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Not sure if anyone has already posted this, but it makes for interesting reading. Can't wait to see what D11 sat can do.....
A Galaxy of New HD Options
By Peter Pachal
OCTOBER 15, 2007
It's a beautiful July day in scenic Baikonur, Kazakhstan, with light winds, clear skies and a temperature hovering around 71°F. The conditions are perfect to facilitate the area's unique industry — launching satellites into space. The rocket-launching business at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome got its start in the Soviet space program, which was based here. These days, though, two of its three launch pads are dedicated to commercial missions. Today's payload is DIRECTV 10, the most technologically sophisticated satellite the company has ever launched. It's about to hit the heavens — but not without a formal blessing. In an endearing new local custom, destined to become more popular than Borat's "Running of the Jews," a triumvirate of Russian Orthodox priests is on hand to pray for a successful launch. They sprinkle holy water on the team and the Russian-made Proton rocket.
The Big Guy in the sky appears to have been on board: D10 launched without a hitch. After separating from the rocket, the satellite, a Boeing 702, powered itself to 23,000 miles above the equator, reaching its home at 103 degrees longitude nine hours after liftoff. The choice location, due south of Kansas, offers the best possible transmission coverage for the entire United States. And there, D10 took its place among the 873 other functional satellites floating in space.
D10 then deployed its antennae and solar panels, and the ground-based engineering crew began the long process of testing its systems to prepare for the task of showering customers with HD. To ensure the continuous transmission of programming, the spacecraft must maintain its exact position at all times, which is why it moves in geostationary orbit (translation: It stays in one place in the sky relative to the Earth). When and if D10 does wander, small remote-controlled thrusters bring it back to its assigned orbit.
One of the world's largest communications satellites (nearly six tons), D10 is now ready to blanket America (including Alaska and Hawaii) with more than 100 high-definition national channels by the end of 2007. With a wingspan of 157 feet, the satellite carries more than 100 high-power transporters, the devices responsible for receiving and retransmitting data. D10 broadcasts at a new frequency, opening up a whole new spectrum to the service. And that's just stage one of the mission; next year, an identical satellite, D11, will be launched (it'll be the company's ninth active satellite due to older orbiters being retired), upping the HD currency even more. Between both birds, the channel roster will get an extra 150 national and more than 1,500 local feeds — all in high-def.
Priests bless the launch of the rocket carrying D10.
Meanwhile, technology on the ground is advancing to keep pace. DIRECTV has built new broadcast sites to deliver the expanded content up to the satellite. "We're giving programmers a platform to deliver to every household in the U.S. that has our service — more than 16 million homes," says Pat Loner, DIRECTV's director of satellite development engineering. "That makes it a lot more attractive for them to come up with the content. 'If you build it, it will come.'"
With increased channel capacity, channels such as FX, SciFi and CNN have debuted high-def versions of their feeds. You can now see everything from The Shield to Stargate Atlantis in high-def.
The best part? Those new feeds won't cost HD subscribers an extra dime. There's a word for all this...heavenly.
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Reprinted with permission from ACCESS™ DIRECTV Magazine.
The rocket loaded with the D10 satellite is readied for launch.
The rocket carrying D10 blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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A Galaxy of New HD Options
By Peter Pachal
OCTOBER 15, 2007
It's a beautiful July day in scenic Baikonur, Kazakhstan, with light winds, clear skies and a temperature hovering around 71°F. The conditions are perfect to facilitate the area's unique industry — launching satellites into space. The rocket-launching business at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome got its start in the Soviet space program, which was based here. These days, though, two of its three launch pads are dedicated to commercial missions. Today's payload is DIRECTV 10, the most technologically sophisticated satellite the company has ever launched. It's about to hit the heavens — but not without a formal blessing. In an endearing new local custom, destined to become more popular than Borat's "Running of the Jews," a triumvirate of Russian Orthodox priests is on hand to pray for a successful launch. They sprinkle holy water on the team and the Russian-made Proton rocket.
The Big Guy in the sky appears to have been on board: D10 launched without a hitch. After separating from the rocket, the satellite, a Boeing 702, powered itself to 23,000 miles above the equator, reaching its home at 103 degrees longitude nine hours after liftoff. The choice location, due south of Kansas, offers the best possible transmission coverage for the entire United States. And there, D10 took its place among the 873 other functional satellites floating in space.
D10 then deployed its antennae and solar panels, and the ground-based engineering crew began the long process of testing its systems to prepare for the task of showering customers with HD. To ensure the continuous transmission of programming, the spacecraft must maintain its exact position at all times, which is why it moves in geostationary orbit (translation: It stays in one place in the sky relative to the Earth). When and if D10 does wander, small remote-controlled thrusters bring it back to its assigned orbit.
