RAD you might be correct. I was going from memory.When did Dish get the 10 transponders at 110 from DIRECTV? AFAIK DIRECTV 7S is still there and I still see 11 transponders on 119 when I run a signal test on my STB's.
RAD you might be correct. I was going from memory.When did Dish get the 10 transponders at 110 from DIRECTV? AFAIK DIRECTV 7S is still there and I still see 11 transponders on 119 when I run a signal test on my STB's.
So back to the question. Does Dish plan on getting rid of this SD channels. At this point at least 95% of their customers have HD channels. SD looks so bad, at least on Directv.
Where are you pulling your numbers from?
95% of the customers do not have HD, and those who do only have one or two of their TV's in HD the rest are still on old SD sets or are using old SD boxes.
As much as I would love to see SD go away, I think its still going to be a long long time.
The 1080p that's being used for movies is 1080p24Hz (film rate). It uses LESS bandwidth than 1080i. 1080p24 is almost always DISPLAYED at 72, 120, 240 Hz (or higher?) to avoid flicker. (Film in the theater is displayed at 72 (three exposures per film frame). Not sure what's being done with digital cinema.)I remember when it was stated over and over that no broadcasters, be they cable or satellite, will transmit 1080p programming. "There isn't enough bandwidth" was the reason. This, of course, followed the introduction of 1080p TVs...
Just because someone has a HD set, doesn't necessarily mean they have HD service. I do agree that they should stop issuing MPEG2 only equipment (311,322,625, etc) and make the Wally/211 the base receiver and 622/722 series the base DVR so they can eventually convert WA to all MPEG4.Well at least 80% which is still the vast majority. Why cant they broadcast in HD only and down covert on the box to SD for older TV's.
https://www.benton.org/headlines/hdtv-sets-now-over-80-percent-us-households
I would have to agree. TV networks and local broadcasters are still framing shots and placing graphics for a 4:3 aspect ratio which is overscanned on analog TVs. The only justification can be that there are many, many SD TVs in use still. While it's true you can display a 16:9 image on a 4:3 TV, most people hate the black bars top and bottom.Where are you pulling your numbers from?
95% of the customers do not have HD, and those who do only have one or two of their TV's in HD the rest are still on old SD sets or are using old SD boxes.
As much as I would love to see SD go away, I think its still going to be a long long time.
80% have at least one HD TV, many of those still have an SD set or two around.Well at least 80% which is still the vast majority. Why cant they broadcast in HD only and down covert on the box to SD for older TV's.
https://www.benton.org/headlines/hdtv-sets-now-over-80-percent-us-households
Then they oughta go invest in a new TV. They've been showing letterbox on SDTVs in Europe for a decade...I would have to agree. TV networks and local broadcasters are still framing shots and placing graphics for a 4:3 aspect ratio which is overscanned on analog TVs. The only justification can be that there are many, many SD TVs in use still. While it's true you can display a 16:9 image on a 4:3 TV, most people hate the black bars top and bottom.
80% have at least one HD TV, many of those still have an SD set or two around.
As for down converting, doing so would require changing out the WA SD receivers. Dish just went through the 8PSK conversion on WA, they are likely to wait and let more of the SD receivers slip away through attrition and paid(or contract extending) upgrades before going through another conversion.
From Dish's standpoint, if they felt there was any scenario where additional HD would bring meaningful gains in subscribers, they would make it happen. For now, they don't think the return is there. Bandwidth is a finite resource, once they add a channel(or an HD version of a channel), it's hard to undo that decision if a better use of the bandwidth comes along.
Imagine how much more bandwidth could be saved if all content was compressed with HEVC (H.265)
Then stay with DirecTV. I don't mean it in a rude way, but the choice really is that simple if those HD channels are what matters to you.The thing stopping me from moving to Dish from Directv is less HD channels or at least the channels I watch are not HD with Dish like they are with Directv. I hate watching SD shows on a 65 4k tv, let alone on 1080p tv, they look so bad.
The thing stopping me from moving to Dish from Directv is less HD channels or at least the channels I watch are not HD with Dish like they are with Directv. I hate watching SD shows on a 65 4k tv, let alone on 1080p tv, they look so bad.
Then they oughta go invest in a new TV. They've been showing letterbox on SDTVs in Europe for a decade...
Not more, different. The post was in regard to folks with 4:3 screens being uptight about black bars top and bottom. My thought about Europe 10 years ago was about the fact that the European broadcasters didn't care about what the viewers thought and, guess what, the viewers didn't care either.Wait. People are complaining about how expensive watching TV is now so the answer is to spend more money on more TVs in the house?
The thing stopping me from moving to Dish from Directv is less HD channels or at least the channels I watch are not HD with Dish like they are with Directv. I hate watching SD shows on a 65 4k tv, let alone on 1080p tv, they look so bad.
Which makes me think Charlie is still considering NOT having RSN's at all if the price is too high. He has said he seriously considered it at one point, and he also claims that the number of viewers for RSN's is small and not near the high number of viewers for games on the 4 big broadcaster, ESPN, TNT, etc.: the really big games, playoffs, etc. I know Dish must have a plan for the new capacity (perhaps including back-up for current capacity), but none of us have even an idea of what that plan.If they wanted to... and they don't want to.
Yes, most people today have HD capable TV's, but MOST of those HDTV's they own DO NOT have ANY HD services connected to them. You would be surprised how many people just are NOT enthused about HD and are NOT interested in it. I know quite a few like this. They do have HDTV's but are NOT interested in HD content.Well at least 80% which is still the vast majority. Why cant they broadcast in HD only and down covert on the box to SD for older TV's.
https://www.benton.org/headlines/hdtv-sets-now-over-80-percent-us-households
Most often, the HD version of the show is available via the On Demand feature. For example, while XD is currently not HD, and that does irk me, it has actually turned out to be not as big a deal because I can either download the XD show from the Dish On Demand in HD with full trick play and NO COMMERCIALS, or I can watch it using the XD app on Roku, in HD using my Dish credentials to access it OR just wait a week or so (the turn-around for SW Rebels this season has been merely a little over a week) for that new episode to be aired on the Disney Channel in HD, which is what I do now. Disney Channel has "XD on Disney" quite oftenThe thing stopping me from moving to Dish from Directv is less HD channels or at least the channels I watch are not HD with Dish like they are with Directv. I hate watching SD shows on a 65 4k tv, let alone on 1080p tv, they look so bad.
That was supposed to be a "band-aid" not a solution.Yup remember the SuperDISH?
What a flop that was.