Hughes HTL-HD Receiver
 

Looking for a great DTV/OTA HD receiver? I just bought two of the Hughes
HTL-HD receivers for the price of one Sony. Circuit City and Best Buy have
this system on sale for $299.99. Easy to install and operate. HBO 509
looks great, not to mention the beautiful HD pics on ABC, CBS and NBC.

Circuitcity actually is doing it for $249. Outstanding price on a great
receiver.
"Larry in Ga" wrote in message
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Looking for a great DTV/OTA HD receiver? I just bought two of the Hughes
HTL-HD receivers for the price of one Sony. Circuit City and Best Buy
have
this system on sale for $299.99. Easy to install and operate. HBO 509
looks great, not to mention the beautiful HD pics on ABC, CBS and NBC.

Limited time?

"Mark Garceau" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
Circuitcity actually is doing it for $249. Outstanding price on a great
receiver.
"Larry in Ga" wrote in message
...
Looking for a great DTV/OTA HD receiver? I just bought two of the
Hughes
HTL-HD receivers for the price of one Sony. Circuit City and Best Buy
have
this system on sale for $299.99. Easy to install and operate. HBO 509
looks great, not to mention the beautiful HD pics on ABC, CBS and NBC.

"darius" wrote in message
...
"Mark Garceau" wrote in
news:[email protected]

Circuitcity actually is doing it for $249. Outstanding price on a great
receiver.


For $250, I'd get that just for the OTA capability.

Do they make you sign up with D*?

Are you a highlander fan?

"Son of man" wrote...
Limited time?

Unclear, but you have to subscribe to DirectTV:

PROGRAMMING COMMITMENT:

Within 30 days of purchase of your DIRECTV System equipment, you agree
to activate any DIRECTV(R) TOTAL
CHOICE(R) programming package or a DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) OPCION EXTRA
ESPECIAL(R) programming package (valued at $36.99 per month or above),
Phoenix TV, or Jadeworld programming package.

The programming package must be maintained for a period of twelve (12)
consecutive months (without interruption)
for each DIRECTV System purchased by you, including additional DIRECTV
Receivers ($4.99 per month per additional receiver as long as all
receivers are connected to the same phone line). After you have
fulfilled your twelve (12) month agreement to the required programming
package, you are not obligated to continue your subscription of
DIRECTV(R) programming for any specific duration. Existing DIRECTV
customers may activate additional receivers with their existing
DIRECTV(R) programming package.

DIRECTV'S PROGRAMMING PACKAGE AND PRICING SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY
TIME.

The programming package must be maintained for a period of twelve (12)
consecutive months (without interruption) for each DIRECTV System
purchased by you, including additional DIRECTV Receivers $4.99 per
month per additional receiver as long as all receivers are connected
to the same phone line). After you have fulfilled your twelve-(12)
month agreement to the required programming package, you are not
obligated to continue your subscription of DIRECTV(R) programming for
any specific duration. Existing DIRECTV customers may activate
additional receivers with their existing DIRECTV(R) programming
package.

CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROGRAMMING
COMMITMENT:

If you fail to activate your DIRECTV System equipment within 30 days
of purchase date, you agree that DIRECTV may charge you a fee of one
hundred fifty U.S. Dollars ($150.00), as liquidated damages, per
DIRECTV System that is not activated, and if you fail to maintain and
pay for twelve (12) consecutive months of the required programming
package, you agree that DIRECTV may charge you a prorated fee of up to
one hundred fifty U.S. dollars ($150.00); within 14 days of
downgrading or disconnecting your programming, you have the option to
send all of your DIRECTV System Equipment (receiver[s] and remote
control[s]) to DIRECTV in lieu of this payment. The Equipment,
including the Access Card inserted into each DIRECTV Receiver unit,
must be returned to DIRECTV in good working order, normal wear and
tear excepted. See DIRECTV.com or call 1-800-DIRECTV for details.

You authorize DIRECTV to charge the credit card you provide as part of
your programming commitment (for web sales, at the time of equipment
purchase) to pay for these charges (where applicable).

Existing DirectTV customers still have to commit to a year beginning from
the purchase date?

"Bob" wrote in message
m...
"Son of man" wrote...
Limited time?

Unclear, but you have to subscribe to DirectTV:

PROGRAMMING COMMITMENT:

Within 30 days of purchase of your DIRECTV System equipment, you agree
to activate any DIRECTV(R) TOTAL
CHOICE(R) programming package or a DIRECTV PARA TODOS(R) OPCION EXTRA
ESPECIAL(R) programming package (valued at $36.99 per month or above),
Phoenix TV, or Jadeworld programming package.

