Channel 5710 - HD TEST

[Harold]

Channel 5710 - HD TEST. Anyone else notice this? Looks good. Showing a nature show now. Not sure what it is.

 

[lakebum431]

It is just a mirror of Discovery Theater. Been up for several weeks now.

 

[steve4810]

Any one have a theory of why this test has gone on so long?

 

[mikesd]

Any one have a theory of why this test has gone on so long?

Charlie probably plans to count it as an additional HD channel.

 

[tigerfan33]

Charlie probably plans to count it as an additional HD channel.

good one-lol

 

[TNGTony]

The short answer is "no".

See ya
Tony

 

[Teran]

And the long answer is...?

 

[bgsmallwood]

The engineers are probably experimenting with compression limits or transponder tweaks. That's my guess.

 

[TuxCoder]

But it's just another channel number pointing to the same stream that 9421 points to... so any tweaks etc. would show up at 9421 as well.

 

[Dishlover]

How about testing SciFi-HD on that channel.

 

[digiblur]

How about testing SciFi-HD on that channel.

It's not a real channel. It simply another channel number pointed at the same exact video stream as Disc HD Theater. They could make 100 channel numbers pointed to the same video stream and it wouldn't change the bandwidth or how much bandwidth that channel takes up.

 

[slicked25]

How long is Dish planning on testing HDTHR? What are other channels that were tested on the Test Channel? That channel looks fine to me? Next...

 

[Smith P.]

The mirrored channel(s) could be used for test DRM, billing system, etc.

 

[tsduke]

It is just a mirror of Discovery Theater. Been up for several weeks now.

More like several months now. I just don't get why they need it showing for all customers. Seems like a mistake they haven't caught.

 

[downriver]

My theory is that it remains in the clear so Sears, et al, can sell HD TV's!!!!!

 

[lakebum431]

More like several months now. I just don't get why they need it showing for all customers. Seems like a mistake they haven't caught.

When I originally posted that back in October it was several weeks