DishNetwork Uplink Activity Report - 4/9/2008 1:00pm - 178 changes

[Jeffro34tx]

Do you think Dish would mind if we all said we will pay our Dish monthly bill "Soon"?

 

[ggw2000]

For: darrencp22

I believe ESPN and others were copied to 61.5 last week as SD mpeg4. That said available. They are not. Someone said it might have to do with encryption on the VIP rec when eastern arc launches. Seems like a solid theory.

Are You still getting NYC locals in HD on 6300-6303 where you live?????

I think you should be as something seems wacked with the uplink report. It says these are (SD) but that's not the way it has been the last year. Those are the (HD) channels..
Gerry

 

[belawrence]

If I'm a marketing guy in that position what I do is promise a bunch of new HD channels coming "soon", get people signed up under contract to buy time until my company can deliver.

It's a proven tactic, D* did it for 2 years.

NightRyder

+1

 

[dmendenjr]

You could easily be receiving the Philly HD locals while waiting for more national HD.

Don't qualify for Philly locals via satcasters (am in the dead center of the H/burg Lanc DMA - unless I am missing something). Can get NBC and ABC via QAM (with Fox, CBS and CW coming in 15% of the time) on the $14 a month limited basic. Can also get nearly everything in the market (except the temporarily low powered HD-VHF CBS affiliate) OTA, so like I said HD LiL does not sway my shopping dollars...

I know I am in the minority for customers shopping for Dish, but esp with the 622/722 box, HD LiL's are completely meaingless to me. (I don't mean to belittle the plight of those who rely on e* or d* to get locals, merely stating the point of view of one customer shopping for service)

 

[jetsetter]

Tampa here, I have my HD locals!!!

Digi - If Tampa locals are available now in HD - how come they are not showing up in the Uplink report? Is it possible that others are there and not showing up in the report?

 

[kstuart]

I am also a fool... So this is my PREDICTION OF THE DAY:

+ There will be no National HD until April 30.
+ When it comes, most of it will ONLY be available on 61.5 This will hasten the migration of people like me to the ALL MPEG4 system. In Order to get these new National HD products, as well as PBS locals, people like me will either have to pay for a new dish or extend commitment by two years.

Yes, as you say, you are a fool.

National HD will be added within the next week that will NOT be on 61.5 at all, because it is uplinked already on 110.

Also, all National HD on 61.5 is mirrored on 129. When I installed my 622, the top level Tech Phone Rep referred to HD as "129" instead of "HD"...

 

[Charise]

The locals for me in Milwaukee, WI were uplinked today. That should make me happy right? Well, I would have to say wrong to that. They placed them on a sat. that I can't get (61.5) without having yet another dish put on my roof.

Unh, from the uplink report, MPEG4 SD channels were put on 61.5. I know Milwaukee has had locals in SD for a long time, so unless I missed the HD on the report somewhere, Milwaukee isn't scheduled for HD locals yet.

Also, my DMA probably won't be scheduled to get HD locals for years, so please keep your whining that you don't have them yet to a minimum. Remember that some areas still don't have SD locals!

 

[darrencp22]

Are You still getting NYC locals in HD on 6300-6303 where you live?????

I think you should be as something seems wacked with the uplink report. It says these are (SD) but that's not the way it has been the last year. Those are the (HD) channels..
Gerry

I'll report when I get home, but I think those are SD channels.

 

[Voyager6]

Don't qualify for Philly locals via satcasters (am in the dead center of the H/burg Lanc DMA - unless I am missing something). Can get NBC and ABC via QAM (with Fox, CBS and CW coming in 15% of the time) on the $14 a month limited basic. Can also get nearly everything in the market (except the temporarily low powered HD-VHF CBS affiliate) OTA, so like I said HD LiL does not sway my shopping dollars...

