said by gunther2k:She asked me if we had a HDTV, I said we did not but would be getting one within the next month. She went ahead and marked it for HDTV so the MR-DVR would be set up for it…whatever that means. She said she was not sure either, but had to “mark” it that way or it would not get setup right so we could get HDTV.
The DVR is a HD-DVR. There is no SD DVR available. HD programming comes free with just the premier package ($42.99), but is not turned on by default. It's a separate line item on your account that they have to turn on. If you don't have a HDTV, obviously you won't be getting HD quality but the receiver will downscale the picture to SD quality. There are more then a few HD channels that don't have a SD counterpart so you are getting extra channels in the process. You just won't be using them to their full capabilities until you get a HDTV.
