Well, DirecTV doesn't carry my locals in HD (Saginaw/flint)...
Anyone who has bought a TV in the last 3 years, their TV should have an ATSC tuner built in to them, which would make this accessory pretty useless...wouldn't it?
Someone please correct me, as I'm not quite sure... I have a 50" Kuro and it does allow you to hook up your antenna and satellite/cable box, but they would be on separate inputs. If you are watching DirecTV and you want to watch something local, you have to switch over to the other input. Which also means you can't record anything shown on your local channels with the tuner box, nor will those locals show up in your DirecTV guide.
This allows your DVR to pick up local OTA HDTV channels that D* might not otherwise carry. A good example is in my area there is no PBS in HD on D*. I could buy this tuner if I had the HR21 and the DVR would be able to RECORD. Also not everyone has a HDTV that was bought in the last 3 years. My Panny Plasma was purchased in 2002.
"This $50 accessory will enable HR21 owners to tune into and record OTA HD channels"
Where I live, you can only get Fox in HD OTA, and i hate flipping between DirecTV and OTA, and now that i can finally record Fox in HD, I never have to watch another SD channel again.
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Well, DirecTV doesn't carry my locals in HD (Saginaw/flint)...
Anyone who has bought a TV in the last 3 years, their TV should have an ATSC tuner built in to them, which would make this accessory pretty useless...wouldn't it?
Someone please correct me, as I'm not quite sure...
I have a 50" Kuro and it does allow you to hook up your antenna and satellite/cable box, but they would be on separate inputs. If you are watching DirecTV and you want to watch something local, you have to switch over to the other input. Which also means you can't record anything shown on your local channels with the tuner box, nor will those locals show up in your DirecTV guide.
This allows your DVR to pick up local OTA HDTV channels that D* might not otherwise carry. A good example is in my area there is no PBS in HD on D*. I could buy this tuner if I had the HR21 and the DVR would be able to RECORD. Also not everyone has a HDTV that was bought in the last 3 years. My Panny Plasma was purchased in 2002.
Did you read this little line?
"This $50 accessory will enable HR21 owners to tune into and record OTA HD channels"
Where I live, you can only get Fox in HD OTA, and i hate flipping between DirecTV and OTA, and now that i can finally record Fox in HD, I never have to watch another SD channel again.
You can watch OTA broadcasts since your TV has the tuner. With the adapter the HR21 will be able to record the OTA broadcasts