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You think they will be able to do any better on the Roku then the appletv or firetv? They have proven themselves incompetent at managing this service with any platform. In general I think it will get better. They subsidized the first 3 months because it was basically a field test so I expected problems. I think part of it was bad planning which is a management problem not a technical problem.

What I mean is AT&T said they had more enrollments on the first day of the promotion than they planned to get for the entire promotion period. That means they were dealing more streams than expected. I'm not trying to defend them but I doubt they'll let this fail with all the cash they have. I have just about had it with DirecTV Now and their garbage service. Lots of promises so far but not many fixes that improve the service. I'm already looking for alternatives and came across a streaming service that some of you may be interested in.

If you are like me and want a streaming service that has a functioning app for Android TV devices, you may want to take a look at this site: I downloaded the.apk file to my Nvidia Shield and I'm using the free 14-day trial for now. It was easy to download and there was no device setup needed, just click on the app and your good to go.

It has a lot a channels, several of which are not available on DirecTV Now. The PQ is very good on most channels and the On-Demand section is also better than expected. No stutters, buffering, or freezes so far. Only $20/month for 3 streams, not sure of the other streaming devices that are supported.

Take a look and see if it works for you. I have just about had it with DirecTV Now and their garbage service.

Lots of promises so far but not many fixes that improve the service. I'm already looking for alternatives and came across a streaming service that some of you may be interested in. If you are like me and want a streaming service that has a functioning app for Android TV devices, you may want to take a look at this site: I downloaded the.apk file to my Nvidia Shield and I'm using the free 14-day trial for now. It was easy to download and there was no device setup needed, just click on the app and your good to go. It has a lot a channels, several of which are not available on DirecTV Now. The PQ is very good on most channels and the On-Demand section is also better than expected. No stutters, buffering, or freezes so far.

Only $20/month for 3 streams, not sure of the other streaming devices that are supported. Take a look and see if it works for you. But it is legal. Doubt they are making deals with the networks to stream content. But it is legal.

Doubt they are making deals with the networks to stream content. If you are asking 'Is it legal?' , I have no idea. Someone posted it on the DirecTV Now support forum and I'm just passing it on. It could very well be a bootleg site. I haven't found any additional information about the service except on their website. I certainly won't offer up my credit card info until I can confirm if the service is legit or not.

The funny thing is we all assume DirecTV Now is legit, if only it would work like a legit service. So many issues and ATT just doesn't seem to care if they fix it or not, but they were sure happy to take our money. I have to disagree that we have to accept that we are beta testers. If PS Vue can deliver quality and reliable streams from launch then Directv Now should also be able to deliver the same thing.

Pam from the office of president kept telling me today that it is a new service and they are doing the best that they can. I explained that Vue has been able to deliver the goods as promised and she stated that she could not comment on any other service. As usual their answer is to ask you to uninstall and reinstall the app.

Of course I have done that so many times and never once did it fix the problem because the problems are from their end. This last issue of downgrading the majority of streams from 720p/30fps to 560p/30fps was intentionally done by the engineers and not a problem that cropped up on the system. Pam kept telling me she would pass on my concerns to the team. I then told her they already know they have done this. My question is why and if this was a temporary fix for all of the buffering issues and long loading times and she stated the network is wide open and they can absorb many more customers. I then asked why then would they downgrade the resolution and thus the bitrate from 3.5Mbps to 2.0Mbps. Human Psychology Books In Bengali here. She then asked how I found these numbers.

I told her about the advanced option on the Firetv and she was unaware that we could see those numbers. She then tried to turn it around that maybe it was my network at home. I then told her I have Cat-5 to all the rooms and have Verizon FIOS 150Mbps up and down. I also told her all other streaming services on my network are solid without any streaming issues. I told her I would call her in a few weeks and if the resolution and framerate had not been restored to the 720/60fps then I would be asking for a refund for February.

