JD, Not sure why you think this. DirecTV does HDLite as a compromise between quality and quantity. With MPEG4 they will have plenty of bandwidth, so they won't have to compromise. Of course this doesn't mean that this won't change in a few years, but for now the quality should be top notch.
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JD,
Not sure why you think this. DirecTV does HDLite as a compromise between quality and quantity. With MPEG4 they will have plenty of bandwidth, so they won't have to compromise. Of course this doesn't mean that this won't change in a few years, but for now the quality should be top notch.