Dish to unveil 4k?

[osu1991]

Broke down and bought a 65in LG 4K last night. Really surprised how much better Dish and OTA look on it compared to the 2yr old 60in 1080p side by side.

Still setting it up. Tried some 4k from YouTube that looked really good.

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[charlesrshell]

Broke down and bought a 65in LG 4K last night. Really surprised how much better Dish and OTA look on it compared to the 2yr old 60in 1080p side by side.

Still setting it up. Tried some 4k from YouTube that looked really good.

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Thanks for your feedback.

 

[BBruin66]

I'd also say it depends on the Channel. AXS shows Japan Wrestling which seems very high PQ (or honest PQ?), which may be a good way to test again.

The other things to keep in mind is that Dish uses a variable bitrate per transponder (some term like that) thus the picture quality you get on a station, will depend on the bitrate of the other channels that share that transponder at that very moment. So one hour/day/week to the next you can see the picture deteriorate even if you are watching the same show, same network.

 

[BBruin66]

Broke down and bought a 65in LG 4K last night. Really surprised how much better Dish and OTA look on it compared to the 2yr old 60in 1080p side by side.

Still setting it up. Tried some 4k from YouTube that looked really good.

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Did you get the OLED?!?!?!?

 

[BBruin66]

Comcast is coming out with their 4K box in January. (I know someone who is testing it)

I would bet it just goes through the internet though. I can see Comcast saying this doesn't could towards your data though. If it comes through that box.

As I said in my rambley post earlier in this thread, anyone can make a 4k streaming box at this point with HDMI 2.0

I wonder if Roku 4's Sling app will have 4k channels

 

[osu1991]

No.
Not gonna dump that kind of money on an OLED until they come down in price and more 4k content available. This will do for a couple of years. Just wanted to replace lake house TV and go a little bigger in main house. For my needs this works well.

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[zippyfrog]

I came across this today - I know this is DirecTV, but an interesting comment:

http://advanced-television.com/2015/11/26/directv-4k-launch-early-2016/

"Responding to the question of where the biggest hole was in 4K/Ultra HD technology right now, Goswitz told delegates that DirecTV had capacity to launch 50 UHD channels today (at 30 Mb/s) on top of its normal portfolio of HD and SD channels, and that the technical challenges had largely been solved"

The part that I tie to Dish is "Does Dish have the space" even after the 8PSK conversion? 30mb/s per UHD channel is an awful lot considering how much Dish has to currently compress it's HD channels.

 

[bluegras]

I came across this today - I know this is DirecTV, but an interesting comment:

http://advanced-television.com/2015/11/26/directv-4k-launch-early-2016/

"Responding to the question of where the biggest hole was in 4K/Ultra HD technology right now, Goswitz told delegates that DirecTV had capacity to launch 50 UHD channels today (at 30 Mb/s) on top of its normal portfolio of HD and SD channels, and that the technical challenges had largely been solved"

The part that I tie to Dish is "Does Dish have the space" even after the 8PSK conversion? 30mb/s per UHD channel is an awful lot considering how much Dish has to currently compress it's HD channels.

very good question to ask does dish have enough room to add lots of hd channels and 4k channels

 

[KAB]

very good question to ask does dish have enough room to add lots of hd channels and 4k channels

Lots, No.

 

[bluegras]

Lots, No.

just asking a good question

 

[Tampa8]

I came across this today - I know this is DirecTV, but an interesting comment:

http://advanced-television.com/2015/11/26/directv-4k-launch-early-2016/

"Responding to the question of where the biggest hole was in 4K/Ultra HD technology right now, Goswitz told delegates that DirecTV had capacity to launch 50 UHD channels today (at 30 Mb/s) on top of its normal portfolio of HD and SD channels, and that the technical challenges had largely been solved"

The part that I tie to Dish is "Does Dish have the space" even after the 8PSK conversion? 30mb/s per UHD channel is an awful lot considering how much Dish has to currently compress it's HD channels.

Good question. I don't know, I do think they have a plan to perhaps get rid of SD channels when there is an HD one. Perhaps use 77 more for some channels, etc...
I do think there is going to have to be a compelling case made by some providers of programming to keep some current channels on DISH if the choice is negligible watched channels or having 4K.

 

[Bobby]

just asking a good question

Not necessarily a good question but, definitely, a repetitious one...

 

[Troch77]

Good question. I don't know, I do think they have a plan to perhaps get rid of SD channels when there is an HD one. Perhaps use 77 more for some channels, etc...
I do think there is going to have to be a compelling case made by some providers of programming to keep some current channels on DISH if the choice is negligible watched channels or having 4K.

If they plan on using the 77, they are going to have to go back to all the Eastern arc homes they installed a 1000.2EA and Change them all back to a 1000.4.

 

[ChadT41]

If they plan on using the 77, they are going to have to go back to all the Eastern arc homes they installed a 1000.2EA and Change them all back to a 1000.4.

Not really. If they have to go install the 4K equipment for customers, part of that would be the Dish anyways. Just like any DIU. The comparison would be SD to HD conversions.

 

[bluegras]

when does the new joey 4k comes out my brother wants to know?

 

[charlesrshell]

when does the new joey 4k comes out my brother wants to know?

Latest rumors is 15 January.

 

[BBruin66]

I came across this today - I know this is DirecTV, but an interesting comment:

http://advanced-television.com/2015/11/26/directv-4k-launch-early-2016/

"Responding to the question of where the biggest hole was in 4K/Ultra HD technology right now, Goswitz told delegates that DirecTV had capacity to launch 50 UHD channels today (at 30 Mb/s) on top of its normal portfolio of HD and SD channels, and that the technical challenges had largely been solved"

The part that I tie to Dish is "Does Dish have the space" even after the 8PSK conversion? 30mb/s per UHD channel is an awful lot considering how much Dish has to currently compress it's HD channels.

I just... how can this be?

I know Dish tech much better than Direct, but how could they just be sitting on this bandwidth and not using it? 30Mb/s is great, but not when you consider if it's still mpeg4 and not HEVC (assuming).

Maybe Direct's box will do HEVC (it should be capable), but does Direct get it there via Sat?!?!

I would think this would require new installs or a massive STB upgrade?

 

[Hall]

when does the new joey 4k comes out my brother wants to know?

Sure he does... Your brother, wink, wink...

 

[bluegras]

Sure he does... Your brother, wink, wink...

no i am telling the truth he would like to know because he has the hopper with sling dvr also.

 

[charlesrshell]

no i am telling the truth he would like to know because he has the hopper with sling dvr also.

Tell him soon is a good answer.