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DirecTV HD customer for many years in SE PA. The last few months I've been getting more rain fade issues, pixelation, etc. I called D* and they said levels were on low side and that dish should be re-aimed for $49 or do monthly service charge for one year minimum. Anyone ever get that...

btw, since I'm getting HD (H20), anything I should know going in? Being installed 1/13.

Sorry. I had a Hughes HAH-SA and i got a D11 (I think?). It's the standard-issue D* sd receiver. I called D* and they told me they no longer offer sd receivers that have component video and/or optical audio. I ended-up signing up for HD after they made me an offer.

I've been a satisifed D* sd customer for several years. I started having problems with the main receiver connected to a larger screen plasma so I called and reported it. D* tech came out and swapped unit with a new one and the PQ is awful. I looked at the connections and see that the new rcvr...

thanks newsposter. i'm gonna go with SE i think. till it's all said and done, it's only a few $ month more and it has Comcast sports plus more HD channels (plus its a local co.).

newsposter: service elec. any experience?

I called D* and said I thinking about switching back to my local cable for HD but wondered what it would cost through D*. They told me they could give me a "$100 credit" and that would offset the costs to $0 upfront with free 5 lnb and free installation plus $4.99 a month for leased HD receiver...

Almost 3 years and no, I'm free to go.

sorry all. i did ccheck and i know that my locals are avail in HD. i just wondered what kind of deal I could expect, if any, from D* to keep me as a customer and convert to HD. so i'd need an 5 lnb dish and h20 receiver will the $99 get me that? installed? thanks.

I am a current Non-HD D* customer in the Philadelphia region (actually Reading). My local cable company finally just upgraded my neighborhood to digital/HD so I'm thinking of switching back to cable. I now read that D* offers Phila HD locals (I wouldnt be able to receive OTA) so maybe I can...

help a newbie out please. i am a D* SD user with a new JVC ED plasma and am disappointed overall with pq. i've done everything within my reach to get it as good as possible. assuming DVI connection, would D* HD improve it? obviously HD would be better but would SD improve? i have the 3...