To receive ANY DTV programming when the end of SD programming happens you will need to upgrade your DTV receiver to a HD receiver is you are not already currently using one. The dome will work just as it has in the past but now it will receive the DTV programming in HD (just like DISH). Where the problem exists is that no one knows exactly what programming will be broadcast from the 101 satellite which is the only satellite the dome can receive. Until that is known we can't really know how useful a dome will be with DTV in the near future.