I have Directv and only have had one tv and Genie receiver. My parents were kind enough to give me a modest-sized HD tv when they recently moved into a smaller dwelling. So, today, I called Directv about adding this new tv to my account and was told it would cost me $99 upfront for the Genie mini (and that's just to rent it!) plus $49 for installation plus $7/month just to have the second tv. That would be $232 for the first year! For a small second tv (I mean, the tv brand new cost less than that). I asked if they could do better than that and they said no, so I hung up.
So then I looked into splitting the signal and found that I probably can mirror the main tv but cannot truly split the signal so that two different channels can be viewed at the same time between the first and second tv.
Money is a little tight so $248 to me is a lot right now but if they had come back with something about $80 -$100 less I would have done it.
Can I negotiate this (I have 10 months left on my 2-yr contract)? Is there a way to actually split the signal and just do it myself? Or, am I screwed?
My thinking is to threaten to cancel even with the contract. It'd cost me $200 to sever the contract which for Directv is a hell of a lot less than they would get by hanging on to me as a customer.
So then I looked into splitting the signal and found that I probably can mirror the main tv but cannot truly split the signal so that two different channels can be viewed at the same time between the first and second tv.
Money is a little tight so $248 to me is a lot right now but if they had come back with something about $80 -$100 less I would have done it.
Can I negotiate this (I have 10 months left on my 2-yr contract)? Is there a way to actually split the signal and just do it myself? Or, am I screwed?
My thinking is to threaten to cancel even with the contract. It'd cost me $200 to sever the contract which for Directv is a hell of a lot less than they would get by hanging on to me as a customer.