I have a client near Culver City who moved into a house a dozen years ago and has just lived with the Time Warner cable system it came with. They have finally decided to look at the programming and service they're getting.

Time Warner is now Spectrum in their area... lots of bothersome details go with that. Everybody can keep their Time Warner system or convert to the "Spectrum account," which has different offerings and slightly higher prices.

I'm throwing a look at DirecTV into the mix, too, though, because I'm familiar with their offerings.

Basically, I'd like to know what you think of service from Time Warner, Spectrum, and DirecTV.

They have two or three DVRs now. They have whole-house DVR service, but oddly the old Time Warner accounts have whole-house DVR but the new Spectrum doesn't!

Thanks for any opinions you might have on this.

If you've waded through this particular muck lately, I'd be interested to know.