so that we don't have to put it into a computer. (We only have laptops.)