I think the problem Dish is running into is that customers with MPEG2 equipment do not know they can get additional channels and they are loosing customers to Directv because of this.
Might as well upgrade them and give them more channels before they switch to Directv.
Im sure there is not many customers left out there with mpeg2 equipment.
This is great news for several reasons:
- It would allow the "number of HD hours available" listed in the DVR's "My Recordings" screen to be accurate for the first time in years.
- It would allow a half dozen new national HD channels to be added to 110 viewable to all subscribers, due to the bandwidth savings.
- It would significantly increase the picture quality of the most popular HD channels (HBO-HD,SHO-HD,ESPN-HD,TNT-HD,HDNET-HD,HDTHR-HD).