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Hey guys and greetings from the united states. 
... For those of you who dont know, I have been back from Iraq for the past three days on leave. So, Whats the first thing I do once I get home after giving my wife and daughter the love that they have missed. I turn on the TV.
So Lets Start on the positives.
The quality of the HD demo channel is A++++... I had to check out the bitrate...
Its currently running at 20+ MBPS for the video AND
20 MBS+ for AUDIO! For a total of 40 MBPS+ The quality actually is stunning. I just wish every channel on dishHD could look like this.
The 2nd is VOD programming. While dish is still building upon this, it was nice to turn on my 622 and press the dvr button. From there under the TV Entertainment tab I was able to watch programming from HGTV, NATGO, AND Food Network. Although its only 3 programs it was nice to see step's in the right direction. With the news that was broken a few weeks ago here, It looks like dish is moving well in the right direction.
NETWORK HD, For us here in chicago it looks like dish has finally ironed out the bugs with the mpg4 encoders. That is awsome! The quality is pretty good, allthogh a little bit starved at times. expecally on the 1080I channels. OH yea and if you live in the chicago area, Tune to ABC7 News at 500PM on January 6th for The first NEWS broadcast in HD in the chicago area! Congrats to ABC7 for being chicago's HD station and leading the way in delivering High Def news to the viewers in chicago.
Now we get to the bad.
What the hell happened to ESPN and HDNET???????
WOW the quality on these two channels have gone down the tubes.. Infact, im half way tempted to send an email to dish quality. Espn has much microblocking as well as HD Net. How do you mess up a 720P channel? If we have any engineers in the house please look at this.
CBSHD! What happened to the O&O rule. I would of thought that this would have stayed on being that "technically by the books" Digital programming cant be considered a distant network as it does not follow the same rules as analoge programming. This one still has to be determined by the fcc and I would expect them to address this hopefully in 07
Another disappointment in the HD sector was the lack of HD additions and the voom repeats continue. Im still listening to the same alantis morsette on Rave HD that was on 6 months ago, and well over a year ago. After all I know WTTW chicago (wich tapes and airs) soundstage has had numerous new artists on air than what voom shows. I did remember dish saying by years end saying New hd was coming. Well, The year has almost ended and another broken promise.
I think with the blind sidedness from tivo and and the lost of distant networks, Dish has lost focus on what really matters, and that is the customer. The TV industry has finally crossed a threash hold this year. There are now more HDTV owners than SDTV owners, as reported by my local abc news earlyer today. Has dish, nor directv at that fact, stepped up to the plate. No. In the end if dish doesnt do something with the quality and amount of programming soon, there subscriber base will get smaller as people transition to HDTV.
Recommendations to fix things. Instead of waiting for CES to unveil things, Do it a few weeks earlyer in time for the holidays. What a way to get people in the door with new programming and a christmas gift of new programming, This would also force directv to respond to any "industry shockers" Also instead of following the hdlite standard.... SET THE STANDARD OF QUALITY! What i mean by that, is create a new standard of high quality programming and blow directv out of the water.
Well that's pretty much it. Some times I wish I had a job up in corporate Echostar and that I could call the shots. Things would be way different and I do belive that E* would be in a much better place with more subscribers. What charlie and co needs to realize that sometimes a fresh pair of eyes who can bring in new ideas is needed as it helps relive the fog that they are seeing. I hardly doubt they will take my advice though because that would be a way of admitting that someone isnt doing there job, and that I can do it better than they can. Just give me the chance when I get back permantly. Thats all I ask for and You wont be disappointed
... For those of you who dont know, I have been back from Iraq for the past three days on leave. So, Whats the first thing I do once I get home after giving my wife and daughter the love that they have missed. I turn on the TV. So Lets Start on the positives.
The quality of the HD demo channel is A++++... I had to check out the bitrate...
Its currently running at 20+ MBPS for the video AND
20 MBS+ for AUDIO! For a total of 40 MBPS+ The quality actually is stunning. I just wish every channel on dishHD could look like this.
