Going HD - Should I dump DirectTV?

Actually, some of the providers (Comcast at least) has a combo HD/Tivo box, which is pretty damn good PQ. I have a Fujitsu Plasma with the combo box. The only downside for now is that its a single tuner box, but Comcast is rolling out a dual tuner replacement soon (or so they say, their techs are beta testing them now). I dropped Directv and have not regretted it. Some cable providers will give you a $25/mo credit for 16 months for trading in your sat box. Biggest advantage, IMO on cable is better refresh times on guide and info, as well as no issues with bad weather affecting availability. If you are a Maine- iac, then snow/ice on the dish and heavy snow in the air does affect availability of the Sat signal.

I beleive the new Direct TV HD/PVR has two tuners, and is out for ~$1000...watch the sales, a friend of mine talk the local dealer to $850 per if he bought two.

I live and Florida and while I still have cable and HD, we all seem to have issues with cable handling the bandwidth, and the picture can frequently pixleize (SP?) YMMV

I myself have stuck with Directv and have found their HDTV quality FAR better than the cable offering (as compared in my neighbours 4 houses down the street). The colors are somewhat bleeding on the cable HD signal while the picture is a bit fuzzy, atleast to my eyes. My immediate neighbour tried cable HD for about 2 weeks and he went back to Directv! Thus, the comparison with my "further" neighbour. We all have good access to the southern sky and in my case my dish is about 20ft high on side/edge of my house- no signal issues. Besides, Directv is adding more sats and content/channels should increase.

Had DTV and am now using Comcast. NO comparison in terms of picture quality. That is, DTV is FAR superior in every aspect. Am thinking about giving Dish Network a try very soon.

The quality of your cable signal will have a LOT to do with your individual location, the age of the cable lines, etc... My local lines were all recently upgraded as they had been installed some 20+ years ago. While the picture improved, it is still nowhere near the quality of a strong satellite feed, at least not in this area.

Why not call up your local cable provider and ask if there is somewhere that you can view / test their product? Tell them that you're a satellite subscriber and want to see how they compare. They may have something set up just for this purpose. Sean
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The dual tuner comcast PVR boxes are available. I've had one for about two months.