Jim:

I continue to use my HR10-250's with my DirecTV service.

However, in conjunction with my rooftop Wineguard Gull-Wing UHF
antenna, they continue to receive and record all my local (LA) HD and
digital channels, and all of the DirecTV HD channels in the 70's.

Once MPEG-2 is turned off, and the channels in the 70's disappear, I
will consider them the same as my old standard definition TiVos with
the added feature that they will continue to receive and record local
HD and digital channels.

In this light, I have turned off two old Hughes receivers that I used
in the guest bedroom and replaced them with these units. One of them
is connected to a Standard Definition television and set to 480i
output. So the HD channels are viewed in "letterboxed" format.

--- In hdtivo@yahoogroups. com, "jamesrob328i" <jamesrob@.. .> wrote:
>
> I have a Hughes series 2 TiVo with lifetime service. it's not
connected to anything. A relative
> has moved into a nearby apartment and will have Comcast. Originally
this TiVo was used with
> DirecTV.
>
> Are the new MPEG broadcast standards going to make this thing into a
doorstop? Can I use a
> DirecTV Tivo on a Comcast account?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Jim Robertson
>