The Cable Card slot does not support any satellite companies right now. I'm sure it will happen eventually, but only digital cable works with the slot right now.
I have Directv and recently purchased this model,based on the fact that the cable card input would replace the set top hd receiver. I am being told that satilite the card cannot be formatted into the cable slot and that, I must purchase a directv HD receiver [cost $350 ],TO RECEIVE HD.Does anyone have a similar problem with directv.

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