I've had the HR20 for about 3 months now, with a few problems here and there, but nothing this bad. At first, HD channels were not offered in my area, (Buffalo, NY) so I had to get waivers from my local affiliate to receive DNS service from NYC. I've had those four channels, and they usually work perfectly, up until now at least. I thought that when Buffalo began broadcasting HD locals, I would have to give up my NYC channels, but that hasn't been the case. For a while now, I have been receiving HD channels from Buffalo and HD channels from NYC-- it has been working fine for about a month and a half. I am able to receive HD channels from Buffalo only if I actually enter the number of the channel on the remote. If I go through the guide to find the channel and select it, it is shown in SD, not HD. Now, however, the DNS service channels are showing some horrible quality; even HDNet is. I'm going to provide links below to illustrate what I'm talking about. Should I call DirecTV and ask for a tech to come over and look at the satellite? Thanks for any help you can provide.
HDNet
Jeopardy on ABC
This is a fairly recent check on the signal strength:
Here
HDNet
Jeopardy on ABC
This is a fairly recent check on the signal strength:
Here