Voom to stay HDLITE in MPEG 4
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Are HD locals announced for those first 6 cities up now or not until Feb?
Will they also be MPEG2 restricted to only MPEG4 receivers ?
Does anyone know of any legal reason Dish could not make these available as HD DNS to non grade "B" subs now (or Feb 1st) instead of waiting until June ?
Will they also be MPEG2 restricted to only MPEG4 receivers ?
Does anyone know of any legal reason Dish could not make these available as HD DNS to non grade "B" subs now (or Feb 1st) instead of waiting until June ?
waltinvt said:
If D* can do it then Dish should be able to. I checked my qualifications on D* address broker and I qualify for all 4 out of market digital stations.
NightRyder
NightRyder said:
Yea, that's the way I read it. Gripes the heck out of me everything I think of Charlie's statement about having to wait until June.
On the plus side, the CSR that called in responee to my "ceodish" email did say that Dish was really hoping to have most if not all of those 50 dmas they listed up with HD locals by March 1st. It surprised me because Vermont (which is # 90) is in that list of 50 and our Burlington afilliates aren't even transmitting digital OTA yet.
waltinvt said:
I hope this it true, Portland, not so surprising (#24), was on that list too.
: NightRyder
delanewf said:
Preliminary list from CES. Please note that the heading says "some of these markets".
http://www.satelliteguys.us/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/56/cat/502/limit/views
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NightRyder said:Last I heard they were all still 1280 x 720, even CBS and NBC.
NightRyder
That's cool: much better than Dish's own resolution! :up I hope they'll keep it.
is there a way to check the resolution and bitrate in the receiver (diag mode or something...) I now visually you can see a difference, although I think it's fine, and i'm more happy getting more *HD* channels framed right with surround sound at HD Lite resolutions (with a decent bitrate) than to get less channels at full hd resolution (and less bitrate i'm sure). I hope they can keep up with the new channels which are starting to broadcast in HD, push them to mpeg4 and save us dvr space (or give us the ability to archive to external usb hd's!)
Not that I know of, no such diag mode in the receivers. I did test a soccer game yesterday on World Sport, it was HD lite, and around 13mbps from 61.5. Havent checked any others.
The word is that it will remain in 1280x1080i mode while a problem with the fiber is resolved over the next few months. Supposedly, Dish is seriously considering a return to full HD for the VOOM channels sometime in late 2006.
How are you checking?
If there is no diag mode, how are you able to check this?
Kirby Baker said:
If there is no diag mode, how are you able to check this?
