What commercial users, besides the rich hospitals, still have SD televisions?
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What commercial users, besides the rich hospitals, still have SD televisions?
Great idea, but do you think D* thinks that far ahead ?I would expect in a few years, if that, that SD on the 101 will be non existent, or migrated over to MPEG4. That would free up space to possibly move the HD stuff (getting rid of SD duplicates) from 103 as they now can move over to the 101. That would open up even more bandwidth for more HD and 4k. Add reverse band into the mix and Directv is sitting really good when it comes to bandwith for 4k and HD. It could be possible that we could eventually be seeing an all HD system on directv???? Speculation though!
It's good there is one company that is pushing toward getting the future to arrive sooner rather than later. (Or is there more than one?)
DirecTV wasted time on pushing toward 3D, a few years ago, and many subscribers have noticed competitors having available certain programmers' HD that is not being carried by DirecTV. (It's good that DirecTV played catch-up for a while. Now DirecTV is once again underwhelming.)
Maybe there has been a systemic problem with operating leadership at DirecTV. But, nevertheless, this re-organizational attempt of making all receiver equipment in HD (and none anymore in SD) will get those consumers who insist on being behind (meaning, still not in possession of a single HD Television), to finally get with the 2010s.
The purchase of DirecTV by AT&T interests me in terms of which platform will be selected. Or will there be two separate platforms? (I think there will eventually be one platform.)
DirecTV wasted time on pushing toward 3D, a few years ago, and many subscribers have noticed competitors having available certain programmers' HD that is not being carried by DirecTV. (It's good that DirecTV played catch-up for a while. Now DirecTV is once again underwhelming.)
Maybe there has been a systemic problem with operating leadership at DirecTV. But, nevertheless, this re-organizational attempt of making all receiver equipment in HD (and none anymore in SD) will get those consumers who insist on being behind (meaning, still not in possession of a single HD Television), to finally get with the 2010s.
The purchase of DirecTV by AT&T interests me in terms of which platform will be selected. Or will there be two separate platforms? (I think there will eventually be one platform.)
Recent conference calls suggest that HD uptake is finally over 50% for existing customers but that still leaves a several million households that remain completely SD together with those HD households that still have an SD box or two.I don't think its quite that much!
lot's of bars still have older SD cabling / switchers.
Hotels have analog / old cabling in place.
How long do you have to not be a DirecTV customer to be considered new? I would consider switching to the cable operator for a few months, then switching back to get new customer deals including the lower advanced receiver fee.
Cable op also has a 6 tuner "Arris Moxi" whole home gateway. So it would be interesting to try that out. Though I like DirecTV so I would want to return once I'm considered 'new' again.
Cable op also has a 6 tuner "Arris Moxi" whole home gateway. So it would be interesting to try that out. Though I like DirecTV so I would want to return once I'm considered 'new' again.
Holy cow that's too long to be without DirecTV. Yeah cable in my area has a nice selection of HD that DirecTV doesn't... they put them on different numbers. Wife will always end up on SD then. I also would miss the multi premium screens in HD (our cable provider only has 1 screen of each premium in HD). I couldn't live like that for 24 months!
Lets HOPE to, but sometimes you have to wonder ....
I would have thought they would have started dwindling the SD recvrs years ago.
While they still have the old cabling in place, that stuff is hooked up to HD equipment in the majority of installs out there. Remember you can downconvert from an HD box and never tell that a HD box is doing the work
The problem is, the SD boxes never died because they were built so well so people never upgraded. There comes a point where Directv is going to have to upgrade these boxes. That time is coming quickly. Also, people forget that Directv14 was suppose to be up 6 months ago but was delayed due to issues with the launch provider not being able to find a companion satellite that wasn't delayed. Had that bird launched on time, we would be looking at a different lineup right now. It's not that directv has fallen behind due to no foresight, the launch delays have hurt them, but there is nothing that Directv could have done to prevent it.
true, I just shut off my old Panasonic SD receiver that was the first box I ever bought on D* back in 2002! Still works great, other than once in a blue moon after a power bounce I would have to power cycle it. But I unplugged the cable from it for a month to see if the kids would complain about no tv in the front room, and neither noticed it so I figured why keep paying 6.00 a month for no one to watch it! Now I just gotta take down the dish it was using, no sense in having it up since all my other gear is HD and uses the SWM dish.
They once did as they said they expected the cut-off to be around 2012 but then they hired someone to work some merger magic and the priorities changed.
When was the last time a DIRECTV US satellite went into service "on time"?
I would remind that for whatever reason, DIRECTV 14 remains incomplete.
I am not sure what he's talking about that Directv 14 is incomplete. The last I heard is that bird is done and in storage waiting launch and that came from the guys and gals over at SSL and the launch team. In fact if there was a companion bird and rocket available now, it could launch right now. The issue is there is a line and D14 needs to wait its turn, and because of delays happening to other launches its pushing everyone back. There is nothing technically wrong with the bird and the bird is chilling on the ground right now awaiting launch. The companion bird that was with D14 has had some issues and got delayed due to those payload issues, but D14 is fine. By the looks of it, the way delays are happening, GSAT 16 may catch up with D14 with it's repairs and launch with it still.
The information came from the recently filed extension for RB-1:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1051798
Footnote #8 says:
But if you read the document it says " The satellite has been fully constructed and
tested since December 2013, with 98.5% of all pre-launch construction payments made.
DIRECTV has also maintained its place in the queue of its launch provider, and made
90% of the payments required under that agreement." And continues on to say.....
" Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons beyond DIRECTV’s control, the current
launch window for the satellite has moved steadily later in time. It is currently estimated
to fall sometime in December 2014, after which DIRECTV will need to conduct in-orbit
testing before moving the satellite to its assigned location and beginning operations. "
It also continues to say that the satellite has been in storage sense then. The issue in foot note 8 was discovered before 2013, and was corrected before going into storage back in December. Also, the main reason of delay between then (DECEMBER of 2013) and now is launch availability. You are reading way to much into the foot note without reading the entire document. You are only seeing a slice (very small) piece of the pie that is now non relevant, and has been sense December of 2013. The satellite was originally scheduled to launch back in December with delivery well before then, but due to the issues SSL discovered and fixed they delivered in December (to storage)(months behind the original delivery date) but given that it was suppose to launch in December anyhow, they could have delivered it in time even with that delay.
So between December of 2013 and now the satellite has been in storage. (Like I have said) and there are no issues with it as it has passed all tests and any issues with the bird were fixed ( like I said), and D14 is awaiting launch and can launch now if called upon (Like I said).
With DIRECTV, it is all about the fine print. If footnote 8 referred to something that was completed in 2013, why does it mention readiness in August 2014? August 2014 doesn't seem like a particularly important milestone for a December launch if everything is truly done. It is important to note that as of the letter from SS/L, rework was complete testing was ongoing. The included photographs showed the bus without the solar arrays.
If the launch is to be in December, the bird would remain in storage in California until November when it would be loaded into an Antonov and transported to Kourou.
From the Ariane 5 User's Manual:
If the launch is to be in December, the bird would remain in storage in California until November when it would be loaded into an Antonov and transported to Kourou.
From the Ariane 5 User's Manual:
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