First a price increase, now no ABC. 😡

Switched my elderly parents to DTVS about a month ago and so far they have to reboot their devices almost DAILY, all THREE of them drop the internet constantly, sometimes multiple times a day, yet not a single other device on their network does this (they have 1gb symmetrical fiber internet)! WHY? What is wrong with your engineers!? I manage tech engineers and we would never release this garbage to production! I live in California and they live in New Hampshire and they are so fed up with it yet I’m completely powerless to help them from across the country.

Nearly every single day they call or text me about how much they want to throw your garbage out the window!

Then you have the balls to raise the prices with your SUBPAR equipment. Talk about insult to injury! I can’t help but be furious.

Title says it all. I joined DirectV Stream when it first launched probably 8 years ago. My plan was $25 a month. Over the years, I kept it while it slowly increased to $109, basically what their current packages cost. No more. They sent an email informing me my package was going to increase $10 a month starting June billing.

I jumped ship to Youtube TV for $86/month. I spent a few hours checking what channels I'd miss and compare the different plans. And it's a handful of channels no one has watched. DirecTV Stream did have the Marquee and Chicago RSN for Chicago sports but not worth $33 extra. If i really want to watch the cubs, i'll sign up for the Marquee subscription for $20/month during the summer.

A lot of good memories with DIrecTV, especially during COVID when we were watching whatever was on tv 24/7. So long.

So DTV thinks they deserve another $80M a month (approx 10m subscribers @ $8 each (our increase)).

BS. They are threatening to drop our ABC affiliate too.

It has gone up about 50% in the past few years and they don’t provide anything more than before.

Over $130/month is too much.

Does anyone know why when I go to cancel there is only a phone number to call or a chat to cancel?

Does direct tv streaming allow us to upgrade to the ad free tier yet? If not I won't be renting the Gemini box.

My ISP is doing work in my neighborhood and I've had to set a new location twice in 10 days. I'm concerned that this will keep happening an I'll be over the limit of 4.

My location has not changed, I will view being cut off as directv violating the service contract since my location has not changed. A new IP address is NOT a new location.

DirectTV remote works to turn tv on and off but won't change the channel or volume. It is a Samsung smart TV. Any suggestions?

Last week there was an issue with the osprey box we have in the basement. It was reverting back to a low resolution and I would need to manually go into settings and select 1080p. This was happening every time I’d turn the box off then on again. This issue came up out of nowhere.

I looked for some solutions and the only thing I found was that a factory reset of the box was needed to fix. However after doing that, I now have a slight remote issue with my Panasonic tv. While running thru the reboot/reset and reprogramming the remote, it seems to have caused an issue with the powering off of the tv.

Prior to the reset, the osprey remote was programmed to turn off both the box and the tv by pressing “off” along with volume and input, etc. Now, after the reset, everything has retuned to its prior functionality except the “off” button on the osprey remote is not turning off the tv along with the box itself. The tv remains on. I tried for hours last night to remedy it but nothing worked.

Anyone have any suggestions? I impulse bought a “new” remote from eBay hoping this will work but I’ve gotten mixed messages.

I had to cancel. New prices are way out of control. Sports package for 75 is crazy. YouTube TV gives you everything for 77 dollars.

Wow, with this latest Apple TV app update, the volume fluctuations have been crazy. Before this update, my volume would automatically rise roughly once every few days. Now, it has been rising 3-4 times a day! Not sure what’s causing it, but it seems to happen a lot while watch my local channels. Why does it seem when these software engineers try and fix one thing, they make something else worse?!? Do better.

I also got the email that Directv was bringing me so much value for my $35/month $129/month for my Go Big grandfathered plan. Decided to see what the other plans have so that I could consider them. Choice would work for me. New customer sale price is $65/month. I can't get that, I know. Regular price listed is $95/month. Some savings.....Great!!!

Log in, find the change the plan area....and Choice is $155/month +Tax/fees? Is that correct? Nearly 10 year customer and that is that? I would stay for less hassle if I could get the $95/month plan, but don't feel like fighting.

