You can always get OTA channels OTA. Several times I have had to explain to people that I pay nothing for my HD signals.<br><br>Weather or not an HD upgrade is worth it or not depends on you and what you watch. If you watch a not of network primetime TV and DVD movies then a HD TV is a good investment. If you watch mostly extended cable channels such as: USA, A&E, C-span, gameshow network, military channel, SPEEDvision, etc. then a HDTV isn't very useful.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:joe.white@wachovia.com">joe.white@wachovia.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:joe.white@wachovia.com">joe.white@wachovia.com</a>> wrote:
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">My neighbor has recently gotten a high
dev TV, so now we are considering it as well. Envy is a nasty thing,
but what can you do? So, I have been reading thru the wiki and various
HD threads in order to figure out what adjustments would need to be made
to our current MythTV setup. </font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Now I am wondering if its something
that I really want to pursue. From what I can gather, the HD tuners
can only receive unencrypted channels, of which there are a handful (less
than 10) in most areas, usually only Discovery and the OTA channels. Further
there is no guarantee, in fact it is likely, that these channels will be
encrypted in the next few years.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">So, in two years, when we all go digital,
I will be forced to place my MythBox (lovingly) into my storage closet
and rent a DVR from Time-Warner-Microsoft-Jiffy-Lube.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Is this an accurate assessment of the
situation?</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Bleak.</font>
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