HD, OTA ,no dvr

[rich67]

I was thinking of upgrading to HD. but want an OTA capable HD box without DVR. Does DTV have a current box with HD and OTA HD. Do you know the model number. Thanks

 

[Bob Nielsen]

Not currently. There has been some speculation that the H21 will eventually support the AM21 OTA tuner.

 

[jtwex]

H20 was the last to offer an OTA tuner built into the receiver. I believe some other posters have mentioned that these are still available at Walmart/Costco. You can now purchase the AM21 OTA tuner separately & hook that up to DTV's latest non dvr receiver H23 & receive your locals that way. It would require that you download the latest CE software (See the Cutting Edge forum).

 

[jtwex]

Back in September Jimbo said his local Costco still had the H20's sitting on the shelf.

Where abouts are you in SE Michigan, I'm in Toledo area and the Costco's here in town have the HR20's still and the H20's as well. If you want, try calling D* back and see if they will credit you the cost of the HR20 from Costco.
I think the HR20's were going for $ 169 and the H20's for $ 84 if I recall.

Jimbo

 

[Bob Nielsen]

My local Costco has only had HR21 DVRs for the past several months.

 

[Jimbo]

Back in September Jimbo said his local Costco still had the H20's sitting on the shelf.

I haven't been in there in a while, but YES they did have them back then.
He can also order them from D and have them send a AM21 with it, tell them you NEED the AM21 for the locals and see if they will throw it in, imo it should be FREE for anyone asking, provided you have used OTA before.

Jimbo

 

[jtwex]

Yea, I checked mine & all they had was the HR22 (Costco-Chicago). I would just go through DTV & ask for the AM-21 for free.

 

[rad]

Yea, I checked mine & all they had was the HR22 (Costco-Chicago). I would just go through DTV & ask for the AM-21 for free.

You can always call and ask. I'd specifically mention that you watch a lot of channel X which is HD over the air but DirecTV doesn't carry it.