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**guffy1** · 05-20-2006 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by cfunk

Dude, you don't even know what you're talking about. Sounds like sour grapes to me

For sure bro! Ive never seen a reported problem what that 129 sattelite

Those 622's and 211's, they dont have any threads devoted solely to their glitches, no sir

Rock on fantasy man

**HokieEngineer** · 05-20-2006 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by guffy1

For sure bro! Ive never seen a reported problem what that 129 sattelite

Those 622's and 211's, they dont have any threads devoted solely to their glitches, no sir

Rock on fantasy man

Obviously you've had mucho problems with 129, as well as others, mostly on the west coast. While I live outside the supposed 129 install area, I can pick it up alright (not great tho) with a d1000. Maybe you could try a separate dish pointed at 129 to increase signal levels. If a two dish solution won't pass the wife test or something, then you probably are stuck with cable or D*. However the majority of us who can get good signal from either 61.5 or 129 will be enjoying our new HD channels in a few weeks

**HokieEngineer** · 05-20-2006 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by goaliebob99

Yep there is.. infact im stairing at a tp that has only espn2hd on it.. on 129.. and I know there is space over at 61.5 as the tp that natgo and hgtvhd has room for one more 1080I channel at full rez. in mpg 4, Not to mention the one tp that has RBTI on it (channel 575) and thats the only channel that is on that tp..

I would think it would be more of a contracting issue as to why MHD wasn't chosen. Maybe they wanted more money than NatGeo. We all know Charlie is a tight wad

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As Goalie said there is plenty of space at 61.5 and 129 for at least one more HD channel.

**Lucky** · 05-20-2006 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by HokieEngineer

I would think it would be more of a contracting issue as to why MHD wasn't chosen. Maybe they wanted more money than NatGeo. We all know Charlie is a tight wad

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As Goalie said there is plenty of space at 61.5 and 129 for at least one more HD channel.

I would think the other HD channel would be Food Network which launches on June 30.

**cfunk** · 05-20-2006 10:41 AM

You know all about these problems because you have a 622 and a 211 right?
Or is it because you have Directtv and nothings going on with that so
go to Dish Network threads and make fun of E so you can feel better.

**JH1949** · 05-20-2006 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by HokieEngineer

....As Goalie said there is plenty of space at 61.5 and 129 for at least one more HD channel.

Maybe E* is saving it for CNNHD.

**splino** · 05-20-2006 11:02 AM

When is it that Dish is going to offer Distant HD Nets to those that qualify? Is that still in the plans? I kind of remember reading somewhere it was suppose to happen in June.

**riffjim4069** · 05-20-2006 11:44 AM

Personally, I would rather see Equator-HD at 1920x1080i and E* use the transponder space for another HD channels at this time. Maybe I'm wrong, but between Discovery and Equator I think they cover a great deal of the material that will be broadcast on NGHD. In any case, it's always nice to see more 1920x1080i HD.

**HokieEngineer** · 05-20-2006 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by riffjim4069

Personally, I would rather see Equator-HD at 1920x1080i and E* use the transponder space for another HD channels at this time. Maybe I'm wrong, but between Discovery and Equator I think they cover a great deal of the material that will be broadcast on NGHD. In any case, it's always nice to see more 1920x1080i HD.

I really hope these channels will be in their native resolution. The only thing that gives me hope is when they added UniversalHD it was 1920x1080, and that was after the voom fiasco.