She agreed to that. That would negate the three month prepaid and I also have three 35 dollar credits also which would give me till June 7th to see if they can get this service right. Will continue Vue till then. My gut tells me that these issues will continue and I will eventually have to bite the bullet and cancel. Now has better value at the promotional price but their regular prices makes Vue a better choice. I also asked Pam does she know how many times I had to uninstall and reinstall PS Vue, Netflix, Amazon Prime. Hulu and other apps along with clearing the cache and data.

She asked me how many times and told her never. Her point was that we should do these things to make sure the updates have taken.

I told her most devices do automatic updating. A real weak argument in my opinion. If you are asking 'Is it legal?' , I have no idea.

Someone posted it on the DirecTV Now support forum and I'm just passing it on. It could very well be a bootleg site.

I haven't found any additional information about the service except on their website. That's the catch. No way it's legal. They'd be poaching customers, running ads and have investors behind them. Theroys88, When I said we're DTVN beta customers, I didn't mean 'we have to accept' it.

You can cancel.Someone at AT&T probably had DTVN on his 2016 checklist and forced its release and ignored what the engineers had to say. DTN has the infrastructure for this service but are lacking in engineers that can actually pull it off. Like the high school electronics club I used to be in. We never could get things totally working.

I have no doubt that they are working hard and trying their best but they are just not competent enough to pull of the job. Unlike Vue's engineers who obviously understand streaming and done a good job at delivering a high quality reliable streaming service. DVR is great.

Now has a better UI and at the promotional price is a better value but that doesn't matter if the basic foundation which is streaming is not reliable and is not a quality product. What is baffles me is that so few people on the various forums have noticed the change.

It was obvious the day they made the change. Only the advanced option on the firetv verified what I was seeing with real numbers.

I highly suggest everyone here file a fcc complaint on this issue. They do not like having to respond to those and the more they have the worse it looks from a PR perspective. I have to disagree that we have to accept that we are beta testers. If PS Vue can deliver quality and reliable streams from launch then Directv Now should also be able to deliver the same thing. Pam from the office of president kept telling me today that it is a new service and they are doing the best that they can. I explained that Vue has been able to deliver the goods as promised and she stated that she could not comment on any other service.

As usual their answer is to ask you to uninstall and reinstall the app. Of course I have done that so many times and never once did it fix the problem because the problems are from their end.

This last issue of downgrading the majority of streams from 720p/30fps to 560p/30fps was intentionally done by the engineers and not a problem that cropped up on the system. Pam kept telling me she would pass on my concerns to the team. I then told her they already know they have done this. My question is why and if this was a temporary fix for all of the buffering issues and long loading times and she stated the network is wide open and they can absorb many more customers. I then asked why then would they downgrade the resolution and thus the bitrate from 3.5Mbps to 2.0Mbps.

She then asked how I found these numbers. I told her about the advanced option on the Firetv and she was unaware that we could see those numbers. She then tried to turn it around that maybe it was my network at home. I then told her I have Cat-5 to all the rooms and have Verizon FIOS 150Mbps up and down.

I also told her all other streaming services on my network are solid without any streaming issues. I told her I would call her in a few weeks and if the resolution and framerate had not been restored to the 720/60fps then I would be asking for a refund for February. She agreed to that. That would negate the three month prepaid and I also have three 35 dollar credits also which would give me till June 7th to see if they can get this service right. Will continue Vue till then. My gut tells me that these issues will continue and I will eventually have to bite the bullet and cancel. Now has better value at the promotional price but their regular prices makes Vue a better choice.

I also asked Pam does she know how many times I had to uninstall and reinstall PS Vue, Netflix, Amazon Prime. Hulu and other apps along with clearing the cache and data. She asked me how many times and told her never. Her point was that we should do these things to make sure the updates have taken. I told her most devices do automatic updating.

A real weak argument in my opinion. I'm not aware of any mandate that you must have the service. If people are so upset, cancel it.

