I'm Pissed at Directv

Know its been a while since I posted last. I've been very, very busy and just haven't had the energy to blog...until now.

Yesterday, I was forced by Directv to take their new DVR as they are cutting off MPEG-2 HD service so my Tivo HD box would no longer work. Readers of this blog know that I did not want to do this and was pissed that they were harassing me to switch. I put it off until the last possible second. But with the cutoff date on Monday, I had to do it this weekend.

I tried to be open minded, but this box is just a piece of shit. Its is much harder to use and I cannot figure out how to do simple things like watch live TV. But the biggest issue I have is season passes. On Tivo, I had 125. That may sound like a lot, but you have different programs in the summer than the winter and then I have 3 kids each with their favorite shows. And there's shows I like and my wife likes. So you can rack up the season passes much faster than you might think. On the Directv box, you are only allowed 50 shows. That's it.

So these idiots forced me to take this box I didn't want and get rid of Tivo which I was happy with all the with promise that I could get more channels with this new box, only to find out that I can't record them. WTF?

I feel like I have been raped. Like there is the house guest in my living room that I don't want who just won't go home. I don't know how long I can put up with this. I may have to switch to cable where at least the FCC has protected my right to have a Tivo.