Will I need to upgrade to an HD receiver or will it work okay with my SD receivers?
1418611
If you don't want to upgrade to HD you'd be a lot better off getting one of the dome rooftop dishes. WAY cheaper.
1418612
If you had the new SWM SD receiver it will work. If you have the pre-SWM unit it will not work, trust me it happened to me.
1418613
It will work with standard receiver but you will not have HD picture. Directv upgraded mine free of charge.
1418614
yes it will work with a SD receiver, but you would want to upgrade to an HD receiver to take advantage of all the HD channels and picture quality
1408604
This device doesn't offer the HD, it just says it can play on an HD TV. It's a trick of words. This one here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LEYQK4/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 will, and as far as I know it doesn't matter the type of SD card
253211
I am not familiar with that receiver, depends on the type service you subscribe to. HD service requires a high def satellite Dish which is also available from Amazon. This particular kit is for regular Dish network programing and has worked well with my 311 receiver that I purchased from Dish. Dish also has a R.V. team that will help you.
1084634
Andrew:>Got to upgrade the receiver for the HD, at which point I'll just use the HDMI. As for what you guys are discussing, maybe the manual is outdated, since a firmware update enabled this unit to output the DTS-HD Master Audio Decoding via the HDMI, without having to go the analog route.Yeah. I would go ahead and upgrade; there are so many good deals on quality receivers right now. I have an Onkyo TX-SR706 with everything I need. I've had it for a week now and it blows me away.
1041442
You do not need anything special to be able to play media stored on a portable, external hard drive. The only thing you must do is make sure that your media is in a format that is compatible with this receiver.
103442
What they said. It's not hard to do, but a necessity if you want to utilize the HD capabilities of your satellite receiver (assuming it is a High Definition receiver).
526841
Any model but not the HD receiver. This is not for HD boxes. We love this, it take 2 minutes from unpack to TV.
625882
This dish will not support HD, so that receiver will work great....same one I use. I use mine at Camp in the mountains and the dish works great, it is small and easy to set up quick. I do suggest that you look at purchasing a Satellite Finder Meter For Directv to make the set up quicker, the one I purchased was made by Satellite Finder, sold by Smartie Store on Amazon, only $8.99. You may want a tri pod or pole to mount the dish for ease as well.
1464468
I have mine running though my Onkyo TX-SR705, which to my knowledge utilizes the HDCP handshake and never had any issues whatsoever. I get full 1080p video output as well as full high def audio without fail.
1947423
You must have a very late model, higher-end receiver with HDMI 1.3a to decode these new audio formats. Otherwise, via the optical port, you will continue to get regular DD or DTS.
456167
It claims to recieve HD signals, but based on the tech specs here:http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?prod=STB-T8&main;_cat=03&source;=googleps#MOREspecifically:"480i standard video output"...it seems that all signals are converted to SD.
1713581
Yes SDHD will work in devices that accept SD, the HD=High-Capacity. Sometimes devices have an upper limit on how much storage on a card it can use but at 16 gigs you should have no issue
110134
Yes, we have both also and they both play fine. Only difference I've noticed is sometimes the SD audio is a little quieter, but still able to hear it just fine.
2165798
I bought 4 of the same d-12 receiver and they all work fine on hdtvs. Receiver has hdmi jack. All dtv receivers are digital. analog tv signals no longer exist. Reviewer who posted that has a tv from 1980 or obviously has no idea what they are doing!
1408607
This device doesn't offer the HD, it just says it can play on an HD TV. It's a trick of words. This one here Androset 1080P-TVBOX 1080p HD USB HDMI SD/MMC Multi TV Media Player RMVB MKV 50 (Black 1080p tv box) will, and as far as I know it doesn't matter the type of SD card
1186616
my short answer is, I didn't know there such thing as HD Dish. I just assumed it was one dish, and different receivers. IFF, that is true, then this will work. However, I think you need to find out if there is such a thing as HD Dish, and if so, you will have to get that fixed first.
1490209
In response to Charles' question regarding an HD set-top box, you can rent Comcast's HD box and it will work fine. You do not have to use a proprietary set-top box. You can also buy a box but the quality and reliability will depend on the brand, for which you should do some additional research, since I'm not an expert in this filed. But, before you spend additional money on either, get the set, hook it up, select your settings and see if you really need HD reception. I know that some disagree but I believe that this set offers HD quality in an SD mode.