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Satellite HD Receivers
John Kelly:
For those of you with satellite TV (Dish or DirecTV - don't care which one), does your HD receiver has the option for an antenna input? If so, does it integrate into the guide?
Right now I have to physically switch the coax cable on the back of my tv between an antenna for HD and the cable for SD channels. I want to get some HD content but no one offers my locals in HD. I'd like to have something integrated so I don't have to switch out cables all the time. ;)
Nevermind - after much digging found out Dish Network will do what I want...
nickgregory:
direct tv does exactly what you are looking for as well, in terms of incorporating locals retrieved through an antenna into your guide.
Also, they are enhancing their HD offering this year...
DIRECTV to Offer 100 National HD Channels in 2007
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2007--DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is hailing 2007 as the "Year of HD" with the planned launch and carriage of 100 national high-definition (HD) channels. With this substantial HD muscle, DIRECTV will offer three-times more HD programming than any other multi-channel distributor, with the majority of these channels launching in Q3.
DIRECTV also announced today that it currently has signed agreements, or agreements in principle, with more than 70 major networks including:
-- A&E -- National Geographic
-- Bravo -- NFL Network
-- Cartoon Network -- SciFi Channel
-- CNN -- Speed
-- Food Network -- TBS
-- FX -- The History Channel
-- HGTV -- The Weather Channel
-- MTV -- USA Network
DIRECTV will also extend its leadership in HD sports programming by offering hundreds of games and other HD programming available from Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) around the country, including YES Network, Comcast Sports Net, New England Sports Network and FOX Sports.
To satisfy the insatiable appetite for a greater number of movies in HD, DIRECTV will offer an expanded line-up of HD programming available from all premium movie channels.
"This is DIRECTV's break-out year for HD," said Chase Carey, president and CEO, DIRECTV, Inc. "The launch of our two new satellites will complete the largest capacity expansion in DIRECTV history, and no other video service will be able to match the sheer volume and quality of our HD programming. With HD adoption now reaching critical mass in the U.S., and 40 million homes projected to have HD-capable TVs this year, DIRECTV will be uniquely positioned as the best choice for HD programming."
With the launch of DIRECTV 10 and DIRECTV 11 satellites in 2007, DIRECTV will have the ability to deliver more than 1,500 local HD and digital channels and 150 national HD channels, in addition to new advanced programming services for customers.
DIRECTV currently offers standard-definition local channels in 142 markets, covering nearly 94 percent of television households in the country, as well as local HD broadcast channels in 49 cities, representing more than 65 percent of U.S. TV households.
nickgregory:
not not that you asked, but I am good at unsolicited advice ;D
I used one of these at my old house and it worked fantastically. Have a new one on the way to me at my new house as we speak...
http://www.winegard.com/offair/squareshooter.htm
John Kelly:
Yeah I may pick one of those up. I've got a Terk indoor antenna right now, and it works 90% of the time. But I do get some loss of signal every now and then. I think an outdoor antenna would be perfect, but I'll wait until I decide on satellite...
I think I'm gonna go with Dish Network, though, because their prices are much more reasonable for what I want.
OFOTD:
--- Quote from: John Kelly on January 14, 2007, 03:00:03 PM ---Yeah I may pick one of those up. I've got a Terk indoor antenna right now, and it works 90% of the time. But I do get some loss of signal every now and then. I think an outdoor antenna would be perfect, but I'll wait until I decide on satellite...
I think I'm gonna go with Dish Network, though, because their prices are much more reasonable for what I want.
--- End quote ---
I just switched from TimeWarner HD to Dish HD last week. I have the new ViP622 model HD receiver/PVR and love it. Big improvement over TW HD. It does allow for an external antenna as well for sure.
The DirectTV announcement is kind of misleading though. The vast majority of new HD channels they will be offering are local HD stations. Already there with Dish.
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