The 2nd is VOD programming. While dish is still building upon this, it was nice to turn on my 622 and press the dvr button. From there under the TV Entertainment tab I was able to watch programming from HGTV, NATGO, AND Food Network. Although its only 3 programs it was nice to see step's in the right direction. With the news that was broken a few weeks ago here, It looks like dish is moving well in the right direction.
NETWORK HD, For us here in chicago it looks like dish has finally ironed out the bugs with the mpg4 encoders. That is awsome! The quality is pretty good, allthogh a little bit starved at times. expecally on the 1080I channels. OH yea and if you live in the chicago area, Tune to ABC7 News at 500PM on January 6th for The first NEWS broadcast in HD in the chicago area! Congrats to ABC7 for being chicago's HD station and leading the way in delivering High Def news to the viewers in chicago.
Now we get to the bad.
What the hell happened to ESPN and HDNET???????
WOW the quality on these two channels have gone down the tubes.. Infact, im half way tempted to send an email to dish quality. Espn has much microblocking as well as HD Net. How do you mess up a 720P channel? If we have any engineers in the house please look at this.
CBSHD! What happened to the O&O rule. I would of thought that this would have stayed on being that "technically by the books" Digital programming cant be considered a distant network as it does not follow the same rules as analoge programming. This one still has to be determined by the fcc and I would expect them to address this hopefully in 07
Another disappointment in the HD sector was the lack of HD additions and the voom repeats continue. Im still listening to the same alantis morsette on Rave HD that was on 6 months ago, and well over a year ago. After all I know WTTW chicago (wich tapes and airs) soundstage has had numerous new artists on air than what voom shows. I did remember dish saying by years end saying New hd was coming. Well, The year has almost ended and another broken promise.
I think with the blind sidedness from tivo and and the lost of distant networks, Dish has lost focus on what really matters, and that is the customer. The TV industry has finally crossed a threash hold this year. There are now more HDTV owners than SDTV owners, as reported by my local abc news earlyer today. Has dish, nor directv at that fact, stepped up to the plate. No. In the end if dish doesnt do something with the quality and amount of programming soon, there subscriber base will get smaller as people transition to HDTV.
Recommendations to fix things. Instead of waiting for CES to unveil things, Do it a few weeks earlyer in time for the holidays. What a way to get people in the door with new programming and a christmas gift of new programming, This would also force directv to respond to any "industry shockers" Also instead of following the hdlite standard.... SET THE STANDARD OF QUALITY! What i mean by that, is create a new standard of high quality programming and blow directv out of the water.
Well that's pretty much it. Some times I wish I had a job up in corporate Echostar and that I could call the shots. Things would be way different and I do belive that E* would be in a much better place with more subscribers. What charlie and co needs to realize that sometimes a fresh pair of eyes who can bring in new ideas is needed as it helps relive the fog that they are seeing. I hardly doubt they will take my advice though because that would be a way of admitting that someone isnt doing there job, and that I can do it better than they can. Just give me the chance when I get back permantly. Thats all I ask for and You wont be disappointed
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Hey guys and greetings from the united states.
So Lets Start on the positives.
The quality of the HD demo channel is A++++... I had to check out the bitrate...
Its currently running at 20+ MBPS for the video AND
20 MBS+ for AUDIO! For a total of 40 MBPS+ The quality actually is stunning. I just wish every channel on dishHD could look like this.
The 2nd is VOD programming. While dish is still building upon this, it was nice to turn on my 622 and press the dvr button. From there under the TV Entertainment tab I was able to watch programming from HGTV, NATGO, AND Food Network. Although its only 3 programs it was nice to see step's in the right direction. With the news that was broken a few weeks ago here, It looks like dish is moving well in the right direction.
