CBS-HD Waiver

[Mike4HDTV]

I live in the Miami area. All of my local Miami stations are available in HD. I wanted to get the National CBS-HD network and I called up Dish and asked if I qualify. The CSR explained to me that since I am near the West Palm Market TV market, I will need a waiver from the WPB CBS station to get the national CBS-HD station. I said that is fine and contacted the WPB CBS station which gladly approved my request for a waiver.

I received the waiver on Tuesday of this week and faxed it to Dish on Wednesday(yesterday). I called Dish and the CSR said that they received my waiver but it might take 2-3 months for them to add the channel to my lineup. I thought it would happen the same day that they receive the waiver.

I need the National CBS-HD by Monday (5/2).

How long did it take for Dish to add the East or West coast feed of CBS-HD to your channel lineup?

 

[PS8128]

I received the waiver over the phone from a Dish rep. It took about 10 minutes and I had the channel immediately. The waiver came from Cleveland, who I belive did not have a CBS-HD feed at the time.

 

[Mike4HDTV]

I got a call from Dish today asking me if I have two dishes attached to my house.

Do you need a 2nd dish to receive the CBS HD feed from NewYork?

 

[rangersjay99]

You will need a dish at 61.5 to pickup the CBS-HD NY

 

[Mike4HDTV]

How do I know if my dish is aimed at 61.5?

 

[dfergie]

Your Dish now is probably a Dish 500 which points at 119 and 110 ... the 61.5 sat does not have much programming on it...

 

[Mike4HDTV]

I have a Dish 500 - I checked using the menus on the 942.

Does this mean I can't get the CBS-HD feed from New York?

 

[dfergie]

Nope... gonna have to get a dish 300 dish in order to get... go into your menu , go to dish pointing and find out what switch you have if any...