via Shane Sturgeon @ HDTV Magazine, Ltd
Dish announced that it is adding 6 new Voom channels to its HD lineup as well as 2 additional HD channels:
ESPN2 and Universal HD. So as of February 1st, there will be 25 HD channels available on Dish Network with
an expected price point of $20 per month.
They also announced that be the end of this year they will be providing local HD channels in 50 markets
beginning with Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Boston ... Including Subchannels.
To top it off, all of these HD Locals, and the additional stations above, will all be MPEG4. They have further
committed to make all future additions to their HD lineup in MPEG4 only. There will be no further additions of
HD channels in MPEG2. This means that if you want to receive these additional channels, it will require a
hardware (STB) upgrade.
To support his, they have released a new series of MPEG4 STB's: the ViP Series. This series of tuners does
not yet have support for 1080p (more on that in a later article), but will support it in the future with a "easy"
upgrade path:
211 - Single Room
222 - Multi-Room - This box will decode HD on the primary TV and SD on a second TV ... with no additional
box fee (as would usually be the case)
622 - Multi-Room PVR - Same as the 222, but with PVR functionality. The first MPEG4 PVR to hit the market.
The hard drive in this unit can also be "shared" among both connected TV's ... again with no additional box fee.
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles...es_-_day_1.php
.
Dish announced that it is adding 6 new Voom channels to its HD lineup as well as 2 additional HD channels:
ESPN2 and Universal HD. So as of February 1st, there will be 25 HD channels available on Dish Network with
an expected price point of $20 per month.
They also announced that be the end of this year they will be providing local HD channels in 50 markets
beginning with Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Boston ... Including Subchannels.
To top it off, all of these HD Locals, and the additional stations above, will all be MPEG4. They have further
committed to make all future additions to their HD lineup in MPEG4 only. There will be no further additions of
HD channels in MPEG2. This means that if you want to receive these additional channels, it will require a
hardware (STB) upgrade.
To support his, they have released a new series of MPEG4 STB's: the ViP Series. This series of tuners does
not yet have support for 1080p (more on that in a later article), but will support it in the future with a "easy"
upgrade path:
211 - Single Room
222 - Multi-Room - This box will decode HD on the primary TV and SD on a second TV ... with no additional
box fee (as would usually be the case)
622 - Multi-Room PVR - Same as the 222, but with PVR functionality. The first MPEG4 PVR to hit the market.
The hard drive in this unit can also be "shared" among both connected TV's ... again with no additional box fee.
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles...es_-_day_1.php
.
Last edited by a moderator: