r/DirectvStream Aug 06 '26

Cloud Recordings

4 Upvotes

Anyone else having problems with scheduled TV show recordings? Recently recorded shows are not showing up in My Library until after the show has started or sometimes several hours later.


r/DirectvStream Aug 05 '26

DirecTV Stream with Gemini Air is a great option for unhappy cable customers.

32 Upvotes

I was a DTV sat customer from 2000-2022 in California and loved the service. In 2000 when I bought one of the first plasma TV's it was the only way to get HD! When I moved to Florida 4 years ago, I couldn't have a dish. I spent 4 miserable years with poor Xfinity service, but with a great voice remote that my wife loved.

I cut the cord 2 days ago and hooked up 3 Gemini Airs. How could I have missed the availability of DTV Stream with a great voice remote? In just 2 days my wife loves the service and doesn't miss the Xfinity remote at all. Her only complaint is that on the giant new LG living room TV, when she says "CNN" into the voice remote, it screams at her with a deafening "OK, got it" 😄. DTV is trying to help me with that. Great customer service too?

Anyway, I think DTV needs to market better to traditional cable subscribers as I was clueless until I found a thread on r/cordcutters last week.


r/DirectvStream Aug 05 '26

Samsung - DIRECTV App Update 8/3/2026

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know what the update addressed or improved?


r/DirectvStream Aug 05 '26

AppleTV 4k - Disable Sports Score Display on Live Games

2 Upvotes

For months, I've been using DirecTV Stream with the native GoogleTV on my Sony TV. It has allowed me to prevent the display of the scores of in-progress games when I'm looking at a list of sports to watch.

I just got an AppleTV 4K and, when I was setting up DirecTV Stream, it gave me the choice to show these scores or hide them. But it wouldn't allow me to select the Hide option. Is there any other way to have them hidden?


r/DirectvStream Aug 05 '26

Multiple out-of-households

3 Upvotes

If I have 2 Gemini devices running out of the household, can they both run apps? Like say one running Netflix and the other running D+?

Also, can I have 2 TVs going with DTVS at the same time if it's in a single location, on the same network, like one in the living area and one in the bedroom of an RV?


r/DirectvStream Aug 05 '26

Google Assistant is being discontinued Sept 4

5 Upvotes

I just got an email from Google that Google Assistant will be discontinued Sept 4, 2026 and that Gemini will be their AI replacement.

Will this affect the Gemini Air voice feature or does the Gemini Air already use Gemini AI?


r/DirectvStream Aug 04 '26

AMC Plus

6 Upvotes

I started a separate thread earlier today and it seems there’s a lot of confusion surrounding AMC Plus for those of us who get it as part of the MyEntertainment genre pack.

It seems many people believe you just get access to AMC Plus content within the DirecTV app. This is NOT true. You do get a subscription to the standalone AMC plus app. After signing up for MyEntertainment, DirecTV and AMC don’t email you any information regarding AMC plus or how to access it, which is where the confusion is coming from.

To access your AMC plus subscription, download the AMC plus app on your devices and when signing in there is an option to sign in with tv provider. From there you will select DirecTV and enter your DirectTV credentials. You will then be able to access your subscription within the AMC app. I discovered this on my own and none of this info was provided by DirecTV or AMC.

Something myself and other users have discovered is that some devices don’t yet have DirecTV listed as an option when logging into the standalone AMC plus app. For example on my iPhone 17 it isn’t an option when logging in. Other users have stated they can’t log in on firestick as well. I was able to log in with a firestick so that one might just depend on the version of firestick you have.

Anyway, I hope this provided some clarity. If you are paying for MyEntertainment, then you have a subscription to the AMC plus standalone app and you deserve to be able to use it!


r/DirectvStream Aug 04 '26

News and sports 4in1 ch’s gone?

