SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 12/22/2007

[ccash]

622/722 is great.. BUT i'm a huge Rangers fan. Direct offeres MSG in HD, Dish does not. A great piece of equipment does not outweight seeing your fav team in HD versus sub-par, overcompressed SD.

!!!

 

[dewzan]

I have 2 622's, 1 is normal channels the other shows the following when all hd guide is up; 5500 HDTHR
5501 TNT
5505 ESPN
5506 ESPN2
5507 NFL
5510 HDNET
5511HDNMV
5512 UNIHD
5515 HBO
5516 SHO-E
AS I SAID IT SHOWS UP ON ONE 622 BUT NOT THE OTHER ....ANYONE ELSE?

 

[tigerfan33]

I have 2 622's, 1 is normal channels the other shows the following when all hd guide is up; 5500 HDTHR
5501 TNT
5505 ESPN
5506 ESPN2
5507 NFL
5510 HDNET
5511HDNMV
5512 UNIHD
5515 HBO
5516 SHO-E
AS I SAID IT SHOWS UP ON ONE 622 BUT NOT THE OTHER ....ANYONE ELSE?

What sofware version do you have in each of your 622?

 

[SarKen]

622/722 is great.. BUT i'm a huge Rangers fan. Direct offeres MSG in HD, Dish does not. A great piece of equipment does not outweight seeing your fav team in HD versus sub-par, overcompressed SD.

:up:up

 

[dewzan]

L448

 

[tigerfan33]

L448

I thought maybe a new software had come out. Strange that you are seeing this. Hopefully someone else can help.

 

[kstuart]

Oh, now, don't be so hard on us. EVERYONE's a potential ship jumper; all it takes is for D* to offer something that is important to you and that's missing from Dish and there you go!

Except that many people switch for a perception, a mental rationalization.

The classic one is switching for a "bigger number", whether it is resolution (when PQ is primarily determined by bitrate), or number of HD channels, when many of those channels don't have any real HD content.

 

[dewzan]

I just checked and other 622 has the same software but they dont show up there

 

[kstuart]

I have 2 622's, 1 is normal channels the other shows the following when all hd guide is up; 5500 HDTHR
5501 TNT
5505 ESPN
5506 ESPN2
5507 NFL
5510 HDNET
5511HDNMV
5512 UNIHD
5515 HBO
5516 SHO-E
AS I SAID IT SHOWS UP ON ONE 622 BUT NOT THE OTHER ....ANYONE ELSE?

Off the top of my head, I seem to remember those are the Alaska-Hawaii channel numbers...

PS Yes, I would agree that having networks or RSN in HD versus SD would be a good reason to switch...

 

[digiblur]

I have 2 622's, 1 is normal channels the other shows the following when all hd guide is up; 5500 HDTHR
5501 TNT
5505 ESPN
5506 ESPN2
5507 NFL
5510 HDNET
5511HDNMV
5512 UNIHD
5515 HBO
5516 SHO-E
AS I SAID IT SHOWS UP ON ONE 622 BUT NOT THE OTHER ....ANYONE ELSE?

Those are the HD's on the AK and HI spotbeams. Are you in AK or HI?

 

[dewzan]

I live in Iowa

 

[Bradtothebone]

Is that Heaven?

 

[digiblur]

I live in Iowa

I'm sure you're getting a signal error or check switch error right?

This isn't the first time I've heard of this tier popping up on a CONUS receiver. Reboot the box...do a check switch or just ignore it, it will go away.

 

[dewzan]

uh-No.... also if you select one of the channels you get the 002 error, sat. 110and either spotbeam 27 or spotbeam 12

 

[digiblur]

uh-No.... also if you select one of the channels you get the 002 error, sat. 110and either spotbeam 27 or spotbeam 12

Pretty close....signal error.

Try the link below and scroll down to channel 5500.

SatelliteGuys.US - Subscription 110°W

 

[mike123abc]

I am still betting on SciFi and USA HDs after the new year, when a 90 day period has gone by on DIRECTV. My current speculation is that the 110 HD TP doing the PPV (and now scifi/usa) will pick up 4 more HD channels out of AT100 for HD next month.

I wonder how long it will be before they finally say all HD is MPEG4. Perhaps move the MPEG-2 to the wings and make TP13 MPEG4 with the rest of AT100.

 

[naccoachbob]

What would it cost to cancel the remaining 9 months of an 18 month contract with E*?
D* is carrying more of the HD channels that I like. Do like the 622 though.

 

[air.jason]

Comcast in Nashville Added SciFi HD and USA HD perhaps DirecTV is not the only alternative.

 

[dungenessHD]

With the PBSHD/Direct announcement serving as a catalyst - and as with many others, I think: If Dish does not add "real programming" (NOT Voom and more PPV or sports), then I'm out of here and over to Direct as of January. I've been with Dish for 6 years, and Dish's promises far outweigh its performance. Love the 622 as I do, I'll chuck it and go elsewhere. Enough!

 

[Minsk1]

Except that many people switch for a perception, a mental rationalization.

The classic one is switching for a "bigger number", whether it is resolution (when PQ is primarily determined by bitrate), or number of HD channels, when many of those channels don't have any real HD content.

Except that many people stay for a perception, a mental rationalization.

The classic one is staying for a "widescreen picture", whether it is resolution (when PQ is primarily determined by how image fills the screen), or when they think (they don't know, but they thikn they know) that many of those channels don't have any real HD content.