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Issues / Comments With DirecTv Streaming
Hi. I've had DirecTv Streaming for a few weeks now and thought I'd post my initial impressions & issues. FWIW - I'm using DirecTv streaming boxes. I don't see a lot of activity on this forum but here I go anyway.....
Pros:
1) Video quality is quite good.
2) Menu navigation is reasonably quick.
3) The Guide & access to the main menu are good.
Cons:
1) Watching a recorded program that hasn't finished, there is no indicator showing how far you are behind "live".
2) The fast forward view should be full screen, not the 1/4-sized picture-in-picture.
3) When you press "Play" to exit fast-forwarding the program overshoots. I'm seeing about 30 sec. overshoot in FF2.
4) Recordings don't always resume where you stopped watching them.
5) There is no way to advance a recording quickly, i.e. in segments.
6) There is no way to record a program past the originally scheduled time. Sports programs are supposed to automatically adjust the stop time if the game / match runs long.
7) The DirecTv remote directional pad isn't easy to "feel".
My hope is that they are working to correct at least some of these issues.
DIRECTVhelp
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7 days ago
Hey, @hiltsy855. It's great to hear you're enjoying the video quality, menu speed, and overall guide navigation. We're actively working on enhancements to address many of the points you raised, and we'll look into these for consideration in future updates. Thanks for your feedback! 💙Rizza, DIRECTV Community Team
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hiltsy855
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6 days ago
Thanks DirecTv, I hope someone is actually listening. DirecTv satellite functionality was very refined but it took years to develop. For a time I was actually in a Beta Release Group where we'd download and review software releases before they went public. I was hoping something like that existed for streaming but I haven't found anything.
One more issue to add to my "cons":
8) When fast-forwarding if you press the "rewind" button the program should drop back one step instead of going directly to rewind. For example: if you are in FF3 and you press rewind it should drop back to FF2.
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DIRECTVhelp
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6 days ago
We’re grateful for your time and collaboration in the Beta Release Group. That's another great idea! We'll surely pass it to our team for review. Rizza, DIRECTV Community Team
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hiltsy855
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5 days ago
Here's another issue:
9) If you record a Series that has a lot of programs there is no way to quickly get to the first (oldest) recording. The only way to get there is to hold down the scroll button and advance one program at a time until you get to the end. This might take more that a minute.
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DIRECTVhelp
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2 days ago
We appreciate your feedback and will share it with our team. Rhyan, DIRECTV Community Team
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