1000.4 is the normal Eastern Arc dish desihned for 80% of the installs
1000.5 is the dish for lower signal areas
As for the size 1000.4 will be close to the 1k.2 the 1000.5 will be a little bigger. As for the exact specs I dont know.
Scott, will 61.5 pick up the eepg when Dish turns on Eastern Arc?Dont get too excited it might be new customers only on that date.
However with that said, I dont see anything stopping you from buying a Dish and using your existing MPEG4 equipment.
No... that will be on the 72.7 satellite.Scott, will 61.5 pick up the eepg when Dish turns on Eastern Arc?
Darn! I was hoping my D500 pointed at 61.5 was all I was going to need! Looks like I will need to liquidate all three of my D500s and pick up the new dish when it comes out.No... that will be on the 72.7 satellite.
I hate to rain on any parade but I don't think we will see an improvement much on the SD. The only resolution I've seen on Dish's MPEG4 SD is 480x480 vs their 540x480 SD. Following in the footsteps of DirecTV's 480x480 SD. The resolution might not be as high but you might see as much artifacts due to the a higher compression from the MPEG4. I'm thinking we will see a lot of adds on 72 on the uplink report anyday now since Echo6 is now in place.
No... that will be on the 72.7 satellite.
Interesting that you know such details. Makes one wonder what else you know that you're not sharing.
Must send that truckload of chocolate to PG to find out.......
Does Chicago IL mean the Chicagoland area? Surrounding suburbs as well?
Does Chicago IL mean the Chicagoland area? Surrounding suburbs as well?
Boston SD locals are uplinked, but not yet available, on 61.5. So I think you have good reason for hope.I am in Boston and has only one dish pointing to 61.5 now. I can get HD local but not SD local. Although Boston is not on the list, I am hoping to upgrade to Eastern Arc soon.