Am a little confused about how/what is required to receive hdtv picture via satellite. Have not contacted my dish netwk company yet w/ questions because they are usaually dumber than a block of wood and you can't believe any info you get from them is accurate. maybe you coud clear it up for me?

I have std dish network receiver and Olevia "HDTV Ready" flat screen. So to receive HDTV channels I need of course a HDTV tuner and appropiate cable AND a special subscription from my Sat. company? Based on your post I'm getting that Sat companies do not neccessarily transmit their available hdtv channels w/o a special/extra subscription? is that right? and the hdtv sat receiver MUST be bought from the related Sat. company, not a generic one? can I use the sat receiver I have and route the cable from there to the hdtv tuner then to the tv? Or does the Sat Receiver/HDTV tuner have to be an "all in one? component?

Thanx for any info...

Howling D