Direct TV HD Receiver

[racer888]

I would like to know what HD receivers people with Direct TV are using and would recommend? Have a 42" Plasma and where we live in the mountains pretty much rules out OTA reception.
Thanks

 

[Duffinator]

I've had a Samsung HD receiver and it had the best menu and interface I've ever seen on a cable/sat box. I now use the HR 10-250 TiVo HD box and it works great. Both have excellent reception for OTA HD with the HR box being slightly better. The TiVo boxes are being fased out and you can get a great deal on them now. I'm thinking of buying another HR 10-250 just for the heck of it. I haven't read much about the new DVR's DirecTV has out but it would be hard to improve over the existing box. Of course the TiVo box will not work with mpeg 4 transmissions so that's a deal breaker if you want local channels in HD throught your sat.