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Derwood · 03-16-2005, 07:14 AM

As I posted in my "TV...RIP" thread, my Trinitron is dead. I've been thinking of buying an HDTV for awhile, and this incident will probably accelerate the timetable for that purchase.

Anyways, I just got DirecTV and I love it. DirecTV's literature claims that you have to buy a $300 HD receiver to get the HD programming. Many HDTV sets, however, now come with built in HD receivers. Will the two jive? I know I need to still subscribe to the HD package, but will an HDTV with a built in receiver work with DirecTV? Or are there only certain ones that can accept a DirecTV card?

Please help me out. the DirecTV website basically ignores the existence of these TVs (obviously because they want to sell their own receivers). What's the scoop?

03-16-2005, 07:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	DirecTV and HD Built In TV's....a few questions... As I posted in my "TV...RIP" thread, my Trinitron is dead. I've been thinking of buying an HDTV for awhile, and this incident will probably accelerate the timetable for that purchase. Anyways, I just got DirecTV and I love it. DirecTV's literature claims that you have to buy a $300 HD receiver to get the HD programming. Many HDTV sets, however, now come with built in HD receivers. Will the two jive? I know I need to still subscribe to the HD package, but will an HDTV with a built in receiver work with DirecTV? Or are there only certain ones that can accept a DirecTV card? Please help me out. the DirecTV website basically ignores the existence of these TVs (obviously because they want to sell their own receivers). What's the scoop? __________________ "You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel