DIRECT TV DIRECTV Satellite Television OMG! Im being ripped off from direct tv Internet

My contract from direct tv ended Nov 2009.I wanted to see if i could get a lower price or a special deal.Of course they said sure.They lowered my price ten dollars gave me free movie channels for six months and a free dvr and i thought yee-haw! Life is good until i lost my job in Feb of 2010.So i decided to cancel the direct tv.Boy was i in for a rude awakeing.I was told i had to honor a two year contract.I said what contract? and have to pay $400. You got to be kidding! So here i am on ripoff report reading all these horror stories and wondering what to do.What a shady company being dishonest and pulling this kind of crap never telling people anything about what there getting into.Gee another scam in good old usa maybe we can get a bailout to fix this problem with direct tv.Is there anything being done about direct tv dirty practices.If there is a lawyer who can take on direct tv ill give u the $400 because there is no-way in hell direct tv is getting it.