Dish Network to Launch New Satellite For HD

[mike123abc]

Is this the next one for Echostar to go up? IOW, no 2011 launches?

The 77 replacement is also slated to go up.

 

[rocatman]

The 77 replacement is also slated to go up.

Yes, QuetzSat-1 is scheduled to be launched in August 2011 on a Proton launch vehicle to the 77 W location. For U.S. customer it will only provide spotbeam coverage for locals.

 

[navychop]

Thank you. I vaguely remembered there was another one. Won't impact me much, though.

 

[psdstu]

Yes, QuetzSat-1 is scheduled to be launched in August 2011 on a Proton launch vehicle to the 77 W location. For U.S. customer it will only provide spotbeam coverage for locals.

Hopefully this will allow those of us without HD locals to start receiving them.

 

[neljtorres]

I hope it has coverage to Puerto Rico and Dish let us get those HD channles:

 

[cannonsatellitetv]

Dish continues to lead the way with HD

 

[odbrv]

Dish continues to lead the way with HD

Not in Lubbock, Tx !!! Directtv has local HD and Dish does not.

 

[englishtycoon]

I hope it has coverage to Puerto Rico and Dish let us get those HD channles:

I will never trust anything Dish says until I can tune to it. then again it's never stopped them from taking them away either

 

[whatchel1]

Not in Lubbock, Tx !!! Directtv has local HD and Dish does not.

What about Fox?

 

[dvrexpander]

They need to add Duplicate Locals from 129 to 61.5 cause most of the East coast Locals are only on 129 which being so low on the horizon many things block it from getting picked up causing not only install problems but later LOS issues. I know many people around here that couldn't migrate from 61.5 to 129 cause of tree's so they are stuck losing out on not only HD locals but many other HD channels that they are paying for but no getting.

 

[whatchel1]

I hope that once they get the new sat in that they will be able to move the WA east coast channels over to it. And maybe let PR get a couple more so englishtycoon will shut up.

 

[digiblur]

What about Fox?

Only SD
SatelliteGuys.US_TheList - Dish Network Lubbock, TX

 

[whatchel1]

Only SD
SatelliteGuys.US_TheList - Dish Network Lubbock, TX

Duh already know that, It was stated earlier in the thread. What I was referring to is that Fox isn't carried by D* in Lubbock. not E*. Read the post I replied to. It talks about D* having the locals in HD. There is an ad campaign in the area about that.

 

[englishtycoon]

I hope that once they get the new sat in that they will be able to move the WA east coast channels over to it. And maybe let PR get a couple more so englishtycoon will shut up.

Yes. Throw the natives a bone to shut us up

 

[Tampa8]

Yes. Throw the natives a bone to shut us up

:

 

[Jhon69]

What about Fox?

Both Fox and ABC are a problem to me in HD(they are only 720p) thank goodness for Dish Network at least with my VIP722k/w MT2 it upconverts their 720p to 1080i.

 

[CK SatGuy]

Yeah I always prefer 1080i over 720p. Also, it seems like the picture on a 720p broadcast looks a little bit zoomed when you compare to a 1080i broadcast.