One week into my one month free trial; time for an assessment.

 wallet4bitcoin is helpful and quick to respond.  He wasn't sure if the service worked with PIA VPN when I asked but offered to sign up for PIA in order to find out.  He also offers a cheap VPN service if you require it.  (I didn't need it because Private Internet Access works well).

 The Directtvnow service works well and picture quality is generally awesome.  I have seen the image blur periodically but instances of this are quite rare, short-lived and usually occur when first starting up the service.  I've been using it through Internet Explorer 11 with the Silverlight plug-in - haven't tested it with Chrome.

 As well as the live TV, there is a good selection of movies and archived shows.  Searches will turn up movies, archived shows and even upcoming live events.  Pretty cool.