No. you won't get HD channels. My guess is that the existing installation uses one of the older stacked MDU systems, it needs to be upgraded to the MFH2 system that uses SWM technology in order for the HD channels to be available. And as you discovered, DirecTV can't do this install for you.abenjami said:
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I went through this same situation in my apartment this spring. When I moved in we had an MFH1 setup, which can't support the MPEG4 HD channels (every HD channel is now MPEG4, I think you can still get 4 or 5 channels in MPEG2 but that won't last forever). I had to have a destacker in my living room for my DVR which made a terrible high-pitched noise all the time. We were upgraded to MFH2 after a couple of months, the destacker went away and now I have one wire going into my DVR for two tuners. The bottom line is a stacker/destacker setup can't pass the MPEG4 channels and a SWM (which MFH2 uses) can.
I might not have explained everything perfectly, but I did do a little research when this was going on because I wanted all of the HD channels I was paying for
I might not have explained everything perfectly, but I did do a little research when this was going on because I wanted all of the HD channels I was paying for
Your almost right... Its not MPEG-4 that is the issue... Its the signal from the sats at 99 and 103 They use a different frequency than the older sats to broadcast, and the MF1 does not work at those frequencies. MPEG-4 actually has nothing to do with it. Its a common misconception, because the only channels that Directv sends out in MPEG-4 that aren't from 99 or 103 are the HD DNS feeds from LA.commodore_dude said:I went through this same situation in my apartment this spring. When I moved in we had an MFH1 setup, which can't support the MPEG4 HD channels (every HD channel is now MPEG4, I think you can still get 4 or 5 channels in MPEG2 but that won't last forever). I had to have a destacker in my living room for my DVR which made a terrible high-pitched noise all the time. We were upgraded to MFH2 after a couple of months, the destacker went away and now I have one wire going into my DVR for two tuners. The bottom line is a stacker/destacker setup can't pass the MPEG4 channels and a SWM (which MFH2 uses) can.
I might not have explained everything perfectly, but I did do a little research when this was going on because I wanted all of the HD channels I was paying for
The key is to remember, these will probably get turned of by the end of the year, or shortly after that. Interesting to note, the main reason they haven't been turned off already is partly because they are waiting for all the MDU's to get there equipment upgraded... But they will not wait for all of them...bobnielsen said:
At the moment, you would get the above mentioned channels in HD, and then everything else in sd, until the building upgrades are completed. The HR2 will get any channel Directv puts out, its that other equipment in the middle that determines which you can get right now.abenjami said:
If you only have one line run t your location, then yes, you would essentially have a one tuner DVR until the upgrade is done as well. Once upgrades in the building are done though, you would be set and not have anything to do inside but watch your HDTV...
Yes, you will have to pay those fees, because technically you would have access to some of the HD stations, at least at the moment, and you would be using the DVR, so obviously they would want you to pay for that too. The kicker is if the happen to shut down The HD stations coming from 110 and 119 before your building upgrades... Then you wouldn't be able to get the HD stations, so I would pressure your HOA to get there collective selves in order and get your building upgraded... You pay the fees, they need to spend it on keep the building up to date.abenjami said:
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