DirecTV hotness

Well, as some of you might know I live in a high-rise apartment building in the NYC metro area, I got fairly psyched when I checked my mail today, and had a letter from MDU Communications in there - they actually operate the DirecTV system in my building. The letter told me that they have finished installing a MFH2 system. This is some really cool stuff, it means that I'll be able to get all of the HD channels that are offered by DirecTV.

The technology used here is also really amazing. They've found a way to deliver programmng to up to 8 receivers in the apartment - the nifty device that does this is called the SWM-8 (single wire multiswitch). This little gem is installed where the dish and other electronics are, not in my unit - previously to get HD programming, I've got four satellite feeds coming into my unit and a multiswitch in a locked box inside my closet. Now they're gonna yank out that multiswitch, replace the four wires with one, and a few splitters.