You're not in a contract. Or do y'all just enjoy having something to b!+¢h about? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. DTN has the infrastructure for this service but are lacking in engineers that can actually pull it off. Like the high school electronics club I used to be in.

We never could get things totally working. I have no doubt that they are working hard and trying their best but they are just not competent enough to pull of the job. Unlike Vue's engineers who obviously understand streaming and done a good job at delivering a high quality reliable streaming service. DVR is great. Now has a better UI and at the promotional price is a better value but that doesn't matter if the basic foundation which is streaming is not reliable and is not a quality product. Sonic Charge Bitspeek Keygen there. What is baffles me is that so few people on the various forums have noticed the change.

It was obvious the day they made the change. Only the advanced option on the firetv verified what I was seeing with real numbers. I highly suggest everyone here file a fcc complaint on this issue.

They do not like having to respond to those and the more they have the worse it looks from a PR perspective. I totally agree, this is not just a rant. I filed a complaint too with the FCC, based on the unethical business practices AT&T has used to get subscribers. They are great on promises but terrible on delivery. Sure, we got an AppleTV device for 'free', which AT&T likely got for pennies on the dollar too.

The real issue is this service was not ready for release on day one and was obviously not beta tested prior to release. There was so many problems the first month, the service was almost unwatchable even with my 'free device'. Many devices are still not supported or working properly, especially when using 4K devices like TV's, receivers, etc. I should have known better than to trust AT&T, as I was an early subscriber to their uVerse service which was a disaster in the first year.

The only thing that kept me as a subscriber was low rates and the occasional credit from them for service problems. Of course they raised their rates by 60% when my contract was set to expire and offered me $200 Visa cards to persuade me to renew service and promised to fix my picture freezing and pixelation issues.

They just couldn't understand when I said NO to renewing. I suppose this is just how AT&T does business with no intent to fulfill their promises, or they simply don't have the engineering expertise to make it work. Either way, DirecTV Now has such great potential but so far has been so disappointing.

Fool me once.. I cancelled after the free month offer. This week, they sent a survey with a bunch questions asking about why I cancelled, what they need to address, and what it would take to get me back. Then they had a specific section about technical issues, and if I'd come back if they were all fixed. Of course there questions about what devices and other services I use too.

Glad they are asking the right questions. For what it's worth, my primary reason for quitting was lack of on-demand content, cloud DVR, and limited TV Anywhere app support. I'm not at all interested in live TV, but I would certainly reconsider if they fixed the technical issues and added a comprehensive on-demand catalog and/or cloud DVR. I do not see any buffering since the downgrade in resolution and framerate which was their intent. Twitter reps finally admitted to me that the downgrade was done to fix the streaming errors. They also stated it was not permanent but could not give me any time frame.

My guess is that this make take some time. With all of the issues that this service has had since launch, it only shows that the engineers that are tasked to this project are incompetent! Maybe DTN pays poorly so you get what you pay for. Buffering is to be expected with rolling out a new service. The issue is promoting 72 hr rewind and on demand which were never authorized by the networks. The service should be pulled until contractual issues are resolved and refunds given to all. Maybe at first.

Sling tv had issues with buffering but their engineers were able to stabilize that service fairly quickly. Vue streams were solid at launch. Now continued to have buffering up to last week till they decided to downgrade their streams to 560p/30fps and less for others. Twitter reps stated that the reason was to fix all of the streaming errors.

By dropping the bitrate by 75%, they did fix these issues but at the expense of picture quality. VOD, 72 rewind are extras. Streaming stability is the foundation of any streaming service and without it, the service is useless. I'm not aware of any mandate that you must have the service. If people are so upset, cancel it.

You're not in a contract. Or do y'all just enjoy having something to b!+¢h about? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Actually I am. It is called a three month prepaid and it ends March 7th. I made the assumption that since DTN streamed their sat channels to their cell customers, they would have the streaming technology down pat.

