4k live

[patmurphey]

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

 

[DWS44]

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

 

[Bobby]

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

 

[rad]

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

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?

 

[ekilgus]

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

 

[Foxbat]

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.

 

[sam_gordon]

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?

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.

 

[navychop]

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

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

 

[FLEABttn]

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

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

 

[tcat007]

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

 

[FLEABttn]

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

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

 

[Tom Thumb]

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.