As I saw the announcement of the new Hopper with Sling, I could only wonder what the folks at DISH could add for the 3rd generation unit. Sure we want more tuners but its not going to happen... the current turner count works and its easy for people to add more tuners if they want them.
I really couldn't think of anything groundbreaking that could be added to the new Hopper until I saw this... H.265. Its a new video codec that replaces H.264 (MPEG4) and can deliver the same high quality HD signals using half the bandwidth.
http://gizmo.do/YRV7WHV
Of course a cutover to H.265 would probably be YEARS away... look at how long the MPEG4 upgrade took. But its gains would be great for all of us.
I really couldn't think of anything groundbreaking that could be added to the new Hopper until I saw this... H.265. Its a new video codec that replaces H.264 (MPEG4) and can deliver the same high quality HD signals using half the bandwidth.
http://gizmo.do/YRV7WHV
Of course a cutover to H.265 would probably be YEARS away... look at how long the MPEG4 upgrade took. But its gains would be great for all of us.