You know, now that you say that - I remember during March Madness last year that my local CBS affilliate had all the different feeds on the HD channels (10-1, 10-2, 10-3, etc) so I was flipping through them. Thanks for the reminder!!

Thanks for everyone's reply. I called DirecTV today, and told them i wanted to upgrade. The guy put me on hold and then transferred me (I think to Customer Retention). They told me there was a note in my file that they would swap me out to the new 5 LNB dish and HD-DVR for no charge, so...

I am in Columbus, OH. I upgraded to a 3-LNB dish with an HD-DVR in June of last year, so I also have an OTA antenna. I would like to upgrade to the H20 with the new DVR. I know that I am an "A" list customer, since I have been with DirecTV since 1996 (and they have told me). Have things...

I too got a rejection letter from a Best Buy purchase of R10. I called Customer Retention and they told me a bunch of "rejection" letters were sent out by mistake. She said wait for a couple weeks and if I don't get the check, call them back and they will give me a credit for $100.

Thanks for everyone's info. So here's my question.... If the satellite is sending a compressed 480i signal, then how is their HD ever going to improve? Is the thought they will eventually send better signals from the satellite? I guess I don't understand how the HD channels would look...

Now this makes sense!!! So does the DirecTV HD Receiver broadcast in 720 or 1080i? If so, the SD channels should look better, right?

So, if I upgrade to the DirecTV HD Receiver, will that help the picture on the non-HD channels? I am willing to shell out the $$$ if that's what it takes. Seems that they don't offer much HD programs now, but if it helps all the other channels look better, i'll do it in a heartbeat. BTW...

I have done that (take S-Video straight to the TV) and it looks the same. But what's the difference between a digital station (non-HD program) from the off-air antenna and the SD channels I get from my DirecTV dish?

It's a Hitachi 51" CRT Projection TV with HDTV tuner

I have the HDVR2 DirecTIVO and the standard round dish. It comes into the house and hits a splitter to send cable to two other TV's. I have two connections coming into the HDVR2 and connect it to an Denon AVR-1705 AV Receiver with an S-Video cable. The AV receiver is connected to the TV...

OK, maybe I am just looking at this wrong, maybe somebody can straighten me out. I bought an HDTV last week and hooked it up to my DirecTV system (NOT the HD DirecTV). It is a CRT HDTV, which I have seen shows non-HD programs the best. Honestly, the DirecTV picture was not that great. I...

I called DirecTV and was told that I would get the 3 LNB and not the MPEG4 with the 5 LNB because I am not in an area where they provide the locals in HD yet. So, it looks like the best option is to wait until the HD Locals are available in my area to switch, since they are saying it would be...

So, if I order now I will get the H20, correct? Is that all they are installing now?

I currently have SD DirecTV with multiple DirecTivo's in different rooms. I just purchased a 51" HDTV and I am looking to convert to DirecTV HD for that TV. I have a couple of questions.... (1) I am looking at the $49 after rebate deal on DirecTV website. Since I am in Columbus,OH and they...