[IrishSS]

I have a SA8000 receiver from Adelphia. As much as I love HD, Adelphia doesnt carry Fox, PBS or Discovery in HD here yet. If I was to get an antenna and input that into my SA8000, would it decode the local HD channels? Or am I basically looking at picking up a seperate HD receiver just to decode PBS and Fox?

 

[dt_dc]

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Originally posted by IrishSS If I was to get an antenna and input that into my SA8000, would it decode the local HD channels?

No ... the SA8000 can't pick up OTA channels.

 

[Joxer]

No, cable HD boxes only support their QAM format, OTA HD uses an imcompatible format 8VSB which is only supported by OTA HD STBs. You would need to buy a separate OTA HD STB plus an antenna to get OTA HD channels. The cheapest OTA HD STBs are used units on EBAY for around $100 or more.