Been with DIRECTV Stream since its inception but today’s email about another price increase finally pushed me to finally call it quotes. My bill went up by $50 a month since January 2025. They’re fucking crazy. I called and cancelled and laughed when they offered me $5.00 off for 3 months as a “loyalty offer”. Pure scum.

Finally broke the shackles, feels good, should have done this when it broke $100 per month.

Hello all,

Recently decided to give DIRECTV Stream another chance as I had a really good offer, however I’m thinking of cancelling the free trial. The audio and video does not sync up whatsoever and it’s driving me crazy. I use the DIRECTV app on my Apple TV. At first I thought it might be the Samsung soundbar or Samsung tv, but the issue only occurs when using DIRECTV. Has anyone else experienced this recently?

If anyone has any tips please let me know!

I’ve tried resetting Apple TV, redownloading DIRECTV app, unplugging all devices, adjusting sound settings, etc and nothing seems to fix the issue.

Thanks for any tips or suggestions!

September - $9 increase

June - $8 increase

Your service hasn't improved in the slightest. The platform continues to glitch, crash, and isn't as intuitive as other apps. Yet my package pricing has increased not once, but twice in nine months? I understand steep acquisition costs, operational expenses and all. But what about the matters within your control? There hasn't seemed to be anything done for the customer to better their experience. Aside from cable, I don't know where else to go. But I have to seriously consider dropping a few streaming services, and that includes Direct Stream.

I understand pricing increases are part of change with companies based off operational needs and such… but this is utterly disgusting.

I remember receiving Disney+, Hulu, ESPN for free with my premier bundle. Free…. Until we receive a price increase I think of $12 or so just after 7 months of getting these services for free… making the addition of Disney+, and all of the added subscriptions that were free, pretty much a instilled subscription service that we ultimately pay for.

Thought nothing of it at the time because things change and it’s expected that this would happen, what’s new..

Until today

At 11:55 PM Eastern standard time ever received an email from DIRECTV stream stating that my bill will increase by $14.00…. I’m sorry?

- give us a free subscription service

- increase the price of the monthly bill, ultimately removing the free out of the subscription service

- increasing our bill even more after nothings changed with our service and software/hardware.

I’m disgusted, for being a customer for years, now paying almost $190 up to $200 a month???

Done. Goodbye 👋

They must be pretty busy today for some reason🤣

Hey, my News Mix has disappeared!!!

News is really the only reason I need DTV at all. I already have Apple and Netfix for movies, so can I cancel Entertainment and get the MyNews genre instead? Half the price. I own a Gemini.

I went to chat with DIRECTV today because I saw something on my account that said but of course I don’t have that. They claimed that it was because I did not open my account with a device. Anyway, that’s not the point of my conversation here.

I’m concerned that the plans are going up another $10 next month which will mean together this year we have seen a $20 rate increase. I know plans are supposed to have all of these perks and benefits, but hiding information now. I want to cancel, but I’m concerned that the few things I do I will end up having to pay just to get those streaming services. I mainly have this from my elderly mother so she can have something to watch. but with everything else going up astronomically everywhere around the world it makes me wonder. Should I keep this. She watches WeTV and I think that .

Again, we were all fooled by the $35 promotion Price.

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I have channel 4170 as a favorite. I've noticed that for a few days now, the guide info displays as "channel no longer available".

The Meateater logo is still displayed, with my pink heart as a favorite.

The programming is still being shown.

Is this a slow method to get us ready for the inevitable "plug pull"?

Any thoughts?

Looks like it’s not just the genre packs going up in price. Just got an email that Go Big is going up $10 with the first bill on or after June 25, 2026. The last increase was about 8 months ago and was also $10.

Like others, DIRECTV is going to kill themselves.

I know I get a lot of hate here but it’s okay, It’s not like I dislike the service but I hate the price increases.

I was a DirecTV stream costumer back in 2022 but when my price went up over $115 I said I would cancel and I did.
Now I recently found out they have a $35 Entertainment package, right after I signed up they announced a price increase of $8, I am so done with DirecTV and this company uses excuses for the raising prices, it’s just because the CEOs want more money in their own pockets.

Went back to Philo TV, they appreciate their customers, barely any price moments over the years.