Dish HD Locals Update
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I agree with your rant 100%.In fact I'll go father. Why in blazes do we have to pay for any channels with advertising out the wazoo?....
Just like the early days of c-band, you paid for premiums, but TBS was free!
You a Jericho fan too???
Assuming the HD locals for Jackson, MS DMA are put at 61.5 and I need an additional dish, will Dish give me a break on the dish and installation since I've never needed the 61.5 feed? A newbie here to the forums. Excited to learn that HD for Jackson is around the corner, but dismayed that I need to change my setup somewhat.
It's pretty much a guarantee they are going to 61.5 right now.
As for the equipment costs... I haven't seen any releases yet.
Looking at the map of the HD locals to be added "Starting in April", the Austin, Tx DMA is the farthest west. Does anyone know if this DMA can/will be served from 61.5? Or is it just too far west?
FWIW I have a Dish 1000 so I'd love to hear that the Austin DMA will be served by 129
Talon Dancer
FWIW I have a Dish 1000 so I'd love to hear that the Austin DMA will be served by 129
Talon Dancer
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Looking at the map of the HD locals to be added "Beginning in April", the Austin, Tx DMA is the farthest west. Does anyone know if this DMA can/will be served from 61.5? Or is it just too far west?
FWIW I have a Dish 1000 so I'd love to hear that the Austin DMA will be served by 129
Talon Dancer
61.5 is CONUS, all depends if you have LOS, several folks in CA use it. Austin is 37 degrees elevation to 61.5.
Thanks digiblur. I knew you would know about these things.
From what you know and/or suspect, do you think all 22 of the HD locals listed in the recent Charlie Chat as "Starting in April" will be severed from 61.5? I ask because AFAIK the current Texas HD local DMAs are served by 110.
Thanks in advance - Talon Dancer
Edit: Never mind. The new up link report has the Austin HD Locals on 61.5, at least for now.
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I'm so glad that I have 61.5/110/119/129 coming in. I know the current Austin SD locals are on 119....
I wonder if they will add the Austin HD locals there or on 61.5 or some place else.
I guess we'll find out in April
LER
I wonder if they will add the Austin HD locals there or on 61.5 or some place else.
I guess we'll find out in April
LER
Actually if you read the Charlie Chat slides carefully they only say that Dish will add these 22 new HD local markets "Starting in April". So Dish can live up to this statement by adding only ONE HD local DMA on April 30th. The others can be added "soon"...I guess we'll find out in April
I'd like to believe that the Austin HD locals will be available in April, but... I once believed Dish would have the Austin HD locals in 2006 like I had read. Silly me.
Talon Dancer
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129 Does have some room on it still, so it is possible some of the coming soon markets could end up on 129. Austin could be one of those markets, but it looks like there is a spot beam on 61.5 that would cover it. I suspect most of the yellow dot markets shown on the Charlie Chat are from 61.5 and most the blue ones will be from 129. But, some markets could go either way (like the blue dot in Maine is probably 61.5).
What happened to Beaumont ,Texas hd locals starting in April? I saw them mentioned in the #1 post in this thread and now no mention at all on the Charlie Chat.
Actually if you read the Charlie Chat slides carefully they only say that Dish will add these 22 new HD local markets "Starting in April". So Dish can live up to this statement by adding only ONE HD local DMA on April 30th. The others can be added "soon"
I'd like to believe that the Austin HD locals will be available in April, but... I once believed Dish would have the Austin HD locals in 2006 like I had read. Silly me.
Talon Dancer
They had previously discussed adding several DMA(6?) by April.
I agree. And I hope at least several of the 22 DMAs will come live in April. But I suspect the actual wording on the slides "Starting in April" is purposely duplicitous*.
The wording on the slides can be read that all 22 DMAs will be available to subscribers "Starting in April" (i.e. in April all 22 DMAs will have local HD available). A true optimist would expect all 22 on..... you guessed it, April fools day. Or the wording can be read that these 22 DMAs will "Start" to become available to subscribers "in April" (i.e. the HD locals for at least one of these DMAs will be available sometime in April). The later interpretation leaves plenty of wiggle room for Charlie and co.
FWIW I suspect reality will fall somewhere in between these two extremes.
Talon Dancer
* BTW any good advertising copy writer knows how to mislead without lying -- it's their job
OTOH several of these DMAs were uplinked to 61.5 today. So who knows?
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Hey, one question guys. The local map we've seen here: http://www.satelliteguys.us/attachment.php?attachmentid=22769&d=1205339574
Why are some circles yellow, green, and blue. Could this be by order of launch? Or could it mean soemthing else. Perhaps no purpose whatsoever...
Why are some circles yellow, green, and blue. Could this be by order of launch? Or could it mean soemthing else. Perhaps no purpose whatsoever...
WFTV which is listed used to be Duluth, but shut down in the 60's.
The call sign was later picked up by the ABC affiliate in Orlando.
Green = Already Available
Yellow = Coming soon, starting in April (cities listed in slides).
Blue = Later
The ones on the Charlie Chat were the ones they are probably all ready to roll. They probably have the fiber ready, the uplinks ready, etc. They will probably switch on fast. The rest of the markets will be added as things get accomplished (like encoders, fiber, uplink capacity, etc).
Hrm he says:
Good News
Those are ALL 4 Austin Locals, including the recalcitrant LIN TV affliate (KXAN).
Good News
