Special Retailer Chat Recap - March 18, 2008
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I understand the West Coast thing, I have asked the same questions myself and have received no answers.So the question remains, how can DISH add another 25 new HD's NOW other than just on 61.5? On 148? 148 would be ideal for the west coast.
Scott you have been spot on but you forgot the great migration had happened now there are folks living on the west coast
Unfortunatelly with all my digging I don't have all the answers.
Scott. Any guess on what the two Sky Angel transponers will be used for? Local or national?
I am thinking national.
I am thinking national.
In your specific area yes, but in the nation as a whole the national HD's are more important especially for those large DMA's that already have HD locals.
I seriously doubt that they will put any popular national HD on 61.5 without also putting it on 129 as well. It would be a call center nightmare.
Agreed...If you see the dish on my roof (2 story) its actually pointing down.
148 would be best for the west
Last Wednesday Dish up-linked the HD Locals for Houston and Dallas (currently on 110 spots) to 61.5. Doesn't this free up room for 8 new National HD channels or HD Locals for two DMAs on the West Coast? It may not be the "answer" but it could helpI understand the West Coast thing, I have asked the same questions myself and have received no answers.
Unfortunatelly with all my digging I don't have all the answers.
Talon Dancer
Last Wednesday Dish up-linked the HD Locals for Houston and Dallas (currently on 110 spots) to 61.5. Doesn't this free up room for 8 new National HD channels or HD Locals for two DMAs on the West Coast? It may not be the "answer" but it could help
Talon Dancer
I feel the same way. If they're gonna uplink National HD channels they have to put them on 129 or 119 or 110 for the West Coast people. Like you said, since they're moving HD Locals to 61.5 that will free space on 110 or 129.
Yes, the HD LIL's are not as important to you who already have them.. And I could care less about them myself.. I get them OTA with no issues. But to customers that don't want an antenna, or don't get them any other way, It is the most important thing. So yes it is my particular area that concerns me. It's how I make my living.. But at this point, not being on anyones list to get them really bugs me.
According to our poll here, over 80% of the members here said they didnt mind of Dish delayed HD Locals for a few months.
Results of the poll can be seen here.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/128577-satelliteguys-us-61-5-hd-poll.html
Results of the poll can be seen here.
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/128577-satelliteguys-us-61-5-hd-poll.html
...it looks like 2008 will be another year of DishHD-Lite. Sorry, but until E* can put the HD back into DishHD I will keep my 622s boxed and my FiOS remote at the ready. It's a shame because they really do make the best HD DVR on the planet.
I wonder what the results would have been had it been specified that "Assuming you have no access to HD locals....." That would have put things on a more level playing field for that question.
I'm 50 miles from the Cleveland sats and I'm in a low-lying area, so an antenna is pretty much out. I think people that already have HD locals, tend to forget not everyone can get them OTA.
I understand the poll.. And I understand that most members on here are a lot more tech savy than the average customer. But if I go out and ask Joe Customer what he wants I will get the HD Locals everytime. I voted in that poll. My personal vote was For more national HD. But it was given with me making this same point about my average customer. I personally couldn't care if the locals ever got here. My wife on the other hand doesn't seem to know that there are any other channels besides the locals.. She has at least learned that there is a difference in the satellite SD Locals and the HD OTA Locals and will find the HD most of the time.
Did they say anything about securing these new HD channels? Anything on the card swap that was predicted in the 2007 report?
That's right, there were many that voted to delay locals because they already had them or were not mentioned as getting them "soon". If that was my situation, I'd vote to delay locals too...
Nope nothing on that, I understand the new cards will start going out over the next few weeks. But legal customers should not need to worry about that.
All this love of HD LiL. I could understand it if you have no OTA reception. But if you do, your antenna will bring in all the subchannels. And your TV or OTA DVR will likely have the PSIP data, and maybe a TV Guide or similar service.
With satellite HD locals, you don't get the subchannels, or even the EPG data for them. And you certainly don't get all the little oddball channels. Near DC, we have several of these, including one in Russian. If it had English subtitles, I'd watch some stuff on it.
With satellite HD locals, you don't get the subchannels, or even the EPG data for them. And you certainly don't get all the little oddball channels. Near DC, we have several of these, including one in Russian. If it had English subtitles, I'd watch some stuff on it.
So how does the card swap thing handled? Do they mail them to us and we swap them out somehow?
