Hi all,
I'm a little lost and hoping to get some guidance from the fine folks here....
I bought a pioneer pdp-4345hd 43" plasma screen. I've been a directv subscriber for about 10 years and I"m still using the original receiver and round dish. I realize I need to upgrad to an HD receiver and change the dish out as well.
My latest round of questions:
1. I borrowed a Terk outdoor HDTVs Antenna pro to see if I could get HD over the air reception where I live. The tuner inputs on the plasma allow for two antenna inputs "A" which is antenna/cable and "B" which is Antenna. I attached the coax to the antenna and the "A" connection and basically just got crappy tv on a few channels. Am I going about this wrong? Do I actually have to have the directv HD receiver in place, plug the coax into that and then use the hdmi connection from the satellite receiver to the TV Tuner/receiver?
2. One of the reasons I"ve been stalling on getting the HD receiver from Directv is I wasn't sure which dish I was going to need based on whether I rely on directv for local channels or am able to get the OTA. Will I be able to determine that "before" I get the HD satellite receiver?
3. Is it true that after I go through the process of getting the current HD compatible dish and reciever, that if I want to use the satellite delivery of local broadcasting that I will have to get yet another dish and/receiver or can I get the right combo now via directv and be set to go?
4. dish tv "seems" to have a better deal currently with the longer free HD intro, lower monthly after, and totally free equipment including dish. Is this a fair estimation or am I missing something?
Thanks for the help any and all who read and reply....
dadguy
I'm a little lost and hoping to get some guidance from the fine folks here....
I bought a pioneer pdp-4345hd 43" plasma screen. I've been a directv subscriber for about 10 years and I"m still using the original receiver and round dish. I realize I need to upgrad to an HD receiver and change the dish out as well.
My latest round of questions:
1. I borrowed a Terk outdoor HDTVs Antenna pro to see if I could get HD over the air reception where I live. The tuner inputs on the plasma allow for two antenna inputs "A" which is antenna/cable and "B" which is Antenna. I attached the coax to the antenna and the "A" connection and basically just got crappy tv on a few channels. Am I going about this wrong? Do I actually have to have the directv HD receiver in place, plug the coax into that and then use the hdmi connection from the satellite receiver to the TV Tuner/receiver?
2. One of the reasons I"ve been stalling on getting the HD receiver from Directv is I wasn't sure which dish I was going to need based on whether I rely on directv for local channels or am able to get the OTA. Will I be able to determine that "before" I get the HD satellite receiver?
3. Is it true that after I go through the process of getting the current HD compatible dish and reciever, that if I want to use the satellite delivery of local broadcasting that I will have to get yet another dish and/receiver or can I get the right combo now via directv and be set to go?
4. dish tv "seems" to have a better deal currently with the longer free HD intro, lower monthly after, and totally free equipment including dish. Is this a fair estimation or am I missing something?
Thanks for the help any and all who read and reply....
dadguy
