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Digiblur, This map is what I am talking about. Colorado Springs is not anywhere near the center of the spotbeam. And I had to add a 30" dish to get a signal of about 30.

I hope they are planning to move Denver locals here. That would enable Colorado Springs DMA locals to shift from 129 TP2 Spotbeam 28 to Spotbeam 19 that Denver is currently using on 129 TP4. Spotbeam 28 is really less than optimal for Colorado Springs--and especially for those of us in that...

Digiblur, Do you think all the Western Arc HD locals presently on 129 will eventually migrate to 119 and 110?

I called Dish tech support. They sent a hit to my receivers. I get BET HD now. They said it did not update automatically because they had not sent out the final activation step, yet. So either call them or just wait a few hours.

Yep. All are on. Just wish the signal was not so weak at my mountain location. But next week I am adding a 30" dish just for 129. That should do the trick!

Now just need to install the 30" dedicated dish to make them snow/rain proof.

Colorado Springs HD LILs are now on!!

Explain, please!

Hope so! Looking for Colorado Springs, today.:hungry:

These are All American Direct distant networks--not being provided by Dish "officially."

Looks to me like they are trying to see how many SD signals they can cram onto one MPEG4 transponder.

Wonder if AAD has found a way to get Dish to "lease" them HD feeds for NY and SF?

Bye bye MPEG2.

Yes, but the more heavily populated areas around northern Colorado Springs would be better covered.

I wish Dish would have used Spotbeam 19 for Colorado Springs DMA, as well as Grand Junction and Denver.

It is a fact. The Denver DMA is very large and spills into adjacent states. The Colorado Springs/Pueblo DMA just does not match the spotbeam pattern which is better optimized to northern New Mexico. Yet the large cities in New Mexico are on a different spotbeam. I think the problem is that...

Thanks. Then that may be a possibility if I cannot stay with Dish.

I really do not want to switch to Direct; I have four HDDVRs now and doubt Direct would be able to handle my present wiring that uses separators connected to single RG-6 coax runs to each DVR.

Teller County is the adjacent county northwest of Colorado Springs--over a mountain range. I guess I could add a 30" dedicated dish for 129!:mad:

20; but the Denver spot is 66.

And there are also issues with the Colorado Springs spotbeam (SB28) coverage. I am in northern part of Teller County. The beam almost does not reach there. Instead, it covers large part of New Mexico--which is not in the DMA!!!

Being uplinked, but not yet available to subscribers.

Colorado Springs did not make it! So much for Retailer Chat info!

Also, when watching on small-screen TVs (like in kitchen), the SD format is much easier to see, especially for business channels with lots of text.

And there are many of us out here that cannot get HD OTA.