My switch to Uverse saves me almost $500/year (1 year contract) but I prefer Direct TV's picture for sports--less artifacts, less pixilated, less blurry although ESPN and a couple of other stations look fine. For sports I mainly watch football, NCAA basketball, and soccer. Non-sports channels seem fine as well on Uverse. I have some old and somewhat slow Direct TV HD DVR'sand I'd like to update to whole home DVR without much cost--not happening right now with Direct TV. But I was wondering whether I should drop Direct TV, return their equipment, keep Uverse for a year and then switch back to Direct to get their latest equipment. Anyone else tried this?
OT: Direct TV: Anyone cancelled Direct TV and signed back up a year later?
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Call Directv say Cancel at the first two prompts to get you to retentions. Tell them you want to verify that you are no longer under contract and when is your next bill date so you can know when to cancel services. They will ask you why you want to cancel and tell them you are trying out Uverse and it's not bad at all. Throw in a I'm gonna miss all the great sports programs on Directv but times is tuff and I like saving money with Uverse. They will most likely offer you a deal to stay. Don't settle for anything less than an Home Media Center (5 tuners 1TB HD) with whole home and cinema connection kit. You maybe able to get Free Sunday ticket. Shoot for $99 or less. Same as new customer. Good luck. Hang up if aren't talking to an American.