70+ HD Channels in Engineering Mode

[brucegrr1]

Hey Jimbo,

We are in a no man's land antenna wise. We sit between Ft Wayne and Toledo, 40-60 miles from the stations. We worked for hours to get the stations in and could not get them in sufficiently to keep me happy. Better SD that I can see than HD in and out. We just moved here. I lived 25 miles North and East of here before, and we got the Toledo HD channels crystal clear. Better HD than DirecTv HD

So I wait. I always remind myself that DirectTv SD locals are better than the old three snowy channels days I need to be patient. The Big Ten channel will tide me over as far as OSU sports. I hope we have a good year ahead of us....I am a little worried

Thanks for the welcome. I have been reading for awhile. Decided to jump in.

Brucegrr...
I would expect them to go live when the second sat goes up and is operational. Sometime around April/ May ...

I'm in your area too, been watching locals in HD for many years now. Throw up an antenna, maybe even an indoor one and see what you can get.
I use an outdoor antenna and now watch locals about 90 % more than I did before the HD came on line.

Also, to the site !!!

Jimbo

 

[moonman]

The second article from TVPredictions.com.
goes into more detail on this, including channel numbering conventions:
DIRECTV: 20-40 New HD Channels Likely By Sept. 16

 

[jake14mw]

I love the idea that the HD channels will have the same numbers as the SD channels (I think). But I guess once you have so many HD channels, will that just clutter the guide up with too many duplicates?

 

[uncrules]

Use a favorites list and then you can eliminate the SD versions.

 

[Brewer4]

I was hoping for a new order changeth but looks like that is not happening. I am not a channel number memorizing person. I would rather prefer to create my favorites and lump and group them based on my ordering.

 

[uncrules]

With tonight's edge release for the H20-600 D* has included a option to hide SD versions of channels when a HD version is present. When I downloaded tonight's edge release for my H20-600 the option was defaulted to hide the SD versions of the locals I get from D*. I only had the HD local versions I get from D*. I did have my OTA versions as well.

Apparently tonight's HR20-700 edge release was suppose to have this feature as well but it got postponed until probably the next release.

The next national release of software for both machines will surely have this feature. This will be great timing since D* will be putting the HD versions of the new channels on the same channel number as the existing SD channels.

 

[Ely]

With tonight's edge release for the H20-600 D* has included a option to hide SD versions of channels when a HD version is present. When I downloaded tonight's edge release for my H20-600 the option was defaulted to hide the SD versions of the locals I get from D*.

Is there any way to force this software upgrade on my H20-600? I have been waiting for a long time and even tried some code I found on this forum but it always downloads the same version I have.

 

[atp1313]

CE Releases are only available from 11:30PM-2:30AM Eastern on selected nights, like last night and tonight. Please refer to the Living on the Edge forum for more details.

 

[Ely]

Thanks atp1313 I ll check that out!

 

[rad]

It's 11:00PM EDT to 2:00AM EDT on Fri/Sat for the CE window (normally).

 

[JAG72]

Thanks atp1313 I ll check that out!

I would stay away from this weeks CE download for the H20-600.

 

[Stalker]

Hd Ppv?

Alphabetical list

9823 A&E
9872 ABC Family
9866 Altitude
9805 Animal Planet
9848 Big Ten
9858 Bravo
9855 Cartoon Network
9871 Chiller/ SAC MNT
9814 Cinemax HD
9867 Cinemax West
9877 CNBC
9849 CNN
9850 Comcast SportsNet Chicago
9860 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
9859 Comedy Central
9863 CSN West
9800 CSTV
9838 Discovery
9804 Disney Channel
9810 ESPN News
9870 FSN Arizona
9802 FSN Bay Area
9856 FSN Cincinnati
9875 FSN Detroit
9861 FSN Florida
9803 FSN Houston
9801 FSN Midwest
9807 FSN New England
9812 FSN New York
9806 FSN North
9811 FSN Northwest
9851 FSN Ohio
9816 FSN Pittsburgh
9841 FSN Prime Ticket
9821 FSN Rocky Mountain
9826 FSN South
9831 FSN Southwest
9836 FSN West
9843 Fuel
9808 FX
9819 HBO West
9844 HGTV
9833 History Channel
9865 MASN/ SportsTime Ohio
9869 MHD
9839 Movie Channel
9817 MSG
9818 MTV
9815 National Georaphic
9820 NBA TV
9876 NESN
9825 NFL Network
9830 NHL
9874 Nickelodeon East
9835 Outdoor
9832 Science Channel
9863 Sci-Fi
9852 Sho Too
9834 Showtime West
9842 Speed
9845 Spike
9822 SportsNet New York
9827 SportsSouth
9847 Starz Comedy
9829 Starz East
9824 Starz Edge
9857 Starz Kids & Family
9828 Starz West
9846 Sun Sports
9854 TBS
9840 Tennis Channel
9813 The 101
9878 The Food Network
9853 The Weather Channel
9862 TLC
9809 Toon Disney
9873 USA Network
9864 Versus
9879 VH1
9827 YES

Scobuck said that there would be some surprises. CPanther95 on AVS compiled this list of previously unannounced channels.

1. MTV
2. NBA TV
3. Outdoor
4. Fuel
5. Spike
6. SHO TOO
7. Comedy Central
8. Nickelodeon East
9. VH1
10. NHL Network

Didn't someone also mention there were about 14 HD PPV channels uploaded also?

 

[Smith P.]

Didn't someone also mention there were about 14 HD PPV channels uploaded also?

And again - nothing UPLOADED yet. The info just EPG letters and numbers. No signal at all for the numbers.

 

[Marcus Carr]

Some changes made:

Added

9367 Smithsonian
9369 MGM
9370 Fox Business Channel
9371 Country Music Channel
9372 Biography Channel

Removed and relabled PPV for right now

9801 FSN Midwest
9802 FSN Bay Area
9816 FSN Pittsburgh
9821 FSN Rocky Mountain
9826 FSN South
9851 FSN Ohio
9856 FSN Cincinnati
9861 FSN Florida
9863 CSN West
9865 MASN/ SportsTime Ohio
9866 Altitude

 

[goober]

here's something on the smithonian channel (HD)

The Smithsonian Channel Homepage - The official site of The Smithsonian Channel On Demand

 

[goober]

MGM channel THE MGM Channel - The MGM Channel - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

 

[atp1313]

It's 11:00PM EDT to 2:00AM EDT on Fri/Sat for the CE window (normally).

Oops, sorry about that. I usually try to wait a while to avoid the rush, so I guess that is what I had on my mind...

 

[iceturkee]

mtv is mhd......music hi definiton that was previously announced and has had a sneak preview.

 

[Marcus Carr]

mtv is mhd......music hi definiton that was previously announced and has had a sneak preview.

No, they are both listed.

9818 MTV
9869 MHD

 

[vurbano]

looks like channel 77 is gone now.