yess, Birodh you are missing something. I haven't mentioned that you don't need HD package but a premium package and HD package are different things . premium package refers 2 pay per view channels and some digitally encoded channels. If you have HDTV with QAM demodulator they can decode the HDTV channels . I don;t have HD box I still enjoy all the HD TV because my TV does the work as QAM demodulator. The only thing is I have channels like 4.2, 2.1, 2.2, . The channels with decimal point are digital ones. If you still have any confusions, let me know.

You can directly plug in cable to your TV and search all the channels, then u will know what I am talking about.