SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 09/15/2007

[Smitty7831]

Another RSN in HD (FoxOH) uplinked that is not available? Can someone tell me what that's about? Why do they have all of those uplinked HD RSN's but leave them unavailable? Are they used for the sports packages like NHL CI?

Hopefully they are just adding another HD RSN. Cleveland Cavaliers in HD all season?!? I have got my fingers crossed.

 

[tigerfan33]

What HD test channel?

5710 I think. It is now showing Discovery Theater hd. Will it turn into another channel??

 

[tsduke]

What HD test channel?

Probably talkin about 5710.

 

[digiblur]

Also another DRM test channel up.

Technically it isn't a new channel. Just a mirror pointing at HDNet Movies.

 

[tigerfan33]

Technically it isn't a new channel. Just a mirror pointing at HDNet Movies.

What is the point of having this test channel? Are they trying something that might show up in the future?

 

[BigTimMN]

did i gather from comments they are testing some new DRM on the test channels?

 

[Hall]

137 - QVC [MPEG2 SD] - EchoStar7 119W TP 11 ConUS beam - Available

That's where FX, I think, was, right ??

 

[digiblur]

5710 I think. It is now showing Discovery Theater hd. Will it turn into another channel??

No, 5710 is just a mirror of Discovery TheaterHD. It isn't physically another channel.

 

[digiblur]

did i gather from comments they are testing some new DRM on the test channels?

No.

What is the point of having this test channel? Are they trying something that might show up in the future?

Possibly. The engineers just playing around and testing different items...or as in this one DRM. The DRM testing isn't new though.

 

[tjwgrr]

So 9500 will be the home for BTN HD instead of 9467 (HD PPV) where it was this past Saturday.... Time to update my favorites list again.

 

[db2]

Digi,

Are you seeing the Big10 HD and ALT10 HD channel map down info?

I am assuming all five will be mapped down to their SD channel numbers.

 

[osu1991]

I would have to do the "move", but to used to the Tulsa locals now and they cover where I live during the weather broadcasts.

The Tulsa stations are better anyway. Most of the time KFOR in OKC won't switch to HD and the OKC stations drop all programming if there is the slightest hint of dark cloud moving across the panhandle.

 

[mdonnelly]

The Tulsa stations are better anyway. Most of the time KFOR in OKC won't switch to HD and the OKC stations drop all programming if there is the slightest hint of dark cloud moving across the panhandle.

KWTV-DT at least (I'm not sure about the others), now can put up their weather graphics over the HD signal. No more dropping to SD for the weather crawl.

 

[osu1991]

Yeah, Griffin updated both KWTV and KOTV to that capability. They were killed in the local media last season when KOTV dropped the HD feed of the AFC championship game to show weather, and said it was an FCC rule, yet KOKI had shown the NFC game in HD and just broke in during commercial time.

 

[kennya]

The Tulsa stations are better anyway. Most of the time KFOR in OKC won't switch to HD and the OKC stations drop all programming if there is the slightest hint of dark cloud moving across the panhandle.

Thanks for he info. I was actually thinking of asking the wife about "moving", but I do like the Tulsa stations better, plus the whole weather deal.

 

[digiblur]

Digi,

Are you seeing the Big10 HD and ALT10 HD channel map down info?

I am assuming all five will be mapped down to their SD channel numbers.

Yes, the BIG10 and ALT10 HD channels will map down to their respective SD channels if you have map down enabled on your receiver.

 

[digiblur]

Thanks for he info. I was actually thinking of asking the wife about "moving", but I do like the Tulsa stations better, plus the whole weather deal.

No OTA?

Usually I see people use OTA and "move" for the stations they can't get in HD via OTA. There's always the markets on 129 and 61.5.

 

[Poke]

I have not really had any issues with the OKC HD Locals.

 

[Yes616]

$4.99 for an HD movie that plays for 24 hours (all day) is better than the old deal. I might order up one once in awhile.

I am not too interested in BTN but this not knowing about TBS-HD for baseball playoffs is really starting to worry me.

 

[Poke]

Yeah I would like to see more ""National HD Channels"' added instead of all of these PPVHD. PPV is a waste when you movies come out every Tuesday of the month and you can rent them and see newer titles than what PPV has. I would like to see like USA Network HD, Sci-Fi Channel HD,TBSHD, channels like that.