The programming package must be maintained for a period of twelve (12)
consecutive months (without interruption)
for each DIRECTV System purchased by you, including additional DIRECTV
Receivers ($4.99 per month per additional receiver as long as all
receivers are connected to the same phone line). After you have
fulfilled your twelve (12) month agreement to the required programming
package, you are not obligated to continue your subscription of
DIRECTV(R) programming for any specific duration. Existing DIRECTV
customers may activate additional receivers with their existing
DIRECTV(R) programming package.

DIRECTV'S PROGRAMMING PACKAGE AND PRICING SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY
TIME.

The programming package must be maintained for a period of twelve (12)
consecutive months (without interruption) for each DIRECTV System
purchased by you, including additional DIRECTV Receivers $4.99 per
month per additional receiver as long as all receivers are connected
to the same phone line). After you have fulfilled your twelve-(12)
month agreement to the required programming package, you are not
obligated to continue your subscription of DIRECTV(R) programming for
any specific duration. Existing DIRECTV customers may activate
additional receivers with their existing DIRECTV(R) programming
package.

CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROGRAMMING
COMMITMENT:

If you fail to activate your DIRECTV System equipment within 30 days
of purchase date, you agree that DIRECTV may charge you a fee of one
hundred fifty U.S. Dollars ($150.00), as liquidated damages, per
DIRECTV System that is not activated, and if you fail to maintain and
pay for twelve (12) consecutive months of the required programming
package, you agree that DIRECTV may charge you a prorated fee of up to
one hundred fifty U.S. dollars ($150.00); within 14 days of
downgrading or disconnecting your programming, you have the option to
send all of your DIRECTV System Equipment (receiver[s] and remote
control[s]) to DIRECTV in lieu of this payment. The Equipment,
including the Access Card inserted into each DIRECTV Receiver unit,
must be returned to DIRECTV in good working order, normal wear and
tear excepted. See DIRECTV.com or call 1-800-DIRECTV for details.

You authorize DIRECTV to charge the credit card you provide as part of
your programming commitment (for web sales, at the time of equipment
purchase) to pay for these charges (where applicable).

You do have to commit to D* for one year or shell out another $150 in
penalty to D*. In RI Cox cable is so bad it's a no brainier.
"darius" wrote in message
...
"Mark Garceau" wrote in
news:[email protected]

Circuitcity actually is doing it for $249. Outstanding price on a great
receiver.


For $250, I'd get that just for the OTA capability.

Do they make you sign up with D*?

I paid 299.99 apiece for two systems. I checked Circuit City's website and
a previous poster is correct, they dropped the price again to 249.99. I
called Circuit City and they gave me the same price plus 10 percent. What a
deal, I wound up paying 241 apiece... less that the price of one receiver
two weeks ago.
Only problem with watching the HD local OTA channels and DTV HBOH is that
when you go back to the regular channels, you feel like something is wrong
with the picture. Makes you wish that everything was HD.


"Mark Garceau" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
You do have to commit to D* for one year or shell out another $150 in
penalty to D*. In RI Cox cable is so bad it's a no brainier.
"darius" wrote in message
...
"Mark Garceau" wrote in
news:[email protected]

Circuitcity actually is doing it for $249. Outstanding price on a
great
receiver.


For $250, I'd get that just for the OTA capability.

Do they make you sign up with D*?

At the time of this writing no signal meter, rumor has it that their
1.08 f/w will... I currently am running 1.06

darius wrote:

"Larry in Ga" wrote in
...


I paid 299.99 apiece for two systems. I checked Circuit City's
website and a previous poster is correct, they dropped the price
again to 249.99. I called Circuit City and they gave me the same
price plus 10 percent. What a deal, I wound up paying 241 apiece...
less that the price of one receiver two weeks ago.
Only problem with watching the HD local OTA channels and DTV HBOH is
that when you go back to the regular channels, you feel like
something is wrong with the picture. Makes you wish that everything
was HD.



BTW, I heard the HTL-HD does NOT have a signal meter for tuning OTA. Is
that true or has it been fixed with a s/w update? This'd be a deal
breaker for me. It's easy enough to get 1 channel w/o the signal meter;
but nearly impossible to get all channels I want w/o it.

At the time of this writing no signal meter, rumor has it that their
1.08 f/w will... I currently am running 1.06

darius wrote:

"Larry in Ga" wrote in
...


I paid 299.99 apiece for two systems. I checked Circuit City's
website and a previous poster is correct, they dropped the price
again to 249.99. I called Circuit City and they gave me the same
price plus 10 percent. What a deal, I wound up paying 241 apiece...
less that the price of one receiver two weeks ago.
Only problem with watching the HD local OTA channels and DTV HBOH is
that when you go back to the regular channels, you feel like
something is wrong with the picture. Makes you wish that everything
was HD.



BTW, I heard the HTL-HD does NOT have a signal meter for tuning OTA. Is
that true or has it been fixed with a s/w update? This'd be a deal
breaker for me. It's easy enough to get 1 channel w/o the signal meter;
but nearly impossible to get all channels I want w/o it.