MikeD-C05 said:In order to move any hd around Dish will have to resolve the 2 dish for locals in the 36 markets it has now to one. I don't think that the Voom channels will stay on the R1 satellite by next year. Most likely they could move all the hd channels to the new 129 slot. Then they could free up transponders they are using for hd on 110 for the consolidation of local cities with a 2 dish solution . I don't know how many of the 36 dmas they can squeeze onto 110 /119 , but when they put up Echostar 10 up this should be enough to do the job. What are they going to do with R 1 then? I would think they would move it to maybe 110 and let it back up the satellites there to finish the 40 dmas they lack to finish locals. Anyone else with any ideas?
DBS was somewhat invented to do away with motorized dishes. However, I must aree.bcshields said:All this makes me think they should have come out with a motorized dish years ago.
Tom Bombadil said:How much of the USA can R-1 cover from 110? I've read opinions that given the shape of the coverage built into R-1, that it would not be able to cover the entire USA from that position.
Also do you think it would be wise to construct a solution where the large East Coast markets would need a 2-dish solution to get all of the HD channels? That could give DirecTV a solid advantage to selling to the East Coast as HD becomes more prevalent.
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