Thats correct, has nothing to do with the SuperDISH, just means people with 6000's who dont have a 8PSK module and people with a Dish 5000 need to upgrade their equipment to something that supports 8PSK. 
CBS-HD East moving to channel 9483 on April 14th
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johnewhite said:
I am receiving CBS-HD on both channels 9454 and 9484 off of the 148 bird right now. I have heard that CBS-HD no longer resides on 105.
Well, some of the posts in this thread are close.
9483 and 9484 the numbers assigned to CBS HD east and west at 105 when they were uplinked many months ago, but never were allowed to be seen by subscribers, have moved to the wings and joined 9453 and 9454 as mirrors on the same transponders. On the displayed April 14th 9453 and 9454 will disappear, leaving 9483 and 9484. At that time the signal will switch from plain ole QPSK to either 8PSK(more likely) or QPSK Turbo Coded FEC.
At this time CBS HD east and west have left 105, at least as far as the system knows. In fact the transponder is no longer in the system.
It seems that 61.5 and 148 will be the locations for a while.
9483 and 9484 the numbers assigned to CBS HD east and west at 105 when they were uplinked many months ago, but never were allowed to be seen by subscribers, have moved to the wings and joined 9453 and 9454 as mirrors on the same transponders. On the displayed April 14th 9453 and 9454 will disappear, leaving 9483 and 9484. At that time the signal will switch from plain ole QPSK to either 8PSK(more likely) or QPSK Turbo Coded FEC.
At this time CBS HD east and west have left 105, at least as far as the system knows. In fact the transponder is no longer in the system.
It seems that 61.5 and 148 will be the locations for a while.
Last year, all of the talk about HD involved moving all the HD channels to 105 and giving all existing HD subs a free SuperDish upgrade.
But that plan flopped when E* determined that the aging low powered sat at the 105 spot could not cover major areas of the north and south conus. So they instead shuffled around SD channels on the 110 sat to squeeze in the HD channels using 8psk modulation.
Recently, they offered subs with model 5000 receivers, a free 811 or reduced price 921 and will now switch the two CBS-HD stations on the 61/148 sats to 8psk so they take up less bandwidth for the time being.
Adding the CBS-HD station to 105 makes it available via a SuperDish to subs that qualify and and are within the reduced footprint of the dying 105 sat.
Later this year, E* will launch a replacement sat for 105 which will eliminate the coverage problem and provide a lot of additional capacity. So I believe that E* will try to hold off on any new HD channels until the new bird is operational. At that time, they'll probably announce the new channels along with some kind of SuperDish upgrade deal. And that will also spell the end of CBS-HD on the 65/148 sats too.
Remember too that last year E* waited until D* offered their HD package before responding and made their package available a few months later. I expect the same thing this year.
But that plan flopped when E* determined that the aging low powered sat at the 105 spot could not cover major areas of the north and south conus. So they instead shuffled around SD channels on the 110 sat to squeeze in the HD channels using 8psk modulation.
Recently, they offered subs with model 5000 receivers, a free 811 or reduced price 921 and will now switch the two CBS-HD stations on the 61/148 sats to 8psk so they take up less bandwidth for the time being.
Adding the CBS-HD station to 105 makes it available via a SuperDish to subs that qualify and and are within the reduced footprint of the dying 105 sat.
Later this year, E* will launch a replacement sat for 105 which will eliminate the coverage problem and provide a lot of additional capacity. So I believe that E* will try to hold off on any new HD channels until the new bird is operational. At that time, they'll probably announce the new channels along with some kind of SuperDish upgrade deal. And that will also spell the end of CBS-HD on the 65/148 sats too.
Remember too that last year E* waited until D* offered their HD package before responding and made their package available a few months later. I expect the same thing this year.
I might have said something that caused a misguided train of thought.
I would have assumed the move of CBS HD off of 61.5 was for customers who have a superdish and is unable to recieve a wing due to equipment incompatability.
I would have assumed the move of CBS HD off of 61.5 was for customers who have a superdish and is unable to recieve a wing due to equipment incompatability.
Well, if we're going to get picky about it, then SES Americom is NOT launching it either. It (AMC-15) will be launched by International Launch Service.n0qcu said:
Nevertheless, a year ago SES Americom struck a multi-year service agreement to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar Communications at the 105 orbital slot. Given the limited unused bandwidth on sats at 110 and 119, the 105 slot will likely play a critical role in E*'s HD offerings over the next several years.
EdV said:
This is the first I've heard about owners of the 5000 receivers receiving upgrade offers. I searched for a thread on this offer, but I didn't find anything about it (or I'm blind :shocked ).
Where can I get more info? I would like to take advantage of this!
Anthony
You need to send Dish you Dish 5000 HD Module for the offer.
Check out this thread at AVS for more info http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=347919
Check out this thread at AVS for more info http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=347919