I agree that you can cancel anytime but you lose the promotional price which is of great value. You kinda damned if you do and damned if you don't. If I cancel and they get this service straight in a few months, I could sign up again but would pay 60 dollars for the package that I am paying 35 dollars for now. For 60 dollars, that package is not worth that price.

I have been using Vue since December 8th since Now was unwatchable after 5pm. If the service worked like it does now but with HD streams I would be a happy camper. Having a 75' screen only makes things worse. Buffering is to be expected with rolling out a new service. The issue is promoting 72 hr rewind and on demand which were never authorized by the networks.

The service should be pulled until contractual issues are resolved and refunds given to all. Maybe at first.

Sling tv had issues with buffering but their engineers were able to stabilize that service fairly quickly. Vue streams were solid at launch. Now continued to have buffering up to last week till they decided to downgrade their streams to 560p/30fps and less for others.

Twitter reps stated that the reason was to fix all of the streaming errors. By dropping the bitrate by 75%, they did fix these issues but at the expense of picture quality. VOD, 72 rewind are extras. Streaming stability is the foundation of any streaming service and without it, the service is useless. The resolution is 540 not 560. Actually I am.

It is called a three month prepaid and it ends March 7th. I made the assumption that since DTN streamed their sat channels to their cell customers, they would have the streaming technology down pat.

I agree that you can cancel anytime but you lose the promotional price which is of great value. You kinda damned if you do and damned if you don't.

If I cancel and they get this service straight in a few months, I could sign up again but would pay 60 dollars for the package that I am paying 35 dollars for now. For 60 dollars, that package is not worth that price. I have been using Vue since December 8th since Now was unwatchable after 5pm. If the service worked like it does now but with HD streams I would be a happy camper. Having a 75' screen only makes things worse. So now you're mad that you were given a discount on a streaming box and 3 months of free service that hasn't worked perfectly?

Have you, by chance, CALLED DTVN and talked with them? Because they've been very responsive to my phone calls and have added credits to my account to make up for times I've not been able to use the service I've paid for. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Maybe at first. Sling tv had issues with buffering but their engineers were able to stabilize that service fairly quickly. Vue streams were solid at launch.

Now continued to have buffering up to last week till they decided to downgrade their streams to 560p/30fps and less for others. Twitter reps stated that the reason was to fix all of the streaming errors. By dropping the bitrate by 75%, they did fix these issues but at the expense of picture quality.

VOD, 72 rewind are extras. Streaming stability is the foundation of any streaming service and without it, the service is useless. 540p streaming is horrific. I hope they are not trying to push that as being HD.

I wonder who will be the first to offer a router type box that will enable all house TV's to stream all cable channels as well as local channels. Then for icing on the cake, provide broadband high speed internet access in the package.

All in a lower fee option than cable tv. What a wonderful world it would be. The monopolies that cable companies currently have are going to end sooner or later. I want to cut the cable cord but need the above as included options. Will never happen as long as you have FCC board members who are former employees or wannabe employees of the telecom industry. The new FCC chairman was a Verizon lawyer and probably is looking to cash in on another cushy gig after his tenure. That's what Michael Powell did, who once said 'I'd like to have a Mercedes' while he was the FCC Chairman.

Then he got a job with some cable industry consortium which lobbies the govt. Probably driving something nicer now than what he had when he was at the FCC. I wonder who will be the first to offer a router type box that will enable all house TV's to stream all cable channels as well as local channels. Then for icing on the cake, provide broadband high speed internet access in the package. All in a lower fee option than cable tv. What a wonderful world it would be.

The monopolies that cable companies currently have are going to end sooner or later. I want to cut the cable cord but need the above as included options. My money is on TiVo adding a DTVN app to their Bolt device, which would then have off-air, DTVN, plus Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. All in the same box.

By on July 17, 2017 Posted in Some FCC regulations are carved in stone, changing about as often as the rules of chess. But not the equipment authorization rules, which lay out the procedures manufacturers and importers must follow to market devices having potential to cause interference to radio communications. The FCC likes to revise and update these every few years. This post reports on adopted on July 13, 2017 (released on July 14, 2017), some of which could become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register –possibly as soon as August.

