Nel...can u tell me all the HD channels that r made available for us. I m confused...since some of hte channelsl like USA TV & ESPN etc r missing on our spots. Plus what with MPEG4 SD uplink....only VIP boxes can get them anyway...so why not put HD for us rather then SD
Puerto Rico- HD announcement and more. What do you think?
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I wanted NFL Network
Digi:
I counted on TP 25 12HD and 12SD =24 channels
and on 29 24SD MPEG4 and 4 Siruis HD =28 channels
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I also wanted NFL Network. I think that last spot is a waste (only 2 channels worth seeing,MAX and Starz), but spot 29 is worst. MPEG4 SD? Why would we want that since we already have those channels right now in MPEG2
.I counted:
18 - 8 HD Channels (MPEG4)
20 - 8 HD Channels (MPEG4)
23 - 8 HD Channels (MPEG4)
25 - 12 SD Channels (MPEG2)
29 - 23 SD Channels (MPEG4)
5 MPEG Audio
Huh? 29 HD channels on one transponder?
I looked at the numbers and it looks like they have a things filled up. I highly doubt you'll see NFL network HD at this time.
I wouldn't be surprise if they announce a new pak for new customers only in PR. They could offer the new HD and the new MPEG4 SD channels with a 211k and a 30"dish. That's the only reason they have MPEG4 SD in the spotbeam. There are new channels like Animal Planet in spanish, all to compete with Directv pak.
That is what I was asking. MPEG 4 SD uplinked for PR.....in PR...if people have VIP...they have HD...& uplinking more HD make sense...whereas those that have SD..already have MPEG 2 receivers/DVR like 625, 311, 301, 510 etc
from the count of HD channels in Digi report...there is max 33 HD channels for PR (including premium). I dont know if this will increase for us for sometime...since the last spot is already filled with MPEG4 SD programming
Rajmarie this was Digi answer for the question:
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Originally Posted by neljtorres
What does MPEG 4 SD means Digi?
MPEG4 compression at standard definition resolution. Just like the Eastern Arc satellites. and people need to have vip REC
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No NFL, WGN, ESPNews!!
NO NATGEO, ABCFamily!
No VH1 or Palladia!
Well, at least it is a start. Now turn them on!
Raja: I found this:
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Originally Posted by jlo
EA is all mpeg 4, so anything that is not a vip wont work, but it looks like you are covered there.wing dish would suffice. picture quality is the same, but EA uses only mped 4 compression so you can technically record more hours
You can record more hours. I have had both setups and like Eastern arc better . To ME the sd picture looks sharper than Mpeg 2 western arc . There is less pixelation in backgrounds. The bonus is more hard drive room due to mpeg 4 taking up less room on the hard drive.
I'm sure Dish is going to announce a new package for Puerto Rico, some of the new MPEG4 sd are not available to folks in the states like 849 Discovery Kids latino, 851 NG latino and 852 Animal Planet Latino. If they are in the spotbeam that means only us can see them so they would not add them to the Dish Latinos paks so they are going to introduce a new PR pak. If they add them to the latino pak, people in the states would claim that they could not see them. Everything will be known in the retailer chat, I hope someone will inform . In the meantime let just predict what would happen. Any bets.
No NFL, WGN, ESPNews!!
NO NATGEO, ABCFamily!
No VH1 or Palladia!
Well, at least it is a start. Now turn them on!
One ignorant question: MTV HD and Palladia are different channels?
I hope they stay away from announcing PR pak or something like that. Maybe PR HD pak for $10 which includes all HD channels available for PR at that moment....but any regular programming pak will add to the confusion that DISH is having from programming packaging prospective...too many packages..& name change too often
