PBS mux on 125W moving around...preparing for changes

[Scott Greczkowski]

That means ALL MPEG2 stations will be gone July 31st. So you'll need a receiver that does MPEG4 after 7/31 for PBS

There couldn't be a better time to see the MicroHD released.

[tripinva]

From what I can tell, they will be cutting the bitrate at the same time they go MPEG-4. It sounds like they'll be getting rid of 12140 entirely and putting those two feeds onto 12180 in addition to the feeds that are already there. In addition, it sounds like they're converting SD07 into a new HD05 feed.

What I'm wondering is if they'll be leaving it in DVB-S, which would be good for receivability but not give them as high a bitrate to play with, or if they'll be going DVB-S2 at the same time, which would make the feeds harder to receive but would let them keep the bitrates higher.

I'm also curious what will happen to the 12140 transponder. I have no information nor basis for this statement, so do not take it as anything remotely resembling fact, but wouldn't it be wonderful to see Montana PBS in HD?

- Trip

[Magic Static]

I'm also curious what will happen to the 12140 transponder. I have no information nor basis for this statement, so do not take it as anything remotely resembling fact, but wouldn't it be wonderful to see Montana PBS in HD?

- Trip

IT is! er I do! That is MTPBS is my local OTA HD PBS

[Iceberg]

Is montana pbs moving? Would love to see it on 12180 with quality at 72%

nope. Them and OETA will stay S2 as they already are. These are the national PBS feeds that are changing

[Iceberg]

They'll kill those c-band feeds too then, most likely. I can get the stuff on OTA pretty well, at least.

never thought of them. Those might stay

[Iceberg]

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For sure the actual 12060 is harder to get than 12180. Dont know if the new TP is S2??

nope. Both are pretty easy to get and both are DVB