Dish messing with Voom, All are now HD-Lite 1280x1080i: Discuss this issue HERE!

**DWS44** · 12-03-2005 08:44 PM

Hey look...as part of the board upgrade, there is a new smilie just for this thread/subject...it's called "protest"

Perhaps Scott should rename the smilie "hdlite" instead of "protest"

**philhu** · 12-03-2005 08:49 PM

I just watched fail-safe again.

Favorite movie.

It looks horrible at this resolution. Very grainy

Looked fine 2 days ago!

This is on GuyHD

**HokieEngineer** · 12-03-2005 08:51 PM

Information about voom 21 at 129:

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Satellite @ 129:

Transponder	Channel			Bandwidth (avg)	Resolution	TP Modulation
-----------	-------			---------------	----------	-------------
3		9473 - WorldSportHD	14Mbit/s	1280x1080i	QPSK (30Mbit MAX)
		9475 - Torque		12Mbit/s	?		No room on this TP

6		9472 - GalleryHD	14Mbit/s	1920x1080i	8PSK (42Mbit MAX)
		9476 - RushHD		13Mbit/s	?		No room on this TP
		9480 - MajesticHD	9Mbit/s		1280x1080i

9		9470 - RaveHD		13Mbit/s	1280x1080i	8PSK (42Mbit MAX)
		9479 - GuyTV		10Mbit/s	1280x1080i	No room on this TP
		9482 - HDNews		13Mbit/s	1280x1080i

10		9478 - UltraHD		15Mbit/s	1280x1080i	8PSK (42Mbit MAX)
		9481 - MonsterHD	15Mbit/s	1280x1080i	1 HD slot on this TP

11		9477 - TresureHD	14Mbit/s	1280x1080i	QPSK (30Mbit MAX)
		9485 - KungFu HD	14Mbit/s	?		No room on this TP

12		9471 - EquatorHD	15Mbit/s	1280x1080i	8PSK (42Mbit MAX)
		9474 - AnimationHD	15Mbit/s	?		1 HD slot on this TP

23		9486 - LabHD		14Mbit/s	1280x1080i	QPSK (30Mbit MAX)
		9487 - CodaHD		13Mbit/s	?		No room on this TP

24		9488 - RenewHD		13Mbit/s	1280x1080i	QPSK (30Mbit MAX)
		9489 - World		14Mbit/s	?		No room on this TP

27		9492 - CosmicHD		10Mbit/s	1280x1080i	8PSK (42Mbit MAX)
		9493 - Gameplay		10Mbit/s	?		No room on this TP
		9494 - SizzleHD		10Mbit/s	1920x1080i	Low bitrates ???

**BFG** · 12-03-2005 08:52 PM

Hokie there is content on those new channels? That must be how you're getting a rez on them right? are they uniqure or mirrors of exisitng channels? if so what do they mirror

**josem3** · 12-03-2005 08:57 PM

Hey guys,

Dishnetwork is performing some testing at this moment. So give them some little time and hope all the VOOM chs will be return at TRUE HD pic.

**dfergie** · 12-03-2005 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by philhu

I just watched fail-safe again.

Favorite movie.

It looks horrible at this resolution. Very grainy

Looked fine 2 days ago!

This is on GuyHD

I saw that...

**HokieEngineer** · 12-03-2005 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by BFG

Hokie there is content on those new channels? That must be how you're getting a rez on them right? are they uniqure or mirrors of exisitng channels? if so what do they mirror

No new content, but I'm not sure which channel mirrors what. The only one I can deduce is the 1920x1080 mirror must be of galleryhd! My 61.5 dish is blown sideways cuz of the wind so I'll do the stuff at 61.5 when I get that back working. (Probably after this VT game on ABC hehehe)

**vinnyv07** · 12-03-2005 09:01 PM

I hope its just testing. I just went with Dish for their HD because I couldn't take what Directv was doing to their HD CH's. I love Monsters HD but we really need full rez on all HD ch's. If I need to pay a little more for it I WILL!!!!

**Gary Murrell** · 12-03-2005 09:12 PM

I would pay 20$ a month for all 21 Voom in true 1920x1080i at 2 per transpnder, Dish has the room don't they??

61.5 and 129 Voom are both identical

The only channels that have been effected in this change are the 4 true 1920x1080i hd channels of Monsters/Ultra/Animania/Equator

the other 6 were the same they have been for 5/6 months(1280x1080i) in other words since the day they have been lite up

one of those 6 1280x1080i GalleryHD, is now 1920x1080i at around 14 Mbps

I have seen nothing chage today so far, if they are testing it hasn't been today

Last night they were up testing/tweaking until I went to sleep at 6 AM

Sean do put the word out for us, we pay for and enjoy HDTV and are not the average joes who don't care

I will report as soon as anything changes(if it does)

-Gary