DirecTv HD users, ? for ya

[Yellowstang]

Do you get the local channels in HD thru DirecTv, or do you use the over the air antenna? We called to get service re-activated at the new house, and they said we can get local HD channles thru DirecTv now. I want to make sure they are not full of shit before they come out and install, as I d o not want a roof top antenna, and the antenna I have now sucks balls and local channels in Keller come out like shit.

I can use Verizon or One Source for TV if DirecTv can not offer local HD channels.

TIA


Edit: Well, I checked the website and they do say they offer them in my area.

High-definition (HD) local channels from DIRECTV are also available in your area. To receive them you will need an HD system

Channels 4,5,8,11,27

[AdamLX]

I've got DirectTV HD and get them through the dish, no antennae needed. The only benefit of the antennae is you can still recieve HD locals if the satellite goes (supposedly).

[Yellowstang]

Yeah, it works!!!

I had the off air antenna at my old house, and it picked up several more channels than what they offer, although I never watched them in HD, or hardly in regular mode either.

[jluv]

Dish Network has it, I just have to change out the dish itself and upgrade to new receivers. I've been with them for about 3 years since my last upgrade, and the offer they gave me to upgrade again wasn't all that great. I'll probably do it anyway. I can't get locals for shit with an antenna where I live. I have a set top and a giant one in the attic. Neither works better than the other. Plus, the new setup will give me more HD programming anyway.

I may call DirecTV to see what they can do for me. I have 7 rooms with TV in the house, and would like to control as many as possible independently. 2 dual tuners and 2 regular tuners means I would only have to split a signal to 1 TV without a receiver.

[Yellowstang]

Are you addicted to TV, 7 TV's in one house is a lot!

We get new receivers since we had DirecTv at the old house, just had the service on suspend till we got moved in. HD should be really picking up within a year, bunch of new channels coming out.

[jluv]

Are you addicted to TV, 7 TV's in one house is a lot!

We get new receivers since we had DirecTv at the old house, just had the service on suspend till we got moved in. HD should be really picking up within a year, bunch of new channels coming out.


Ya, 7 TVs is a lot. I don't watch too terribly much TV, but I like to have the option, lol. One in the living room, one in my room, one in James's room, one in the garage for James because he practically lives out there, one in the pool table room, one in the weight room, and one in the computer room. If I were buying instead of renting, I'd likely run wires and put one in the master bathroom as well.

Hell, I have 3 monitors, 2 DVD players, and 2 PS2s in my Explorer if that tells you anything.

[momo stallion]

they do but i use the over the air fish bone antenna in my attic first choice since the picture looks better.

[bullitt54]

they do but i use the over the air fish bone antenna in my attic first choice since the picture looks better.

true story here. you might not notice a huge difference depending on your tv though but any signal you receive from satellite is going to be compressed some and then uncompressed by your box so you lose a little bit of quality. OTA HD, however, does not have this problem.

You can normally notice this when the tv show is trying to cut to something all black (like in 24) you will notice some 'artificats' on your screen, looks like a dark grayish outline of previous image. Happens with my samsung dlp tv on direct tv but no problems on OTA.

[Yellowstang]

they do but i use the over the air fish bone antenna in my attic first choice since the picture looks better.


We have that radiant barrier (like aluminum foil) on the under side of all the plywood on the roof, I heard it blocks the signals, so no in attic antenna for me.

But on another note, the attic was 85/90 degrees yesterday afternoon, that shit really works well! :D

[momo stallion]

But on another note, the attic was 85/90 degrees yesterday afternoon, that shit really works well! :D

no joke? thats badass. how much does it cost?

[Yellowstang]

no joke? thats badass. how much does it cost?


We had it as an option when the house was built, but I hear you can buy like a 5 gallon bucket of the paint at Sherwin Williams for around $250 or so.

The stuff they used is like a sheet of foil/insulation that was applied to the bottom of each sheet of plywood before it was attached to the rafters. Similar concept as the paint stuff tho.
It is thin like aluminum foil, not like a sheet of insulation, I guess it just reflects the heat away so it does not penetrate (LOL) the wood and just heat up the attic space. :eek:

(can't believe I said penetrate and wood!)