Dish HD Channel Moves Coming...

**satjay** · 07-17-2009 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by goaliebob99

I would think HDRSN's are in order. Why waste a national TP on local hd

If that is the case, Full time RSN's.....and maybe ESPNU??? I may look past being charged an extra 10.00 for platnium come August 1st.....Well maybe not

**Scott Greczkowski** · 07-17-2009 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by Andrewwski

So if I'm interpreting this correctly - the channels on TP 21 of 61.5 will be the same as the ones transferring from 129 to 110?

Or else what happens to those with 61.5/110/119 setups?

Nothing, you will get the one HD transponder from 110 instead of 61.5, all of the other HD on 61.5 will still come from 61.5.

**tnsprin** · 07-17-2009 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by goaliebob99

I would think HDRSN's are in order. Why waste a national TP on local hd

They offer RSN nationally if you pay extra. Black out rules of course apply. Currently those who want all need both 129 and 61.5.

**tigerfan33** · 07-17-2009 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by tnsprin

They offer RSN nationally if you pay extra. Black out rules of course apply. Currently those who want all need both 129 and 61.5.

I do believe he is talking FULLTIME rsn hd.

**--sexy-warlock--** · 07-17-2009 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by tnsprin

They offer RSN nationally if you pay extra. Black out rules of course apply. Currently those who want all need both 129 and 61.5.

He is talking about full time HD RSN's.

EDIT: Beaten to it. This place is fast, and that is awesome.

**rajmarie** · 07-17-2009 08:34 AM

Well...if the HD on 110 will be on CONUS...more HD channels can be made available for PR

**HDRoberts** · 07-17-2009 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by TheKrell

Don't know my 129 that well. But TP21 on 61.5 is currently in conus mode and could potentially be switched to spotbeam mode. TP21 can go on spotbeams 2, 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 22.

Well, they are not moving anything off 61.5 just yet (need to load those channels on 72.7 or 77 first for eastern arc-ers).

129 has only one switchable TP (at least for the US, there is a Canadian beam that probably will never be used), namely TP17.

Moving channels to E11 at 110 enables them to provide the HD to AK, HI, and PR without using spotbeam space. Given recent changes in those packs, I bet this is the big reason.

Also, now maybe they can use another 129 TP for part time RSNs.

I really hope they won't start offering full time RSNs until they find homes for AMC, IFC, TCM, HLN, ESPNU, E!, G4, Hallmark, and Outdoor.

**digiblur** · 07-17-2009 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by TheKrell

Don't know my 129 that well. But TP21 on 61.5 is currently in conus mode and could potentially be switched to spotbeam mode. TP21 can go on spotbeams 2, 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 22.

That's CONUS only on 129. On 61.5 the highest beam number used is 17, 129 picks up the rest of the west coast beams that 61.5 doesn't need to use.

**digiblur** · 07-17-2009 09:30 AM

I'm still curious how these channels are going to look packing all that into one transponder. Not mention how are they going to look on 77 since 77 doesn't run 8PSK, their transponders are 30 megabit instead of 40.