Is it possible to use a DirectTV box just for the OTA HDTV..

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I've found a few good deals on the web for DirectTV HD recievers (ones
with OTA HD tuners built in), I'm not interested in subscribing to
DirectTV, but I'm wondering if I could use the box just to pick up OTA
HD. Does anyone know if this will work?

-James

 

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"JamesMason" <jmason@funnydelight.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I've found a few good deals on the web for DirectTV HD recievers (ones
> with OTA HD tuners built in), I'm not interested in subscribing to
> DirectTV, but I'm wondering if I could use the box just to pick up OTA
> HD. Does anyone know if this will work?
>
> -James


Yes you can use them for OTA only tuners. Go into the setup menu and tell
the STB that you do not have a satellite dish. The terminology and menus
will be different for different tuners but they all will have the options to
describe what types of dishes if any you have or don't have.

 

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jmason@funnydelight.co.uk (JamesMason) wrote in message news:<d4e30081.0404232234.34c42653@posting.google.com>...
> I've found a few good deals on the web for DirectTV HD recievers (ones
> with OTA HD tuners built in), I'm not interested in subscribing to
> DirectTV, but I'm wondering if I could use the box just to pick up OTA
> HD. Does anyone know if this will work?
>
> -James

Works just fine. No need for a card in the receiver.

Hogan

 

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On 23 Apr 2004 23:34:57 -0700, jmason@funnydelight.co.uk (JamesMason)
wrote:

>I've found a few good deals on the web for DirectTV HD recievers (ones
>with OTA HD tuners built in), I'm not interested in subscribing to
>DirectTV, but I'm wondering if I could use the box just to pick up OTA
>HD. Does anyone know if this will work?
>
>-James

Yes. I used the RCA DTC100 to watch OTA on my computer monitor. It
worked great.