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patmurphey

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• Jun 24, 2017

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Channel 540 is live again tonight with 4k broadcast of MMA match. I'm not interested, but it just turned up in my guide.

 

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DWS44

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• Jun 24, 2017

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No my cup of tea, but at least it's a start for Live 4K on Dish.

 

Bobby

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• Jun 24, 2017

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and it will only cost you $60 to view it...

 

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DWS44 said:

No my cup of tea, but at least it's a start for Live 4K on Dish.

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According to the uplink report this one channel is taking an entire transponder. So going forward how much more room does Dish have to provide live 4K content?

 

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ekilgus

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I wonder is the 4K content is compressed in any way?

 

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All I know is my EPG is locked up again. If I press the Guide button, channel 540 appears in the Guide, I am unable to use the Up and Down arrows to navigate off the page. I posted video of this phenomenon before. It doesn't matter which channel I'm tuned to.

 

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sam_gordon

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rad said:

According to the uplink report this one channel is taking an entire transponder. So going forward how much more room does Dish have to provide live 4K content?

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At one point ANALOG feeds took an entire transponder. Then SD took an entire transponder, Now HD can be done in 1/6 of a transponder (or less). It will always get smaller.

 

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ekilgus said:

I wonder is the 4K content is compressed in any way?

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By definition, ALL digital transmissions are compressed. It's only a matter of how much and how well.

 

FLEABttn

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ekilgus said:

I wonder is the 4K content is compressed in any way?

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4k is only available with a Hopper 3, Hopper 3 supports HEVC, assuming 4k content is HEVC encoded.

 

tcat007

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Curious what programming do you need to get channel 540? I have hopper 3 and 4k TV, but flex pack.

 

FLEABttn

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tcat007 said:

Curious what programming do you need to get channel 540? I have hopper 3 and 4k TV, but flex pack.

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In this specific instance, it was set up for an MMA pay per view.

 

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So far the broadcast looks good, only complaint is a technical glitch every time the tale of the tape screen is put up on the broadcast then causing stuttering in the broadcast for a few seconds.