Dish Locals

[canmankp]

I am thinking about switching to Dish. One negative is that 3 out of 4 local channels will be in SD. Why are they in SD when they are broadcast OTA in HD? Also, since my tv's will do some amount of upconversion I don't know what to expect in terms of picture quality being shown (compared to HD). Does anyone else get their locals n SD and if so, how good is your picture compared to HD?

 

[dwarren2]

From what city do you get your locals from? There is The List. It shows what sat locals are on. East vs Western arc.

 

[primestar31]

My Dish VIP722k upconverts and outputs everything as 1080i to my tv set.

 

[canmankp]

From what city do you get your locals from? There is The List. It shows what sat locals are on. East vs Western arc.

Indianapolis

 

[canmankp]

My Dish VIP722k upconverts and outputs everything as 1080i to my tv set.

So all programs are received in HD even if broadcast in SD?

 

[rvvaquero]

Of the six DMA's in Indiana, only Lafayette doesn't have all the stations in HD. They get the Indianapolis stations in SD.

 

[primestar31]

So all programs are received in HD even if broadcast in SD?

Well, they are output as pseudo-HD anyway. It's like those older dvd players that upconvert to 1080i. Even so, not all "sd" channels look as good as "hd" channels. But sometimes all the channels whether hd OR sd can look better or worse for various reasons.

 

[Bobby]

What is your area code?

 

[dwarren2]

All your stations are in HD on the westerm arc on 129.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist/index.php?search=dnall&sub=true

 

[canmankp]

Of the six DMA's in Indiana, only Lafayette doesn't have all the stations in HD. They get the Indianapolis stations in SD.

Thanks-I live outside Lafayette. This confirms what Dish already told me.

 

[ChadT41]

What is your zip code. Can figure out exactly what DMA you are in onl the dish site using that, then the list for HD/SD. Advantage, you can get the OTA module and have OTA HD(if avail) and whatever Dish offers.