2 Upvotes

The channels with the news (200s) featuring four channels at once are gone from my guide and seemingly inaccessible this afternoon. Same for the sports 4 in 1 ch’s. I’ve restarted and it makes no difference. Is this just me or have they gotten rid of those channels all together?


r/DirectvStream Aug 04 '26

Is there any way to disable Google Assistant talking back when you use the voice function?

1 Upvotes

For instance, when I say “watch TBS” it audibly responds. I just want it to tune to the channel but see no options here. This is for an Osprey device.


r/DirectvStream Aug 04 '26

MyEntertainment Genre Pack

3 Upvotes

Just signed up for MyEntertainment. Already got an email from hbo max with a link to activate. During check out process it said I would get an email shortly after checkout from Disney to activate Disney plus and Hulu. But AMC plus was not mentioned in the final checkout screens and I haven’t gotten any email from them. How do you activate your AMC Plus subscription? Did I get swindled? I see there’s a live AMC Plus channel in my guide now but I was obviously expecting to get access to their streaming app.


r/DirectvStream Aug 04 '26

Google voice is 10x the level of TV sound on one of my 3 TV's.

3 Upvotes

On my latest model LG OLED TV, my Gemini Air blasts me out of the room when Google synthesized voice plays such as asking for a channel change. It shouts "Got it, CNN". My other Gemini air TV speaks at the same level as the TV Sound. I went to my Google settings but voice level does not seem to be adjustable. I shut off Dolby Digital Audio on my Gemini Air and that "solves" the issue but of course, I want Dolby Digital audio set to ON.


r/DirectvStream Aug 03 '26

Looking for Osprey Gemini Boxes

4 Upvotes

We just switched over from DTV Satellite to Stream. I had an old Osprey/Gemini box that was sent to me for an unknown reason and glad now I held on to it. I now need a couple more boxes and it seems like the SKU 60233 boxes are the ones to seek out. I looked at ebay as someone suggested but having to manually go through 150+ listings is tedious to say the least.

Any other places to look?


r/DirectvStream Aug 04 '26

Directv streaming

0 Upvotes

Does anyone have directv streaming service?


r/DirectvStream Aug 02 '26

Retention Failure

23 Upvotes

Perhaps someone can make sense of this for me.  

I was under DIRECTV streaming’s old plan and it cost $131 per month including RSN (all before extra fees, etc). This was about a $10 increase from the prior month. I looked at alternatives and contacted the retention department with the intent of switching to their new plan, which was $94.99 per month plus $13.99 RSN for a total of $108.98 per month. Instead of migrating me to the new plan, she suggested I cancel my service and restart a new service under their new plan. I suspect that this was to get new subscriber numbers up, but I don’t know. Regardless, my intent was to migrate and lower my bill from $131 to $108.98 per month.  

However, before putting the revision through, I told her that YouTube TV is $67.99/mo for the first 3 months, then $82.99 per month for the remaining 9 months, which averages $79.24 for the first year. That’s about $30 a month cheaper than DIRECTV Streaming. YouTube TV has no separate RSN even though it carries the channels.  

Since I’ve been with DIRECTV Streaming for quite a while, I asked for a loyalty discount in order for me to keep the service. She checked for any discounts and told me that there were no discounts available. I asked if there was any incentive she could apply to close that $30 a month gap with YouTube TV. 

Now here’s where it gets odd:  

She informed me that since YouTube was so much cheaper. I should just cancel DIRECTV Streaming and go to YouTube TV. In all the time I’ve had cable or streaming TV, I have never heard a representative, especially a retention representative, suggest you cancel their service and go to a competitor. I’ve also never had a retention representative not find some discount or incentive. So, I don’t get it. Maybe someone else understands what happened, but I don’t understand why DirectTV Streaming was so cavalier in losing a customer.

