Dish RedZone in SD?

[SpencerCat]

I tuned in to NFL RedZone this morning and discovered that Dish is broadcasting it in SD. Last year Dish broadcast RedZone in HD.

I called Dish and was told that there was a 15 minute wait, so I went to Dish chat and was told that there was a 9 minute wait. Great customer service.

Does anyone here have any information regarding Dish and RedZone SD/HD?

DirecTV has offered me $200 to return, and that would pay my Dish ETF fee, so I am seriously considering leaving Dish. I know that it's only football, but I've been an NFL fan since 1954, and I love watching NFL football.

Thanks for reading my minor rant.

Richard

 

[odbrv]

I have Red Zone in HD. There are 2 Red Zone channels make sure you select the HD one.

 

[tanman]

I have the same issue(sd only).What channel is HD?It always used to be next to the sd version.Perhaps it's because I
,m trying to watch it in free preview.

 

[AntiMoz]

The Red Zone HD channel isn't showing up in my guide. Since this is the free preview week I'm guessing that Dish has only made the SD feed available for non-subscribers of the Multi-Sport w/RedZone pack.

UPDATE: Try channel 9467. It shows up on my 722k there in HD. It looks like they didnt map the channel to 155.

 

[tanman]

Maybe Dish will start doing sd only free weekend of HBO etc.That"ll show em!

 

[tanman]

Thanks!

 

[thomasjk]

On my Hopper the SD is on 155, HD on 9467.

 

[Skytrooper]

Thanks. On 9467 now. Does not show up on guide on 155. SD Only shows there.

How in the heck did you guys know to tune to 9467?

 

[tallfence]

Thanks. On 9467 now. Does not show up on guide on 155. SD Only shows there.

How in the heck did you guys know to tune to 9467?

I tuned to 155 and pressed the search button on remote. That showed both the SD and the HD channels.

 

[SpencerCat]

OK, here's my update. First off, I jumped to the wrong conclusion. After finally talking to 2 levels of Dish support and resetting my receiver once, I found out the reason I saw RedZone in HD last year was because I had the new subscriber Multi-Sport w/RedZone pack for free, and that has now expired.

The CSR let me sign up for the Multi-Sport w/RedZone pack for half price for 6 months, and since watching NFL games in HD is so important to me, I agreed to pay the extra $6.50 per month for the next 6 months. Now I just have to remember to cancel it at the end of the 6 months.

Richard

 

[AntiMoz]

UPDATE 2: RedZone now showing up in HD on 155 on my 722k.

 

[rjfrandle]

UPDATE 2: RedZone now showing up in HD on 155 on my 722k.

Me too. Wake up Dish.

 

[JSheridan]

On my Hopper the SD is on 155, HD on 9467.

Western arc?

 

[thomasjk]

Eastern.

 

[JSheridan]

Eastern.

That's interesting. I've got 3 Hoppers on eastern arc that are all getting the HD on 155 and nothing at all at 9467.

Are you subbed to the Multi Sport pak?

 

[thomasjk]

Just checked again. Now the HD version is at 155. No sports pack.

 

[thomasjk]

Must be in free preview. Just tuned to it now.

 

[Skytrooper]

Thanks, tallfence. I had it on 9467 just now, went to guide, selected 155. It's there. For kicks I went back to 9467 and now it says Programming Not Authorized. It was on til I changed channels. Weird.

 

[JSheridan]

Probably the chief engineer at the uplink center has the day off.

 

[Bobby]

It got a late uplink this afternoon....