BTW, obviously those channels that have a MPEG4/HD and MPEG2/SD duplicates, the MPEG2/SD version will just disappear Leaving the MPEG4/HD version.
But what about those channels that are only in SD? Can SD be transmitted in MPEG4, or are all those channels going to have to be up rez’d to HD?
I'm sure that SD can be transmitted in MP4, it just wouldn't take as much bandwidth as HD (i.e., very little). As to formatting, I would expect them to now make everything 16:9 such that 4:3 SD would have sidebars.
Always wondered how long they would persist in keeping up a dual (and duplicative) SD/HD service. So are there any other RX's than 625 now going away? Is 322 still running? I would be interested in seeing some (rough) timeline as to when given models went dark, going back to the 90s.
Dropping the SD will obviously clear a LOT of bandwidth on 119 for current (and more efficient) 129 HD to migrate. Also this transition means a RX-only swapout with the dish unchanged. I presume that Charlie will ask most to self-swap. Anyone still on a single-feed SD?
I've been putting off relocating my dad's dish as a tree has been growing and weakening 129 (which ain't great to begin with); last year it seemed to oddly not be that bad, but now maybe I won't have to at all.
When they started in with 129 that made my job significantly harder in accessing signal on installations.