I just got with the 21st century and bought a HD plasma TV...I have Direct TV. I have not yet did the HD upgrade...But plan to...If a sporting broadcast is advertised as "in HD", does that mean I get HD reception now as it is? I appreciate any answers. Thanks...
You'll need the HD receiver, and will need to be upgraded to the 5-LNB dish if you don't already have one.
Depending on what it is you might have to buys some extra channels or packages. But you will need a HD receiver to get any HD at all.
He just said he bought an HD TV, so it must be either HD-ready (tuner not included, but can show it), or HD-integrated (tuner is included, so no need for set-top box or additional tuner). So... he CAN watch HD without cable. With just RABBIT-EARs amplified antenna, you can catch ABChd 13.1 (NBA), CBShd 11.1 (Golf, Tennis, March Madness, etc.), FOXhd 27.1 (NASCAR, MLB, NFL, etc.) , PBShd 8.1 (special shows, Nova, Austin City Limits, etc.), and NBChd 2.1 (Olympics, Sunday Football in America - NFL, Wimbledon, etc.), My20HD (Astros, Rockets, etc.) and WB Sporting Broadcasts in High Definition. You may get away with some Spanish-speaking channels pretty soon. In short, you can watch some sports without Cable in HD with an over-the-air antenna. In comparison with cable, getting the HD reception with your local antenna is much better, but with cable and satellite packages, you get 24-hr HD channels. Still, I was able to watch local HD (no cable or satellite) for a long time before I stepped up to the satellite/cable plate.
oh my bad, yeah that's true. but he said he had directv so i didn't think he was interested in the rabbit ears.
dude upgrade now! people say this and they never upgrade. a friend of mine got a HDTV and a bluray player. he has dish, said he was going to upgrade soon and does the ghetto thing by switching from antenna to dish when he wants to watch local hd. so this means he hasn't upgraded in a year. also the bluray player is a waste cause they only rent dvds. you'll end up like them dude. don't buy the ferrari and leave it in your house. you got it let it do what its suppose to do.
WTF? You don't need SPECIAL GAS to run the ferrari; this is a silly analogy even for you, t man. He can still drive the Ferrari and show it off to the friends... just not drive it in Beverly Hills...
What he said... I can't stand watching anything but things on HD channels...With TW cable, that only means about 30 plus channels, but that's ok with me...
