Comments on: If i purchase a hdtv but dont have the direct tv HD box will my picture be worse then analog?

By: Andrew H

Andrew H — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:21:45 +0000

no it just has the option to upgrade but you do not have to.

By: Lola D

Lola D — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:30:20 +0000

It will look bad compared to non hd . My kids bought me and my wife a HD TV for Christmas / Hanuka and have not been very happy with Direct TVs HD. We continue to have problems. They replaced the box, cables and dish and still we get pixel problems, voice sync problems ( looks like a 1950’s Japanese dubbed movie) lose picture on HD channel but OK on non-hd channel. 6 months and we’re feed up with them, especially since they want to charge us to come work on their problems, we’re switching to IO. My sister in-law has I/O and doesn’t lose picture or other problems in bad weather. My dish has 100% cLear line of site and my feeling is the dish is to sensitive and I rather be on a cable.

By: Jeff L

Jeff L — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:14:25 +0000

No. You will still be recieving the Digital portion of the Satellite. How ever, if you do use an off air antana for HD, you will need a seperate converter come 02/2009. Just upgrade to HD service and use and HDMI hook up if you TV alows it. But do answer your original question, no it wont look like aneloge.

By: Jacob Da omniscient

Jacob Da omniscient — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:54:10 +0000

i have a 1080i tv but havent upgraded my directv service to hd i was told it will look like that because it was designed to show hd. if you want to watch hd (local channels) just get a regular antenna and use air/cable setting on your input. you can watch college/nfl football, abc,nbc etc in HD. i do this every superbowl…