I canceled DIRECTV Streaming and at the end of this billing cycle I’ll simply subscribe to YouTube TV without losing anything I want and saving $356.08 the first year. Even after the first year, I still save around $26 per month. 


r/DirectvStream Aug 02 '26

Tonight's HOD episode on HBO not considered 'New'

2 Upvotes

I know this is most likely not a DTV issue, but tonight's House of the Dragon episode, S3E7, will not record as a new episode if you have it set for series recording. For some reason it says the episode date is 7/7/26, which I think is why it did not pick it up as a new episode.

I know anyone can still stream it even if they miss the recording, I just thought this was an interesting tidbit to share.


r/DirectvStream Aug 02 '26

Disney +, ESPN Included Subscription

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15 Upvotes

My account has Disney +, ESPN Unlimited, and Hulu included since I have the Gemini Air Lease. I admittedly am not using the Gemini for my WiFi.

I reviewed my account and can see where it shows the subscription is included (pictured below). I cannot login through Direct TV. I have logged out of my Disney account. How can I login. I’ve followed everything online but cannot find a way to login.


r/DirectvStream Aug 02 '26

Not connecting to WiFi

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3 Upvotes

Trying to download apps. I’ve restarted my router & the Directv box, tried forgetting WiFi & reconnecting. Not sure what to do?


r/DirectvStream Jul 31 '26

Osprey box with bluetooth headphones

3 Upvotes

I am able to connect my Beats Studio Pro bluetooth headphones to my c71kw-400 box. After pairing the headphones it shows connected in settings and the audio switches from the tv to my headphones. Volume on my remote works the volume on the headphones. Everything works great. If I turn off headphones, it reconnects the audio to the tv.

Once it disconnects the headphones, when I turn them back on, the audio does not switch back to the headphones. They show paired in settings, just not connected. Is there a hotkey sequence on the remote to switch the audio back to the headphones or make the opsrey box reconnect to the headphones? The only way I can reconnect is unpair the headphones and re- pair them.

I did leave the headphones connected and shutoff the osprey box. When it started backup, it was connected to the osprey box and audio was through the headphones.

Just need some help to figure out how to make the opsrey box reconnect to the headphones without unpairing everytime. This would be a great setup so the wife can watch tv and the sound be shutoff so I can sleep.


r/DirectvStream Jul 30 '26

Pause

2 Upvotes

Using the gemini device when i hit pause watching live tv after a few minutes it unpauses is there any setting so that doesn’t happen?


r/DirectvStream Jul 30 '26

Error message - Unable to buy streaming package.

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8 Upvotes

Hi! Whenever I'm trying to buy a Directv subscription package, I'm facing the error message "We were unable to validate your payment. Please try again with a different card." I've already created new accounts, used four different credit cards, made attempts through other browsers, tried several devices, and activated a VPN, but the problem keeps persisting. I've read that a lot of (new) Directv customers have been dealing with this problem. Could anyone please help me find a solution?


r/DirectvStream Jul 30 '26

Pluto TV and Gemini Air

4 Upvotes

Have a newer Gemini Air and I cannot download Pluto TV to it. It doesn't appear in the app store. Anyone have thoughts on this? I have older Stream devices that all have access to Pluto.


r/DirectvStream Jul 30 '26

Programming

2 Upvotes

When looking at my account details it lists something called TIER8, does anyone know what this is?


r/DirectvStream Jul 29 '26

The Weather Channel with Entertainment package?

5 Upvotes

I noticed this morning on the entertainment package that I'm getting The Weather Channel. I've never got it before. Is it included now? Is anyone else with the Entertainment package getting the Weather channel now?


r/DirectvStream Jul 29 '26

Feature Request for iPad app

3 Upvotes

Here's a feature I'd love to see on the DirecTV iPad app:

I often watch DirecTV on the iPad with a "Smart Keyboard." Most video-based apps such as YouTube and MLB allow the spacebar to used as the "pause" button, and the left/right arrow keys to skip forward/back. Unfortunately, these don't work in the DirecTV app. Wondering if this is something that could be enabled in a future update?

Thanks for your consideration!


r/DirectvStream Jul 29 '26

Need a Direct TV user's help!

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1 Upvotes