HDNet/HDNet Movies now Mpeg4

[smooth28la]

Per last tech chat, the rest of the mpeg2 channels are supposed to go mpeg4. Has that happened yet?

 

[DishSubLA]

The date on that is supposed to be December 1st when current MPEG-2 HD's will be available only in MPEG-4.

 

[TheKrell]

Not a peep out of the uplink report as of 3:45am EST, Dec 1st...

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Those types of changes are usually carried out overnight, so we probably won't see them today...

 

[HDRoberts]

Bet it's delayed.

Dish seems to have no plans to use the bandwidth anyway.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

It will happen this week, I was told after the Tech Chat that they meant the week of the 1st.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Where's last weeks uplink?
Dish took a 5 day weekend?

 

[Cyclone]

I can finally take solace, that my old Dish 6000 can no longer be used for hacking. I had sold it many years ago on eBay when I got my 921. It sold for over $400 and I just knew that the customer (a Doctor no less) was paying that much for just one reason.

I had faith that Dish would have a swap out that would render it unable to hack, but I guess that never happened. But now that MPEG-2 is history for HD, I know that the box is finally useless. Well I guess it can still serve up SD, but you know what I mean. Heck, I'd rather have a 311 than that turd 6000. Well, it does do HD OTA. So I guess its not a complete paper weight.

 

[ENDelt260]

Is there functionality on my receiver (ViP 722) that will allow me to check if a particular channel is MPEG-2 or MPEG-4?

 

[dennispap]

It will happen this week, I was told after the Tech Chat that they meant the week of the 1st.

 

[dennispap]

Where's last weeks uplink?
Dish took a 5 day weekend?

http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-ne...tivity-report-11-26-2008-6-02am-1-change.html

 

[KAB]

Is there functionality on my receiver (ViP 722) that will allow me to check if a particular channel is MPEG-2 or MPEG-4?

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[Hall]

Is there functionality on my receiver (ViP 722) that will allow me to check if a particular channel is MPEG-2 or MPEG-4?

Record something now (before the switch-over) and save it. Record the same program after word of the switch-over takes place. The later recording should be 2/3-3/3 if not 1/2 the size.

 

[Smith P.]

He can measure the size if he activated EHD, only.

 

[TheBobert]

Sorry but does this mean that the HD channels will look better?

 

[hdtvtechno]

Sorry but does this mean that the HD channels will look better?

Only if dish decides to put the full bandwidth to them and then encode them in mpeg4 yes

 

[KKlare]

Is there functionality on my receiver (ViP 722) that will allow me to check if a particular channel is MPEG-2 or MPEG-4?

Record a show for 15 min or more, check its size pressing DVR-4-2 (My Media, Send to Device). You do have the EHD enabled and plugged in, I hope.

If it is HD and the size is 3200 to 4400 MB/hour, it is MPEG-2.
For 1400 to 2800 MB/hour, it is MPEG-4. Dish HD locals are MPEG-4.
OTA may go over 5000 MB/hour for best quality, full bandwidth MPEG-2.
BTW, you cannot tell on the DVR if it is 720p or 1080i source except by size, maybe.

Just found a Dish local hour at 1400, likely because it is ABC Boston Legal at 720p, while it was 2800 for NBC Chuck 1080i. Funny, the BL of prior week was 2600 like Chuck. So it does vary a lot or they lower the bandwidth or change compression some weeks?

-Ken

 

[Smith P.]

No changes in compression - watch Digi's Uplink posts for capture the moment.

 

[TheBobert]

Only if dish decides to put the full bandwidth to them and then encode them in mpeg4 yes

Ok thanks!
Why is it that channels like HDNet look soooo much better then some of the other HD channels?
Dont get me wrong I love the HD service.

 

[HDRoberts]

Changed overnight.

They are now MPEG4!