To receive HD from Direct, you MUST have a Slimline dish which get the 2 HD satellites Direct uses, 99 and 103. The winegard Traveler which is roof mounted wil get you your HD programing you get at home. The Traveler is an auto locate dish and costs around $1700.00. The other choice is a Slimline dish on a tripod, which will be manually setup. The set up will require some learing but works fine. There is no other way to get HD programing from Directv. The other dishes that receive directv's signals are SD (sat 101 only) I've used the Slimline dish on a tripod for 4 years. Just recently, new single cable technology has made using the Slimline easier. Some additional equipment is required for the single wire system though. PM me if you need more info.
