directv eliminating standard receivers?
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So yes, any remaining MPEG-2 only receivers will be phased out.
It’s not exactly SD vs HD, but the overlap is there. Future transmissions will only be in MPEG-4 and everyone will need a MPEG-4 capable box.
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It’s not exactly SD vs HD, but the overlap is there. Future transmissions will only be in MPEG-4 and everyone will need a MPEG-4 capable box.
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to Satelliteguys spgeboob!Your receiver will be a door stop soon, IIRC in April next year. It's likely Directv will send you a replacement at no cost. And yes, mpeg2 is going away, which most sd programming is. All signals will be mpeg4, which is why you will need the hd boxes. They are all mpeg4.
If you have a D12-500 you should have received a letter or email from Directv regarding this already. Have you not received anything?
Depends upon the type of dish you have. You will need a slimline dish and ka/ku type lnb. It could be a 3 or 5 lnb type.
That's called account stacking and not allowed by your terms of service. We don't allow talk about it here.
I tried to have my D12 (which is located at my Boat) replaced by DirecTV under their replacement policy for SD hardware. DirecTV steadfastly refuses to offer me anything but a Client, which I will not accept. I only want STB's with their own tuners. I do NOT want to subtract any available tuners from my Genie as it will cause Timer Conflicts.
Your receiver will be a door stop soon, IIRC in April next year. It's likely Directv will send you a replacement at no cost. And yes, mpeg2 is going away, which most sd programming is. All signals will be mpeg4, which is why you will need the hd boxes. They are all mpeg4.
So I currently still use my D12.
Which Genie do you have? Assuming it's not an HS17, I'm sure once next April is approaching they will offer an H24 to you.
Which Genie do you have? Assuming it's not an HS17, I'm sure once next April is approaching they will offer an H24 to you.
Yes, I'm considering replacing my DirecTV service for my Boat with a Dish Account specifically just for my boat as I will able to have my Local Channels at my boat (Once DirecTV removes all KU band Local into Local). As well as true HD service at my Boat, it all depends on how DirecTV handles their MPEG2 to MPEG4 migration
It may have something to do with you already having a Genie. Did they send you an email about this?
Yes, got a mailer and several emails about this. I called DirecTV and nobody could provide any information related to the migration. My last mailer told me I'd lose my SD Locals on July 9th 2018, well they are still on at my Boat on my D12. Sadly, installing any In-motion solution to replace my current hardware at my boat is totally Monetarily impossible for me after checking it would mean scrapping my current Dish (roughly $1500) for a $7000 or more dollar Unit. My current in-motion solution can receive only KU Band and can work with DirecTV KU Band services (Whether that would be SD or HD, but we both know DirecTV has ZERO KU Band HD) and all SD/HD service's either Eastern or Western Arc for Dish Network.
You sure the mailer said July 9th 2018, and not July 9th 2019? I haven't heard of anyone being told they'd lose their locals anytime earlier than April of next year.
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