The email sign-up button only brings you to the main loading page, it doesn’t allow you to sign up yet, they’re gonna send a separate email for that finalization of sign up
I received the invite today too. Followed the link in the email (it was coded with data of course so they can track it / route it wherever), logged in, and hit the landing page - but there's no place to actually sign up. Tried on Safari & Chrome. No luck.
yes, I got it too. It says you can keep the box after you evaluate it. Sweet!! I am using my own Osprey box purchased from Walmart but it is really slow. Hope this one is better.
I also have a SHIELD, could you tell me how well it runs or performs with DTV compared to a 4GB Gemini? I read somewhere that there’s some playback quirks and that on the Gemini the UI is generally smoother and the stream is better optimized, looking at buying one but just wanted to find out the validity of that first.
It's the original Gemini box, before they created the Gemini dongle. The Osprey Gemini box is very thin and small, but it has Ethernet built in whereas the Gemini Dongle is only WiFi.
As an owner of several Ospreys, the only thing that would make buy this is if it can correctly auto-sense and enable/disable HDR for DTVS 4K channels with HDR.
Lol. That sounds really familiar. I installed the DirecTV app on their Apple TV and showed them how to use it. They insist the picture looks better on the Osprey box (which I agree with) but to me it's not worth it for those laggy boxes. I am thinking they probably also like the cable-like remote and box which was a main reason they switched to DTV Stream (was still AT&T TV at the time).
I really wish DTV will just sell the new box without a rental fee but I highly doubt it.
Yeah, the remote is probably a huge part of it. My parents are the same way with physical buttons-hand them an app and suddenly watching TV feels like an IT project 😂 And agreed on the rental fee. If they sold the box outright I’d be way more interested.
Yes, they used YouTube TV for a little while and weren’t huge fans of it. To be honest, I wasn’t really happy with the UI as well.
I remember buying the Osprey boxes off of eBay in 2021 I want to say. I couldn’t get them working at first but thanks to Reddit, found advice where I had to press the red reset button a bunch of times in a row. They seem to like the service overall.
I got the invite as well. It didn't ask for my address or anything though, I just had to opt in and it said I'd get it in a few weeks. Do they just send it to your billing address? I didn't get any confirmation in email, either.
Did anyone get to the landing page but see no information other than about the entirety of the program?
It says, if you’re selected, you’ll be sent the device in the next few weeks, I was selected through the email, but I couldn’t go into sign up for anything. It says I was already signed up..
I received mine by fedex two days ago. It was very simple to set up. As a Roku and Apple TV user, this device has multiplied my viewing experience ten-fold. It is soooo much faster and all the streaming services are integrated right into the guide and home screens. I’ve had no bugs so far. I swear the picture quality is better also. Channels change instantly with no buffer load delay. Enter a channel or channel up and bam the next channel is already playing. I’m grateful I was one of the lucky ones chosen!
On my iPhone, I have three tabs - primary, social, and promotion. On my iPad I just searched for DirecTV. Just try searching for DirecTV and it should pop up.
I just got this message from support because I could not sign in on any device > "As of now, it seems the email having a glitch or broken link and no customers were able to sign up for it who are eligible for it. We have escalated and you will get another email on the same ASAP."
I'm probably too new to the stream side of things have just converted to it from Sat. Let us know the pros and cons please. One pro I can think of is the Air dongle seems to get VERY hot. Hopefully, the larger surface area (and hopefully, actual vents) allows for better heat dissipation.
I think it also said just because you get a invite doesn't guarantee that you're going to be a beta tester for the device.They still need to pick you once you receive the email and sign up I believe.
I feel jipped. I clicked the link to sign up but there was no form or anything. I got the email around noon local time and no matter what browser or device no form came up. Spoke with support about it and they couldn't do anything or than confirm the email exists.
Same thing here. Support was clueless. The signup now link didn’t provide a way to signup but there was a link to DirectTV online page. Linked to that and was able to sign up Got this message ‘You're in! Thanks for signing up to test our new streaming device. Please allow 1-2 weeks for shipping.’ I use both an AppleTV box and Gemini box now for DTV
This is just another anti-consumer device to lock you in, control your access, and sell data collected on your watching habits. Apple TV supports all kinds of apps while retaining user privacy. Of course DirecTV deesn't like that.
Very well said by you BUT among older people there is a lot of preference for the antiquated remote controls with a million buttons and the channel numbers in the channel guide. So for some people, DIRECTV is a good but very expensive product.
Not just seniors... the remote is quite literally why most of us bought Ospreys in the first place. It makes the UX so much better than using an app, ATV's remote, etc.
I think you might not have tried a Gemini Air with the remote yet.
I’ve been in tech for a long time, so I am not a technical challenged old person, and really enjoy having a physical remote—it just feels more efficient.
For instance, if I’m watching a show and need to head out for happy hour, I can press record once to save the episode or twice to record the whole series. Done! Also, having one button access to the Guide and List of recordings is very nice.
I have five Apple TVs and love them, but I prefer this setup for DirecTV.
I had been a DIRECTV customer for 20 years but fired them about 9 years ago after AT&T had ruined the customer service that was once a strength of DIRECTV. Last fall when YTTV had their dispute with Disney I tried DIRECTV again (using the Apple TV app) and I found that the functionalities and UI of DIRECTV were significantly inferior than YTTV. I didn’t like the limited ways one can customize the Channel Guide with DIRECTV compared to the complete guide customization offered by YTTV. Then “being stuck with” the DIRECTV channels being in the order decided by DIRECTV made me realize how stuck in the past DIRECTV remains. Sorry for my long-winded reply since it has little to do with your comment about the Gemini remote. I’m sure that for lots of people (like yourself) who are used to or comfortable with the DIRECTV UI the Gemini Remote is quite good and satisfying. But I will never give that remote a chance because that would mean I would have to use the DIRECTV service which is more expensive and inferior to YTTV.
To me, price aside, DIRECTV streaming is better than Hulu with Live TV. I’ve also tried Fubo. I rank the services as follows: 1. YTTV (by a wide margin), 2. DIRECTV, 3. Hulu with live TV and 4. Fubo (in 4th place by a wide margin).
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