One of the world's largest communications satellites (nearly six tons), D10 is now ready to blanket America (including Alaska and Hawaii) with more than 100 high-definition national channels by the end of 2007. With a wingspan of 157 feet, the satellite carries more than 100 high-power transporters, the devices responsible for receiving and retransmitting data. D10 broadcasts at a new frequency, opening up a whole new spectrum to the service. And that's just stage one of the mission; next year, an identical satellite, D11, will be launched (it'll be the company's ninth active satellite due to older orbiters being retired), upping the HD currency even more. Between both birds, the channel roster will get an extra 150 national and more than 1,500 local feeds — all in high-def.
Priests bless the launch of the rocket carrying D10.
Meanwhile, technology on the ground is advancing to keep pace. DIRECTV has built new broadcast sites to deliver the expanded content up to the satellite. "We're giving programmers a platform to deliver to every household in the U.S. that has our service — more than 16 million homes," says Pat Loner, DIRECTV's director of satellite development engineering. "That makes it a lot more attractive for them to come up with the content. 'If you build it, it will come.'"
With increased channel capacity, channels such as FX, SciFi and CNN have debuted high-def versions of their feeds. You can now see everything from The Shield to Stargate Atlantis in high-def.
The best part? Those new feeds won't cost HD subscribers an extra dime. There's a word for all this...heavenly.
Return to articles page
Reprinted with permission from ACCESS™ DIRECTV Magazine.
The rocket loaded with the D10 satellite is readied for launch.
The rocket carrying D10 blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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Getting the Most Out of DIRECTV HD
Read More...
ACCESS DIRECTV" Magazine is available exclusively to DIRECTV customers. Don't forget to subscribe when you order DIRECTV.
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My OTA is not working anymore. This started after the latest update. I have the OTA dongle with a OTA antenna that I've been using for years. My hopper does not recognize the dongle anymore and when I go to the OTA setting, it has a screen that says to plug a dongle into the USB. I tried unplugging and plugging back, in the same usb port and other ports. The Hopper does not recognize it. Anyone have same issue?
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Hi all. If you were using a single tuner USB OTA adapter that is no longer working, please PM me. Thanks. 
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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A more scholarly story is here:
PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure.
When I heard about this exploit I was wondering how quick you would be on it.
12 minutes after the patch was release I had it patched.When I heard about this exploit I was wondering how quick you would be on it.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I was reading this article
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
Cable TV ‘cord-cutters’ became the majority in 2022
The steady decline of cable and broadcast television, and the rise of streaming services, reached a sort of inflection point over the past year. Last summer, for the first time, streaming ser…
thehill.com
That said this-
Last summer, for the first time, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime claimed the largest share of the television viewing audience, surpassing both cable and broadcast TV. Streaming captured 34.8 percent of July viewers, according to Nielsen data, compared to 34.4 percent for cable and 21.6 percent for broadcast.
And then, sometime in the second half of 2022, cord-cutters became the majority. The share of cable and satellite television subscribers dipped to 48 percent, according to a report from Samba TV, a television technology company.
Now I do not consider those with YTTV and the likes, Cord Cutters, but they still do not have Traditional Cable/Satellite delivered Live TV, so I decided to do the math.
There are, now, 129 Million Households in the United States.
In 2015, there were 100 Million Cable/Sat Subscribers , no streaming Live TV Service.
Today, there are 66 Million Live TV subscribers, including Cable, Satellite and Streaming.
Roughly, Streaming Live TV has 14 Million subs including all of them.
So that means, Cable/Satellite now has, roughly, 51 Million Households
So in just 8 years, lost 49% of their subscribers and by the end of this year, expected sub count to be, roughly, 45 million households.
That means a total loss of 55% since 2015 at the end of 2023.
But out of 129 Million households, 45 million will mean only 35% will get Cable/Satellite Delivered Live TV by the end of 2023.
Imagine what 2024 will be like.
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Sony is discontinuing it's last 4K disc player, Panasonic has been rumored to be doing the same, the end of physical media is unfortunately, about to happen.
cordcuttersnews.com
Bad News For Blu-ray Fans: Sony Has Stopped Making a Popular Player | Cord Cutters News
Sony has discontinued its final standalone UHD Blu-ray player, the UBP-X700/K, ending shipments of the device with no successor model announced. The move, first spotted by Japanese website Kunkoku.jp and confirmed through the status of the product on Sony’s own website, marks the company’s...
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I am so done with Sony on so many levels. This is just one small piece of it.Sony is discontinuing it's last 4K disc player, Panasonic has been rumored to be doing the same, the end of physical media is unfortunately, about to happen.
Bad News For Blu-ray Fans: Sony Has Stopped Making a Popular Player | Cord Cutters News
Sony has discontinued its final standalone UHD Blu-ray player, the UBP-X700/K, ending shipments of the device with no successor model announced. The move, first spotted by Japanese website Kunkoku.jp and confirmed through the status of the product on Sony’s own website, marks the company’s...
Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.
www.tvtechnology.com
Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York
Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available
www.tvtechnology.com
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It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.
There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.
Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?
Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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