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11-24-2009, 11:40 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Freshman | | Join Date: Dec 4th, 2008
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| | | New Equip for High Def?
I'm going to jump to hi def next year, probably after the 922 is released. Will I need to get a new dish antenna? The one I have is "Dish 500" compatible and I also used it for satellite internet for a while.
Also, will I need to schedule an installer or is it just a matter of swapping in a new DVR receiver?
Thanks for any info.
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11-24-2009, 12:00 PM
|  | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Jan 4th, 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA
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You will almost certainly require a 3rd satellite at 129 or 61.5, depending upon your locals.
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11-24-2009, 12:14 PM
|  | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Sep 20th, 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Originally Posted by TheKrell  You will almost certainly require a 3rd satellite at 129 or 61.5, depending upon your locals. | Nothing almost about it.  |
11-24-2009, 08:10 PM
|  | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Sep 30th, 2006 Location: Great High Plains
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New dish. It will be much easier to put in a new dish than to try to retro-fit the one you have.
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11-25-2009, 02:44 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Junkie | | Join Date: Apr 9th, 2006
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The nice part is that Dish will do the upgrade and provide everything you need (all new reflector and LNBF's) so that you continue to receive the channels you do today, and all the HD relating to your package. You really don't have to worry about a thing. The Dish will be bigger but not too big, and it should be a single dish solution.
No, it is not as simple as just swapping-out your boxes. But they do all the work.
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11-25-2009, 10:30 AM
|  | SatelliteGuys Freshman | | Join Date: Nov 25th, 2009 Location: North East Ohio
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They will set you up with either a 1000.2 or a 1000.4 dish depending on where you are located.
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11-25-2009, 11:05 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Freshman
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Thanks for all the info!
Can I be pretty confident that if I can see the SD satellites I'll also be able to see the HD ones?
Do they also find the local installer?
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11-25-2009, 01:20 PM
| | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Sep 20th, 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Originally Posted by tsummerall Thanks for all the info!
Can I be pretty confident that if I can see the SD satellites I'll also be able to see the HD ones?
Do they also find the local installer? | Both HD sats (129W and 61.5E) are lower to the horizon than the SD sats. Use the Sat angle calculator to see if you might have any LOS issues. Satellite Angle Calculator - SatelliteGuys.US |
11-25-2009, 02:35 PM
| | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Oct 23rd, 2008
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| | | Welcome to HD universe !
I would like to say to the person who made this post,just as others have said ,Yes you will need new dish and receiver,but that wasnt to big of a Job at least at my house for Dish to switch over.
However I wish I had known alot more information about High defination before making the jump as soon as I did.Please realize once you see HD programming you will not like watching too much in SD,and depending on your Tv some SD will look really bad.Please note that even though a channel says HD version ,unless show was shot in HD or has been upconverted it will at least at first not look that great.And you may need to keep adjusting ratio from time to time.However HD channels programming even if not HD is significantlly clearer.
I wish I hadnt gotten rid of my SD TV as some shows I prefer to watch in that format and digital looks great on those old sets.But keeping all this in mind dont skimp on buying a new HDTV do your homework like I did and find a store that allows you to bring back if you get it home and dont like how it looks.I search high and low to find a good tv and decided to save 200 and I am now stuck with a piece of crud until I can go out and buy another HDTV.
To sum this up HD is great,but dont expect every show on every HD channel to be HD,sometimes only first showings of programs are in HD,then Future showing of same program is back to SD version.WGN is good about that one.
I am happy with HD but it still has a long way to come before everything is in crystal clear HD.
I know this problably wasnt information that the poster was asking for ,but any information is always helpful,whether they use the information to their benefit is up to them,just putting it out there.
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11-25-2009, 02:40 PM
|  | Frozen LNB | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Jul 31st, 2009 Location: Wasilla, AK
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> Both HD sats (129W and 61.5E) are lower to the horizon than the SD sats.
Where I live, we use 110, 119 and 129. 110 is the lowest, 119 is next up, and 129 is the highest. Really depends on your longitude.
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