Has Dish Network been better at channel disputes lately?
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Maybe I will go back to Dish Network, but I’ll just wait a few weeks. Not my favorite option, but like you guys say I could watch Disney XD in HD on my Roku. But I have one question. I know you guys told me in a thread I posted here a couple months back that Dish improved their HD quality. So is it on par with DirecTV? One more question... I plan to “move” shortly after getting Dish, so do they have any SV locals in any markets? That wouldn’t be a requirement, but would be nice.
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Anyone have answers for these two questions I have in this quote?
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The HD picture quality with the new generation of Dish receivers like the Hopper and Wally is excellent and very comparable to DirecTV. Dish's SD channels are actually a lot better than DirecTV's.
What's an SV local?
SV locals are specified areas that get a second local market. I live in Rochester, Minnesota and am “moved” to Durand, Wisconsin which gets La Crosse, Wisconsin locals as well as the Twin Cities, Minnesota locals as its secondary market. SV stands for “significantly viewed”. Having two markets would be nice when I go to Dish, but not required.
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Dish has VERY FEW significantly viewed locals. Directv has many more.
Local TV Channels & Programming | DISH to check
Local TV Channels & Programming | DISH to check
I don’t want to spend all day looking at nearby zip codes, so I’ll ask you guys if there are any zip codes that get the Twin Cities, Minnesota and another market? Or are there none? And are they in the Rochester, Minnesota spot beam?
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So you want somebody else to spend all day looking at zip codes?
It shouldn't be too hard to find a DMA map of Minnesota. Google is your friend.
So you want somebody else to spend all day looking at zip codes?
No, I just thought some expert here already knew.
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I can only speak for myself here, but the HD channels look very good on both my Wally and Vip211k, I just dropped DirecTV and can say that I saw very little difference in picture quality. Where you will see the biggest difference is with the software interface of the Wally and vip211k, they use SD low quality graphics whereas DirecTV's Genie looked more like 1080p graphics to me.
Don't be surprised if you don't see any SV channels. I've tried and tried, running literally dozens of zip codes, and there aren't any in my region. I am fortunate that Missouri has a number of DMA's available though, including one county in the NW corner of the state that gets Omaha locals with 2 PBS stations, and one county in the extreme SE portion that gets Memphis. It takes time, trial and error to find the "sweet spots." None of these have SV channels, though.
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The biggest expert I knew who was familiar with your area was Iceberg. He left or was banned.
The biggest expert I knew who was familiar with your area was Iceberg. He left or was banned.
Yep, he was the resident expert on DMA's and SV channels!
I found one!! North Mankato, MN, Nicollet County, 56003 has two markets!! Twin Cities, MN, and Mankato, MN!!!
Nicely done! And it comes with 4 PBS stations + National PBS!
That transponder has a nice big spot beam on Western Arc.
