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If he needs 30 screens, he could always get a 4 way splitter, then cascade four 8 way splitters off of that.

:confused: Just because it's not a DirecTiVo it can't have a simple always on no questions asked dual live buffer? DirecTV is just about the only provider who's DVRs don't currently have dual live buffers. No one else seemed to have trouble replicating that functionality. Is there something...

What issues did you have that were related to DLB? I never really had any issues with my DTiVos, much less any I could attribute to DLB. It always worked fine on hardware that is now a 10 year old design, on hard drives that had a fraction of the bandwidth of current hard drives. I have to...

Sure it does. It is true that not all de-interlacers are created equal, and there are some that don't do it correctly. But those that do do it correctly can perfectly re-construct progressive frames from film based material that has previously gone through a proper 3:2 telecine process. For...

One Billion channels!!!

Who already announced the same thing a few days ago. It makes sense for (both of) them to do it with PPV titles, because it saves bandwidth, removes any concerns of incorrect reverse telecine results, and gives them a nice buzzword that people will equate to a higher end product. But you can't...

I don't understand why everyone is so up in arms over bandwidth. Progressive takes slightly less bandwidth than interlaced.

So we should do something to get into a new commitment in March? ;-)

From the MPEG4 press release:

I don't really see what the big deal is. DirecTV has licenses for all the Ka frequencies at 99°, 101°, and 103°. Whether the utilize those with one or two satellits per slot sholdn't be a big deal. Sounds to me like they simply filed for approval to operate DirecTV-10 & 11 under the wrong...

Your DVD player might have a DD5.1 logo on it. That doesn't mean that every DVD you play is going to be in 5.1.

Yes, and Dish also has some Ka licenses they haven't yet utilized. They just haven't been very vocal about what their plans are.

It's actually very difficult to come to a bitrate comparison between Voom and DirecTV, because we have no way to extract video from Voom's service to find out now much net bitrate is allocated to the content. Some of the data available to the satellite providers is used for overhead, things...

And how much downrezzing has Voom done? I disagree. That is correct. And if Voom has any concept of preserving PQ in reduced bandwidth situations (which they are currently in), they are doing the same. If not, then you guys probably have some artifacting issues. DirecTV DOES send out...

That is incorrect. Based on bit rates, Voom is the worst, DirecTV is in the middle, and Dish has the most bandwidth/HD channel. If you look at the three movie channels that share one transponder on DirecTV, those three channels may have less average bitrate than Voom's average bitrate between...

No, I don't think it looks like crap. There have been times that I've seen evidence of overcompression, particularly on the three movie channels that share one transponder, but it's not all the time, and it's certainly not "crap". In fact, there have been times, even on the movie channels...

HDNet Movies, not HDNet. The movie channels don't tend to need as much bandwidth as the video channels.

It's at 72.5°. ;) You want to get aiming coordinates for your location? Go to http://www.dbsforums.com, and go down the left side where it says "Dish Pointing".

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what the point is. Whether the scan was done at 2k or 4k, it ultimately has to end up at 1920x1080 (discounting 720). I believe 4k IS considered "full resolution", simply because that's often considered to be what is required to capture film down to the grain...

The sat C LNB shifts the incoming signals to a different frequency range, so they can be mixed with the sat B signals & look like one satellite to the receiver. A regular LNB will not work for sat C, and the sat C LNB will not work for 101 or 119.

1. Yes, you just need a "sat C kit". It's not a regular LNB. DirecTV will probably give it to you if you plan on subscribing to HD service. 2. Channels 490-494 are the test channels. Two each (odd & even transponders) for each satellite slot. 110 only has even transponders, so it only...

No, telecine is the process to get film transferred to video. PART of that process typically includes frame rate conversion, but that's not the ONLY aspect of the telecine process. I think it's often assumed to only relate to the 24 to 30fps conversion because INVERSE telecine typically only...

I would think if you had a house big enough to warrant 11 televisions, that $50/m wouldn't be that big of a deal. Compared to Dish, DirecTV also has TiVo, more stable hardware, and a clearer plan for the future.

LOL!! So for the reduced price, they actually "take away" the "TV Guide Channel"!?! It's almost worth giving up some of the good ones to get rid of that one.

My guess would be that the movie channels are currently given less bandwidth because they don't need as much bandwidth. Since the movie channels are typically showing transfers from film, the content doesn't have as much resolution, due to limitations in the telecine process. They are also...