I am a D* subscriber, but am possibly looking at going to E* because they seem to be more on the ball right now with HD content. Here are the questions, that if answered will help me decide to switch or not.
MPEG4 - Does dish have this already? I know D* just released it, and are rolling out the locals in HD for subscribers, but no new national HD channel's, (that are worth anything anyway). They did release CDUSA in HD, and are most likely going to release National Geographic HD this month. These are two channels I could do away with, as most D* HD subscribers will tell you. I am also reading that Dish has MPEG4, but I was not aware of when it came out, and I do watch these boards fairly close.
Locals in HD - Although I am upset that D* does not have some of the channels that E* has, I do have a hard time picking up all of my locals in HD from an antenna. I can get half of them, so this is also important to me , since D* will have them in my area this summer. With D*, I will need to upgrade my dish to a 5 LNB dish, which also is twice the size as the 18" oval dishes. This is required for their MPEG4 also. Its a big, ugly dish, and if I want MPEG4 and locals in HD and future HD channels, I will need it. What is E*'s plans for locals in HD?
VOOM Channels - I did call E* last fall and they informed me that if I want to pick up the voom channels as well, I would need to get a second dish to get them. Is this true? I would rather have a bigger dish than two dishes. This is not as important to me though if I did switch, because I would most likely not get the Voom channels, as I don't think I like the content on them very much. (just a personal opinion, I know a lot of people love them).
Future HD - We all know that D* is going to be launching a lot of HD content after this year when they finish rolling out all of their DMA's local HD channels. This is the main reason for the MPEG4. What is E*'s future with HD content, is this why the released MPEG4 as well?
It seems like E* is the way to go because you guys have triple the posts and activity on the board compared to D*, so they must have something right!
Thanks!
MPEG4 - Does dish have this already? I know D* just released it, and are rolling out the locals in HD for subscribers, but no new national HD channel's, (that are worth anything anyway). They did release CDUSA in HD, and are most likely going to release National Geographic HD this month. These are two channels I could do away with, as most D* HD subscribers will tell you. I am also reading that Dish has MPEG4, but I was not aware of when it came out, and I do watch these boards fairly close.
Locals in HD - Although I am upset that D* does not have some of the channels that E* has, I do have a hard time picking up all of my locals in HD from an antenna. I can get half of them, so this is also important to me , since D* will have them in my area this summer. With D*, I will need to upgrade my dish to a 5 LNB dish, which also is twice the size as the 18" oval dishes. This is required for their MPEG4 also. Its a big, ugly dish, and if I want MPEG4 and locals in HD and future HD channels, I will need it. What is E*'s plans for locals in HD?
VOOM Channels - I did call E* last fall and they informed me that if I want to pick up the voom channels as well, I would need to get a second dish to get them. Is this true? I would rather have a bigger dish than two dishes. This is not as important to me though if I did switch, because I would most likely not get the Voom channels, as I don't think I like the content on them very much. (just a personal opinion, I know a lot of people love them).
Future HD - We all know that D* is going to be launching a lot of HD content after this year when they finish rolling out all of their DMA's local HD channels. This is the main reason for the MPEG4. What is E*'s future with HD content, is this why the released MPEG4 as well?
It seems like E* is the way to go because you guys have triple the posts and activity on the board compared to D*, so they must have something right!
Thanks!
