DIRECTV rolls-out 4 more major DMAs with MPEG-4 LIL HD

[gwinchilla]

In reply to:

"Has anyone gotten the philly install yet? Just curious how it compares to ota"

I have an install scheduled for Dec 6th...I'll let you know...

 

[newsposter]

thanks, also please let me know if they do UPN and WB..DTV site says no...that's horrible if true.

 

[hdtvtechno]

thanks, also please let me know if they do UPN and WB..DTV site says no...that's horrible if true.

No not at this time, they will carry it at a later date in the future.

 

[JerryVolunteer]

I had to call DirecTV with a problem with my service and they elevated me to level 2. Anyways, whilethe rep was helping me he voluntarily told me that Memphis would be upgradedto Mpeg 4 this spring around the end of April-first of May. I believe we are #44 on the list so I thought I would just pass on what they had told me.

 

[newsposter]

No not at this time, they will carry it at a later date in the future.

Is the source of that info reliable? My antenna is only at a semi permanent place because I thought I'd be rid of it by the end of next year. If i'm going to need it full time, I need to find a better place aesthetically wise.

 

[markd]

I had to call DirecTV with a problem with my service and they elevated me to level 2. Anyways, whilethe rep was helping me he voluntarily told me that Memphis would be upgradedto Mpeg 4 this spring around the end of April-first of May. I believe we are #44 on the list so I thought I would just pass on what they had told me.

I figure it would be sometime in the summer when we would get upgraded. This is fine with me. Hopefully they'll have all the bugs worked out of the HD-DVR by then.

 

[BobnearLC]

Does anyone have any idea when El Paso will be upgraded to HD local-into-local by DIRECTV?

 

[hdtvtechno]

Is the source of that info reliable?.

Pretty Much

 

[lou_do]

Does anyone have any idea when El Paso will be upgraded to HD local-into-local by DIRECTV?

El Paso market is 99th on the list. They are still working on the first 12, so as a rough guess, it will probably be sometime in the second half of next year.

There is no set schedule out, so this is just a guess-t-mate, by the speed it is going now.

 

[Carter]

I guessing Phoenix (DMA #14) will be in the next round of MPEG-4 HD-LiL?

 

[gwinchilla]

Just got the upgrade

In reply to:
"Has anyone gotten the philly install yet? Just curious how it compares to ota"
I have an install scheduled for Dec 6th...I'll let you know...

Just got the upgrade...boy the dish is huge! Probably twice the size as the triple LNB. I feel bad for the installers lugging that sucker up the ladder...
Picture quality is good, possibly a little better....
There is no DVI hookup on the H20 only HDMI, component or S-Video. Does anyone know if there are any cables DVI on one end and HDMI on the other?
As far as what philly locals are in HD, I have two channels of each (cbs, abc, nbc and fox) one SD version and one HD version
I also still have the the NY locals on 80, 82, 86 and 88
NO UPN or WB

 

[chewwy420]

HDMI to DVI Cable

http://www.surpluscomputers.net/sto...l&item=CBL10158

 

[raoul5788]

HDMI to DVI Cable
http://www.surpluscomputers.net/sto...l&item=CBL10158

The link is broken.

Chip

 

[chewwy420]

Woops!

Sorry!

http://www.surpluscomputers.net/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CBL10158

 

[raoul5788]

Woops!
Sorry!
http://www.surpluscomputers.net/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=CBL10158

That's better! Thanks!

Chip

 

[mfegley]

Anyone know what the next markets will get local HD, after the first 12.

 

[charper1]

LoL! I can't resist.. the next 12.

I am sorry.

 

[raoul5788]

LoL! I can't resist.. the next 12.

I am sorry.

You don't SEEM sorry!

Chip

 

[charper1]

Here is #13 - #50 and then the attached file has the entire DMA list. The next 12 should be some time during 01/06 - 03/06.


13 Seattle-Tacoma
14 Phoenix (Prescott)
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul
16 Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
17 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
18 Denver
19 Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto
20 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn
21 St. Louis
22 Pittsburgh
23 Portland, OR
24 Baltimore
25 Indianapolis
26 San Diego
27 Charlotte
28 Hartford & New Haven
29 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle)
30 Nashville
31 Kansas City
32 Columbus, OH
33 Milwaukee
34 Cincinnati
35 Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And
36 Salt Lake City
37 San Antonio
38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce
39 Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk
40 Birmingham (Ann, Tusc)
41 Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York
42 Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws
43 New Orleans
44 Memphis
45 Oklahoma City
46 Albuquerque-Santa Fe
47 Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem
48 Las Vegas
49 Buffalo
50 Louisville

 

[aeneas3]

just a heads up, got my hd programming and install today thru d* and i was surprised to get an h20 when I was expecting an h10. buffalo will not be getting mpeg4 for a while, yet they are already installing the new hd receivers. how nice