I have a RCA D52W19 and I'm wondering what I need to get it HD ready. I have DirecTV but I am trying to avoid that option because of the $300 upgrade cost. Any ideas for me?
2007-09-14 12:37:00 · 3 answers · asked by khs2424 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Your RCA D52W19 came "HD ready" from the factory. To actually see programs in HD, you have to feed it HD signals from an external source.
Paying DirectTV or the cable company are two ways to accomplish this. A third way is to get an over the air HDTV tuner (and an antenna) to pick up broadcast programing in HD. A Samsung DTBH260F HDTV Terrestrial Tuner
is a popular and relatively inexpensive choice.
Another option is to buy a TIVO HD and hook it into an antenna. This would act as both an OTA HDTV tuner and a HDTV recorder.
To see HD on disk, you need either a HD DVD or Blu-Ray disk player.
2007-09-14 14:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u can get an off air antenna n use it that way but u wont that great up an HD quality and not all the channels. investing the 300 bucks would be a good idea.
2007-09-22 07:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by San 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, they really like to STICK IT to you when you Upgrade don't they.....
DISH is the same way.
BUT....when you SWITCH PROVIDERS....IT comes FREE to you....Free HD, Free install, Free this...Free that.....
You're forced to switch to get it FREE....
And it really never is FREE, you end up paying a little bit...like maybe a $50 install fee or hookup fee or startup fee.
But it isn't $300 is it.....
2007-09-14 18:21:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