Shaw has been making moves to HD for a while. We are in California presently and we haven't missed any of the shows/channels we watch, CBC and CTV Toronto are on HD on the older sats and there are a number of other stations are also on HD on the old sats. You need the newer receivers and the new LNB to get HD though. We occasionally have to look for the station we want when it it's on the new sat (and can't get it), it's also generally on one of the older sats.