I have Dish America Gold and I receive the public interest channels such as NASA, Free Speech, Colors, Link, CSpan, etc. in SD only. Plus 5 or so religious channels in SD only.
If it isnt in the package already you can call Dish and have them add it for free. You might have to go through technical support because alot of the first line CSR's have no clue what you're talking about
Called & CSR they said that you would not get the Public channels but I thought that was most likely not the right answer. Have a customer that wants Dish America but does not want to loose the Public access channels. He has Dish Family & cannot get it back if he changes