BloggingITGuy wrote:

the amount of HD channels on DirecTV is currently kind of limited

Right. Same problem on dishnetwork, which is what we have here. Limited # of HD channels. The only off-air HD is Public TV. Dish has a HD DVR, but like TIVO they charge you "for the privilege of being able to record programs" and watch later. I can't tolerate that, and it's not about the few dollars per month.

Right now we have dish model 721's which have built in hard drive recorders...non HiDef. I like to record movies and musical programs. When I get around to it I put them on DVD. That is what I would like to do with HiDef recorder hard drive recorder...then put it on DVD, which I guess would be Blu Ray....if that comes to market for consumers at a reasoble price.