Hey guys, fill the blanks! (channels per transponder)
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checking thelist would give you this info 
also I'm assuming not spotbeam
looks like 8 or 9
also I'm assuming not spotbeam
12-13 SD channels...2-3 max HD
I see 23 on a TP (77W)
2-3
really no way to know as Dish doesnt use that
looks like about 18-19
looks like 8 or 9
I know Dish is just starting to implement it on Nimiq 5 but the number of SD channels on a 8PSK MPEG-4 TP should be greater than that for a QPSK MPEG-4 TP. It has been quoted elsewhere that there is a 25% bandwidth increase going from QPSK to 8PSK so if Dish has 23 SD channels on a QPSK MPEG-4 TP then Dish should be able to put 28 - 29 SD channels on a 8PSK MPEG-4 TP.
I agree. I was just going off thelist for what I see channel wise
Some of them are hard to figure out as Dish uses multiple channels but using the same bandwidth (HD channels in multiple number spots) so my numbers may not be 100% accurate
But I know when Dish had 148 active they use to test how many channels they could put on a TP and just how "good" (using that term very loosely) they would look and MPEG4 QPSK they would do 20 at a time. 8PSK I can't check as a FTA box can't lock the Dish 8PSK (they use Turbo 8PSK)
Some of them are hard to figure out as Dish uses multiple channels but using the same bandwidth (HD channels in multiple number spots) so my numbers may not be 100% accurate
But I know when Dish had 148 active they use to test how many channels they could put on a TP and just how "good" (using that term very loosely) they would look and MPEG4 QPSK they would do 20 at a time. 8PSK I can't check as a FTA box can't lock the Dish 8PSK (they use Turbo 8PSK)
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I though that MPEG2 encoding was used for SD only, "You lear something new every day"
But it's technically possible, isn't it? here's one of the reasons why I'm asking, Dish Mexico (the Echostar-MVS joint venture, not the package) is using 311 and 322 receivers wich as far as i know are 8PSK compatible but MPEG2 only (hey, that would be a clue) so i was wondering if they will switch to 8PSK when Quetzsat 1 will be launched in 2011.
I though that MPEG2 encoding was used for SD only, "You lear something new every day"
But it's technically possible, isn't it? here's one of the reasons why I'm asking, Dish Mexico (the Echostar-MVS joint venture, not the package) is using 311 and 322 receivers wich as far as i know are 8PSK compatible but MPEG2 only (hey, that would be a clue
) so i was wondering if they will switch to 8PSK when Quetzsat 1 will be launched in 2011.Sent my question to Digiblur and got this back...
That's a trick question...since you have to have the space on 110/119 to add it to 72.7.
But with that being said.... I posted a run down a while back but here's the raw numbers.
With them having only 16 transponders of the 32 they are currently running in 5/6 QPSK mode (30 megabit a TP) that's 480 megabits they currently have. They will transition to 8PSK 2/3 in a week or two. Those are typically around 40 megabits maybe a bit over. 40*16=640 megabits. 640-480=160 megabit gain. If they consolidate that's basically 4 free HD capable transponders. So if they run 7-8 HD's per TP that's about 30 HD channels.
But you have to remember what they add to EA has to be added to WA. They can't just add it to 129 either, since the folks that have 110/119/61.5 would be high and dry. They need to get something over to 61.5 to fire up the transponders that E3 and E12 can not physically use. I suspect they will add some HD local markets that are in bad need.
That's a trick question...since you have to have the space on 110/119 to add it to 72.7.
But with that being said.... I posted a run down a while back but here's the raw numbers.
With them having only 16 transponders of the 32 they are currently running in 5/6 QPSK mode (30 megabit a TP) that's 480 megabits they currently have. They will transition to 8PSK 2/3 in a week or two. Those are typically around 40 megabits maybe a bit over. 40*16=640 megabits. 640-480=160 megabit gain. If they consolidate that's basically 4 free HD capable transponders. So if they run 7-8 HD's per TP that's about 30 HD channels.
But you have to remember what they add to EA has to be added to WA. They can't just add it to 129 either, since the folks that have 110/119/61.5 would be high and dry. They need to get something over to 61.5 to fire up the transponders that E3 and E12 can not physically use. I suspect they will add some HD local markets that are in bad need.
nope. Bell ExpressVu (Canadian DTH provider) use to have their HD in MPEG2 QPSK. 2 channels per TP. Dish at one time did too (the old 110 HD package)I though that MPEG2 encoding was used for SD only, "You lear something new every day"
as for MPEG2 8PSK sure its possible. Dish just doesnt use it
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