I know I am in the minority for customers shopping for Dish, but esp with the 622/722 box, HD LiL's are completely meaingless to me. (I don't mean to belittle the plight of those who rely on e* or d* to get locals, merely stating the point of view of one customer shopping for service)

You just need to (ahem) "move" a little further east and you could then receive them from E* after changing the service address. Suggestion - West Chester, PA 19382

 

[darrencp22]

Don't qualify for Philly locals via satcasters (am in the dead center of the H/burg Lanc DMA - unless I am missing something). Can get NBC and ABC via QAM (with Fox, CBS and CW coming in 15% of the time) on the $14 a month limited basic. Can also get nearly everything in the market (except the temporarily low powered HD-VHF CBS affiliate) OTA, so like I said HD LiL does not sway my shopping dollars...

I know I am in the minority for customers shopping for Dish, but esp with the 622/722 box, HD LiL's are completely meaingless to me. (I don't mean to belittle the plight of those who rely on e* or d* to get locals, merely stating the point of view of one customer shopping for service)

Ya know what would be cool.. If you can move without really physically moving. Perhaps this is possible.

 

[tnsprin]

I'll report when I get home, but I think those are SD channels.

They are not currently available despite what the report says. Tuning to these SD and HD LIL channels still gets the same transponder as before.

 

[bgsmallwood]

My answer to this is that they want us all to switch to MPEG4, and the only place they can do that is on Eastern Arc. So why would they put more HD on 110, 119, or 129?

So this is my PREDICTION OF THE DAY:

+ There will be no National HD until April 30.
+ When it comes, most of it will ONLY be available on 61.5 This will hasten the migration of people like me to the ALL MPEG4 system. In Order to get these new National HD products, as well as PBS locals, people like me will either have to pay for a new dish or extend commitment by two years.\

You may be right!

If so, it won't work with me. Why would I pay E* for a new sattelite dish( or commit for another 2 years) when I can just call D*???

No sir. If E* doesn't roll out more national HD (and I mean a lot of it) by the end of this month, I will drop E* and not look back.

 

[Gorbash]

So I noticed there were 2 changes for the Austin market. Almost cheered. Then I noticed that they were just SD movings to 61.5. Is there are reason why we don't get at least the CW in HD? I thought the whole LIN TV thing was resolved, which is why we got the NBC affiliate in HD. Thoughts?

8254(54) - KNVA [MPEG4 SD] added to Echostar12 61.5 TP 05 Area 3 beam (Available)(Austin, TX)
8256(18) - KLRU [MPEG4 SD] added to Echostar12 61.5 TP 05 Area 3 beam (Available)(Austin, TX)

 

[ggw2000]

darrencp22, Understand but

I'll report when I get home, but I think those are SD channels.

they really would not have the same channel number. The only thing I can think of is that they are changing the mpeg2 to mpeg4 on the SDs. This will screw up my 501 if so..
Gerry

 

[aperry]

I was surprised that Engadget HD announced the four new locals this morning (11:17 AM). Here's the link: DISH Network launching HD locals in four more markets - Engadget HD

Notice in that article, that if you click on the "Read" link, it comes back to SatelliteGuys...

 

[vtjman]

So I noticed there were 2 changes for the Austin market. Almost cheered. Then I noticed that they were just SD movings to 61.5. Is there are reason why we don't get at least the CW in HD? I thought the whole LIN TV thing was resolved, which is why we got the NBC affiliate in HD. Thoughts?


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Dish does not carry CW HD at this time.

 

[hockeynut5150]

Are You still getting NYC locals in HD on 6300-6303 where you live?????

I think you should be as something seems wacked with the uplink report. It says these are (SD) but that's not the way it has been the last year. Those are the (HD) channels..
Gerry

Nop, they're SD.. I'm still getting my Boston locals in HD

 

[Gorbash]

Dish does not carry CW HD at this time.

I can dig up several markets that do in fact carry CW HD. I've seen them in the uplink reports.

 

[Weezknight]

I can dig up several markets that do in fact carry CW HD. I've seen them in the uplink reports.

Really? I thought that Dish wasn't carrying any of the CW in HD.

 

[bayoufats]

dennispap, do you know anything about Direct? I live in the New Orleans area an what I was wondering is if I switched to Direct would I be able to get everything including HD locals on one dish, or would I also need two dishes like I will probably need to have with Dish network, if they ever get us our HD locals, because they will be on 61.5.