Products subject to the equipment rules include transmitters, of course, and also some receivers, most digital devices, and a few other odds and ends. All of these add up to some large fraction of whatever plugs into the wall or takes a battery.

Manufactures and importers should familiarize themselves with these changes. Self-Approval Procedures Manufacturers or importers of devices that pose a relatively low threat of interference can confirm compliance with the FCC’s technical rules on their own, without getting an okay from anybody else. There used to be two procedures for doing this, called verification and Declaration of Conformity (DoC).

The recent change now merges these into one, called Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC). This handy chart compares the requirements. OLD OLD NEW Verification DoC SDoC test in accredited lab (optional) Yes (optional) label with FCC logo No Yes (optional) include compliance statement with product No Yes Yes responsible party in U.S. (optional) Yes Yes Those used to the former verification procedure will see added requirements: the product package must include a compliance statement; and the responsible party identified in the compliance statement must be located in the United States.

Verified devices include most outdoor, fixed transmitters that don’t communicate with mobiles and portables, and TV and FM receivers. Users of the former DoC procedure will see relaxed requirements: compliance testing no longer needs an accredited lab, and labeling with the FCC logo has become optional. DoC devices include most products that contain digital circuitry. Devices previously approved under verification or DoC can be continue to be marketed indefinitely without further action.

Electronic Labeling Devices that pose a higher risk of interference must follow a more stringent FCC procedure called “certification.” Affected devices include most mobile, portable, and unlicensed transmitters, fixed transmitters that communicate with mobiles and portables, low-power FM transmitters, and a few others. The responsible party (usually the manufacturer or importer) has the product tested for compliance with the FCC’s technical rules. These cover power, bandwidth, out-of-band emissions, and sometimes other properties, depending on the device.

The test results go to an FCC-approved entity called a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB), which issues a certification on behalf of the FCC. The manufacturer must label the device with an FCC ID number that identifies it in the FCC’s records, and for some devices, must label with other text as well. As an alternative to physical labels, the FCC has long allowed electronic labeling (on displays) for certain narrow categories of equipment. Manufacturers like this approach and have asked the FCC to expand it. Congress stepped in with a that required the FCC to permit manufacturers to use electronic labeling. The statute also required the FCC to have done this two years ago, but hey, it’s been a busy time.

The new rule allows most FCC-required labeling to be put on a device’s electronic display (except for a few safety-of-life devices). The user must be able to access the labeling without special codes and in no more than three steps. Instructions for doing this can either be packaged with the product or provided on a product-related website. Temporary physical labels will be required in a few instances, to carry information needed before the device is first powered on. A device with no display must have a permanent physical label, as under the old rules. If the device has no display and is too small to carry the required labeling in four-point type (really small!), the information can go in the user manual. Importation A rule change brings the long-awaited elimination of Form 740, previously used to declare the regulatory status of imported devices.

The FCC emphasizes, though, that some responsible party must stand behind the compliance of each device. The number of not-yet-approved devices allowed to be imported for trade shows is increased from 200 to 400. Where the present rule allows for the importation of up to three “unintentional radiators” (such as receivers or digital devices) for personal use, that permission now extends to certain narrow classes of both licensed and unlicensed transmitters. Measurement Procedures The FCC maintains complex rules on how to test devices for technical compliance.

It has now made several changes to these. The changes are critically important to the test labs and TCBs, and perhaps also to some large manufacturers.

But less so to the rest of us, so we will not spell them out here. Check the FCC document linked in the first paragraph above if these concern you. # # # Some of the new rules take effect immediately on publication in the Federal Register, without the usual thirty-day wait. Federal Register publication will probably happen in August. Rules that impose new or modified requirements for information collection must await approval from the Office of Management and Budget. How long that will take is anybody’s guess.