DirecTV will only activate a THR22-100 in a few cities?

I currently have 2 DirecTV HD-DVR's (an HR20-100 and HR20-700) and one SD TiVo based DVR (R10).

I'm very interested in getting a THR22 to replace the SD R10, but if you look at DirecTV's web site it says that the THR22 is "only available" in Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Sacramento, CA, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, Washington, DC.

I live in the New Orleans DMA.

So, that means if I order one online (from, Solid Signal, for example), DirecTV will refuse to activate it? (Or, perhaps, refuse to give me my locals on it?)

WTF?

 

Thanks.

That's what I suspected, but the wording on DirecTV's website was weird. It kind of implied that they wouldn't work anywhere else, which I admit doesn't make any sense.