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Dwlaws

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Sat, Dec 8, 2018 9:22 PM

Directv Now Streaming Box Beta

Is there anyway to volunteer to be a beta tester for the new Directv Now streaming box? I’ve had Directv for over 20 years and have both Directv and Directv Now, but I never get the opportunity to try out the new products.

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HMBradley53

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11 Messages

a year ago

HI there I am an official Beta tester My husband has an account and so do I because of our cell phone plans being separate. So we get Direct Tv Now half price. Hoping this doesn't change in the future. I am keeping both boxes and will do all of the Beta questions required like last time...I would be chicken to put it on EBay, ha ha..

HMBradley53

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11 Messages

a year ago

OH good Netflix is on it...I thought the second round of Beta testers got an improved remote. That stinks my elderly mom will be using one of the boxes I receive. I'm getting 2 boxes because we are AT&T Customers and we get Direct now half price and in order to get this deal my husband and I had to have different accounts which we already did anyway

Riggzie

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7 Messages

a year ago

so I got my box in yesterday.. hooked it up to my new Sony Bravia 75" tv and was an interesting setup.

pair remote, let it do its updates, etc...

once in.. I added Nexflix and Plex apps so I should be golden. I would love to get my hands on the APK as I side loaded NTV Now onto my tv from the google play store and it is not tv friendly as its for touch screen devices..

anyway... Everything seems to work EXCEPT!!! DTV NOW!!!!! I cant get it to run. it starts, buffers, never plays a video.. frustrating.. going to do some more testing tonight.

bcbsncjlj

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19.5K Messages

a year ago

Basically I have little to trouble with buffering with the BETA or commercial versions of DTVN. Never really understood why do many do have issues. Customer setup or ISP or location? No idea.

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Riggzie

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7 Messages

a year ago

this post is about the new android-tv box that is being beta tested..

I have an apple 4k tv box and all works well

I have a Roku Ultra and all works well

so while all of this works, were saying the new beta box with issues...

Tgmangus

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1 Message

a year ago

Netflix hulu youtubetv youtube and many other apps are there either search for what you want ot chose install all during setup

bcbsncjlj

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19.5K Messages

a year ago

@Riggzie I have the the BETA box and having no issues at all. Just hate the remote and waiting for the new remote to be shipped.

lizdance40

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75.5K Messages

a year ago

@bcbsncjlj wrote:

@Riggzie I have the the BETA box and having no issues at all. Just hate the remote and waiting for the new remote to be shipped.

Got mine this week. But I missed my Roku. Big improvement over the one I got with the box.

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Riggzie

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7 Messages

a year ago

its weird... came home today and turned it on.. its working just fine now; however, it isnt as snappy as my apple 4k but im thinking maybe its just me. will be checking it out this weekend...

Riggzie

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7 Messages

a year ago

not sure about the toggle volume and channel buttons. feels old..

some cool things on the remote...

the " ... " button is nice

noslenam

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11 Messages

a year ago

Received a new remote the other day. I stopped testing the unit due to the poor initial remote. I only had a day to test it before I had to leave on a trip but from the few minutes I played with it it’s a big improvement over our initial testing. We may even plug it back into our main tv to do some more testing. I actually like the volume and channel buttons. Having buttons that light up make the remote usable as well. Testing will

start when I return from my trip. Looking forward to see how it works.

HMBradley53

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11 Messages

a year ago

You should give it another shot I think it's awesome

mlaplaca

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11 Messages

a year ago

Wow yes the new remote is a major improvement from the old. I know longer get a hernia of the finger trying to navigate channels. Also changes to buttons, positions of them and type of buttons such as the volume button makes use ever easier at night or when not starring blankly and the remote. Kudos ATT

Mike

mlaplaca

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11 Messages

a year ago

I really like them because they were different from the rest and easier to find without looking

Mike

Batman25

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1 Message

a year ago

I received my beta box and remote a week ago. It easily paired with my tv and I have so far not had any issues to report. I have all my other apps like netflix, hulu, hbo, showtime, starz etc... I am not mostly on the android or google platforms but for what i need it works just fine! it starts up just as quick and seamless as my roku stick (which is still the best IMO) and better than my fire stick (not as responsive as roku). I do implore people to make sure they have an above average wireless router and modem and a good high speed internet service. I am still in the early stages of becoming more knowledgeable in using the beta box and will share more experiences in the future.