I was surprised by this. Everyone said the difference is slight to non-existent, but to me it seems very apparent. I might possibly give E* the nod on locals, but for all other HD channels and especially 1080i channels, it's really no contest.
Any new hd channel additions coming soon?
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I was surprised by this. Everyone said the difference is slight to non-existent, but to me it seems very apparent. I might possibly give E* the nod on locals, but for all other HD channels and especially 1080i channels, it's really no contest.
Shhhh, don't tell the Dish Network people.
I completely agree with this, as a former Dish Network customer that was the first thing I noticed. The HD quality is better than E*.
Shhhh, don't tell the Dish Network people.
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Doesn't do much good on the ground when you need it in the sky !
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It was going to be built so that it would be ready to launch. It also doesn't do much good, except for time, to have it in orbit and not used. That's a waste of fuel and therefore longevity.
Agreed. i don't care what language a channel is in if the game I want to watch is on it, like when my local Fox affiliates play the Braves but Fox Deportes has the Yankees-Red Sox game in MLB season.) I wish I had LOS to the 119 so I could get all the channels I am paying for. (Although I think I recall Iceberg saying that Fox Deportes is leaving the Sports Pack, which is a shame. The Sports Pack should include Fox Deportes, ESPN Deportes, and all Spanish channels that regularly play sports, IMO.) But, like others have said, NO new HD at the sacrifice of the quality of current HD.
Would you rather it be up in the sky and ready to use, or sitting on the ground when they need it.
You know how long it takes to get one up and able to be working and transmitting.
It's not like it happens in a day or two.
You are correct in terms of the original Boeing announcement.
That all changed when DIRECTV 10 launched and they discovered it had several serious problems. You may have noticed that the DIRECTV 12 launch was waiting only on Boeing to finish the bird in December of 2009 and that the launch preparations took less than the typical 30 days.
This versus having a major failure of one of the existing satellites and having to pay big money to get a quick launch? Guess how many subs they would risk by halving their CONUS HD bandwidth for several months. It isn't like there are a bunch of Ka lease birds aloft and available to move to 103W.
I would imagine that the cost of maintaining a spare at station keeping in terms of fuel is relatively low in comparison of with what it costs to make the much more frequent corrections required for an active Ka satellite.
The almighty PPV
True, but PPV is flexible, they can move things around, drop a PPV and add a channel if needed ... kinda a safety blanket.
They already DO...they use some of those PPV's slots for things like NFL-ST, & other season ticket pkgs as needed...
Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but, speaking of PPV, why are there SO MANY movies listed between ch 125 and 199? The same things over and over and over again? What are they there for when all you have to do to buy a movie is select the picture of the movie where it says "watch instantly?" I hid all the PPV channels except 125 (adding 125 keeps the pictures in the guide so we can see the movies listed only once) from my favorites list.
I am newish to Directv and feel I have a decent comprehension of how things work but this has puzzled me since day 1, well, before day 1 because several people I know have Directv and wonder the same thing about all the pointless PPV. What a waste of bandwidth! HD 1080p, "regular HD," even SD - I bet there's 50 HD channels in there that could be put elsewhere. (I have a HR24-500 with On-demand and whole-home if that matters.)
I am newish to Directv and feel I have a decent comprehension of how things work but this has puzzled me since day 1, well, before day 1 because several people I know have Directv and wonder the same thing about all the pointless PPV. What a waste of bandwidth! HD 1080p, "regular HD," even SD - I bet there's 50 HD channels in there that could be put elsewhere. (I have a HR24-500 with On-demand and whole-home if that matters.)
alot of the PPV channels (especially the HD ones) get shifted around during sports seasons. So right now its PPV but when there is alot of HD sports on channels that aren't 24/7 (like FSN Houston, Wisco, Utah, Indiana) those PPV channels get used for sports
If you had the guide set for "all" and scroll to those knockoff shopping channels and some of the PPV channels you'll see lots of "programming will return at ____". They're being used for sports
If you had the guide set for "all" and scroll to those knockoff shopping channels and some of the PPV channels you'll see lots of "programming will return at ____". They're being used for sports
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