SCI/FI HD and USA HD Delayed till team summit?? (NOT CONFIRMED)

[Sammy033]

Sounds like Cable has gotten worse then.

Isnt there a new FCC ruling that allows satellite companies more leeway in the quality of their HD transmissions?

Oh and I checked out CNN-HD this morning. It looks over-compressed and pixilated.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Isnt there a new FCC ruling that allows satellite companies more leeway in the quality of their HD transmissions?

Oh and I checked out CNN-HD this morning. It looks over-compressed and pixilated.

Thats funny, everyone is saying the PQ is great. I hope its not like Dish's other fuzzy channels.

 

[jdr01930]

Isnt there a new FCC ruling that allows satellite companies more leeway in the quality of their HD transmissions?

I didn't think there was any FCC regulations regarding PQ??
They'll require OTA to be digital (doesn't really affect satellite), but they don't define quality or what an "HD Transmission" is.

Has that changed?

 

[KAB]

Isnt there a new FCC ruling that allows satellite companies more leeway in the quality of their HD transmissions?

Oh and I checked out CNN-HD this morning. It looks over-compressed and pixilated.

Huh? It didn't come on until this afternoon.

 

[dangue]

Huh? It didn't come on until this afternoon.

It was still morning on the West Coast when this went live. My guess is the other poster is on the West Coast.

 

[Andyjunction]

The news crawl at the bottom of the screen looks AWESOME.

 

[jansan]

Monk and Psych have been moved to NBC now.

True. New shows for Monk and Psych will be on USA later this summer. NBC is borrowing the shows due to the writer's strike until further notice. There ratings on NBC have been poor mainly due to lack of new material.

 

[Jim S.]

I just switched and Dish's PQ on the mpeg2 channels does not cut it, sorry. 622/722 is a better dvr, but the Hr20 worked reliably for me, never missed a recording AND has TWO OTA tuners.

I've been seeing a lot of people saying that DirecTV's PQ is better than Dish's lately. But the last time I looked at HD on DirecTV, in Circuit City last December when I was shopping for a new TV, it looked like crap. So did their SD channels, although sometimes I wonder if stores are somehow downgrading the SD channels to sell HD service. (I'd accuse Best Buy of doing that before CC though.)

 

[Miggity]

I've been seeing a lot of people saying that DirecTV's PQ is better than Dish's lately. But the last time I looked at HD on DirecTV, in Circuit City last December when I was shopping for a new TV, it looked like crap. So did their SD channels, although sometimes I wonder if stores are somehow downgrading the SD channels to sell HD service. (I'd accuse Best Buy of doing that before CC though.)

dont the stores like split the signal 50 ways to feed it to every tv? that cant be helping.

 

[Sammy033]

They'll require OTA to be digital (doesn't really affect satellite), but they don't define quality or what an "HD Transmission" is.

Checked it out a bit closer and the ruling has to do with satellite company's local station carriage. They were given a waiver that allows them until 2013 before they are required to carry all available HD locals in a given market (if they carry one, they must carry all). So the idea is that they can take a local HD signal and downconvert it. I suppose this assumes that an SD digital signal doesnt exist.

Anyways I think thats the gist of it but I could be wrong.

 

[gadgtfreek]

D* hd does look better.

 

[tsduke]

D* hd does look better.

Can't we keep this kind of stuff in the war zone?

 

[jdr01930]

Checked it out a bit closer and the ruling has to do with satellite company's local station carriage. They were given a waiver that allows them until 2013 before they are required to carry all available HD locals in a given market (if they carry one, they must carry all). So the idea is that they can take a local HD signal and downconvert it. I suppose this assumes that an SD digital signal doesnt exist.

Anyways I think thats the gist of it but I could be wrong.

Oh yeah - I remember reading something about that now.
I wasn't thinking of locals - now I get it.

 

[mdonnelly]

Team Summit? Guess not!

 

[yaz96]

Maybe Team Summit got pushed up and started today??????

 

[lakebum431]

Team Summit? Guess not!

 

[Rey]

this thread is dead!

 

[Sammy033]

this thread is dead!

Its not over until the fat lady sings!

 

[stalyons]

I will admit it now...I am the fifth cylon!

 

[whitewolf8214]

Any idea if SCI-FI AND USA will be in thw 29.99 package?Dish hasnt updated its packages yet?