I personally would go for a Sony HDTV DirecTV box (or for Dish Network, the 6000 receiver). If you are buying your system, you may as well be ready for the future even if you don't have the HD hardware right now.Nathan I don't think this will be too much of a problem in the future, becuase this is the first time in 12 years it has snowed in my area View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifOne thing you may want to concider is buying a dish that can recieve HDTV. However, the snow melted and service returned. But, that one problem also effected my friends & family that own Hughes systems.This winter we got some sticky snow that totally killed my dishes abilty to reflect the signal to the LNB. Although I think I would still prefer a Sony, the RCA I have is built well and has only given me one problem. I know several people who have Hughes systems and they all seem to work, but they also all seem like crap. At the time I bought it, I would have preferred the Sony, but the price was more than I was willing to spend. I have an RCA DirectTV System and I'm, pleased with it.

No directv app on sony tv