If they do switch off the sd channels, will it mean they can use two satellites instead of three to receive all of Mpeg 4 programming like the eastern arc does? Then they can stop renting 129 satellite.Dish switched Eastern Arc to all MPEG 4 in 2016 but I have not heard a date when Dish will switch Western Arc to all MPEG 4. SD channels are MPEG2.
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But if they eliminate the duplicate, couldn't they put the HD signal on 110 and take advantage of the stronger signal?Jim 5506 is correct. Dish would eliminate the SD duplicate channels when they eliminate MPEG 2. The advantage to having both HD and SD duplicates is that when Satellite 129 loses signal due to extreme weather the receiver automatically switches to the SD version on Satellite 110. The 110 signal is stronger than the 129 signal.
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The HD signal requires more bandwidth, so they could not just take away an SD channel and put up an HD in it's place.But if they eliminate the duplicate, couldn't they put the HD signal on 110 and take advantage of the stronger signal?
So they take away 4 SD signals and put up 1 HD. Whatever.The HD signal requires more bandwidth, so they could not just take away an SD channel and put up an HD in it's place.
Actually if I remember correctly its 14 SD stations for each HD station.So they take away 4 SD signals and put up 1 HD. Whatever.
That is actually a disadvantage.Jim 5506 is correct. Dish would eliminate the SD duplicate channels when they eliminate MPEG 2. The advantage to having both HD and SD duplicates is that when Satellite 129 loses signal due to extreme weather the receiver automatically switches to the SD version on Satellite 110. The 110 signal is stronger than the 129 signal.
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Well, I could give you a list of about 140 stations they could remove tomorrow and 99.5% of subs wouldn't even notice.Actually if I remember correctly its 14 SD stations for each HD station.
Is that MPEG2 or MPEG4 SD stations though? If going from MPEG4->MPEG4 that figure seems believable, but MPEG2 is so inefficient I would expect many less SD stations to fit in the slot of a MPEG4 HD station.Actually if I remember correctly its 14 SD stations for each HD station.
I think that Dish has contacted me because I have two very old MPEG2 receivers: DVR 625s. The e-mails and recorded phone msgs I've been getting confused me into thinking they are dropping all SD channels, which according to you guys, is not what is going to happen. I'm getting my roof antenna replaced and both of my DVR625s replaced with Wallys next month (January).... The biggest headache is getting to all those old MPEG2 receivers out there and replacing them. I guess at some point they may just drop all the MPEG2 channels and wait for the stragglers to complain that their channel is gone and find them that way.
There are still plenty of MPEG4 SD channels on Dish, most local secondary channels are SD and some of these have no HD source.
How much space are they giving each channel? Even if the SD channels were only getting .5Mbps each, that means the HD channels are getting 7? That's getting close to what OTA is putting out.Actually if I remember correctly its 14 SD stations for each HD station.
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