NETWORK HD, For us here in chicago it looks like dish has finally ironed out the bugs with the mpg4 encoders. That is awsome! The quality is pretty good, allthogh a little bit starved at times. expecally on the 1080I channels. OH yea and if you live in the chicago area, Tune to ABC7 News at 500PM on January 6th for The first NEWS broadcast in HD in the chicago area! Congrats to ABC7 for being chicago's HD station and leading the way in delivering High Def news to the viewers in chicago.
Now we get to the bad.
What the hell happened to ESPN and HDNET???????
WOW the quality on these two channels have gone down the tubes.. Infact, im half way tempted to send an email to dish quality. Espn has much microblocking as well as HD Net. How do you mess up a 720P channel? If we have any engineers in the house please look at this.
CBSHD! What happened to the O&O rule. I would of thought that this would have stayed on being that "technically by the books" Digital programming cant be considered a distant network as it does not follow the same rules as analoge programming. This one still has to be determined by the fcc and I would expect them to address this hopefully in 07
Another disappointment in the HD sector was the lack of HD additions and the voom repeats continue. Im still listening to the same alantis morsette on Rave HD that was on 6 months ago, and well over a year ago. After all I know WTTW chicago (wich tapes and airs) soundstage has had numerous new artists on air than what voom shows. I did remember dish saying by years end saying New hd was coming. Well, The year has almost ended and another broken promise.
I think with the blind sidedness from tivo and and the lost of distant networks, Dish has lost focus on what really matters, and that is the customer. The TV industry has finally crossed a threash hold this year. There are now more HDTV owners than SDTV owners, as reported by my local abc news earlyer today. Has dish, nor directv at that fact, stepped up to the plate. No. In the end if dish doesnt do something with the quality and amount of programming soon, there subscriber base will get smaller as people transition to HDTV.
Recommendations to fix things. Instead of waiting for CES to unveil things, Do it a few weeks earlyer in time for the holidays. What a way to get people in the door with new programming and a christmas gift of new programming, This would also force directv to respond to any "industry shockers" Also instead of following the hdlite standard.... SET THE STANDARD OF QUALITY! What i mean by that, is create a new standard of high quality programming and blow directv out of the water.
Well that's pretty much it. Some times I wish I had a job up in corporate Echostar and that I could call the shots. Things would be way different and I do belive that E* would be in a much better place with more subscribers. What charlie and co needs to realize that sometimes a fresh pair of eyes who can bring in new ideas is needed as it helps relive the fog that they are seeing. I hardly doubt they will take my advice though because that would be a way of admitting that someone isnt doing there job, and that I can do it better than they can. Just give me the chance when I get back permantly. Thats all I ask for and You wont be disappointed
I've not been with them long enough to see this stuff, But I felt compelled to come and say thanks for your service..
That's all..Sorry if I hijacked the thread..LOL.
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gOEC7EJLO3M
Direct YouTube Link - Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the Alleged Foreign Spy #shorts
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TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gOEC7EJLO3M
Direct YouTube Link - Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the Alleged Foreign Spy #shorts
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
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Lon.TV
Time for another AWESOME video from Lon Seidman of LON.TV!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dViecB76yco
Direct YouTube Link - Broadcasters To Encrypt Emergency Messages with DRM..
The Official LON.TV Website
Lon on Facebook
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dViecB76yco
Direct YouTube Link - Broadcasters To Encrypt Emergency Messages with DRM..
The Official LON.TV Website
Lon on Facebook
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWSGgxnUklA
Direct YouTube Link - MacBreak Weekly 1050
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWSGgxnUklA
Direct YouTube Link - MacBreak Weekly 1050
TWIT's Website
TWIT Live Feed
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Supporting Founder
Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Lifetime Supporter
Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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So you have a MBA?
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Cutting Edge
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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Hi guys, is anyone getting any quality on transponder 4135 L 30000 I'm not getting any quality few weeks now.
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No problem here (in central Europe) with a 10-footer. Do note that 9.4 dB required for the lock.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere. Bobby just posted $7.59/gal, locally it is $5.59.....that's two bucks difference.
The Charter/Spectrum tv app has been updated to make it downloaded with more tv brands. I recently added it to my LG Oled tv.
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