New 118.7 Information
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Now, being in michigan and to my understanding. Regardless of what type of dish you have, (ie. 500, or 1000, etc.) in the end it is going to a 3 head system. Similar to D*. Capturing 110/119 and now 118. I guess this would be the best possible way to go, logically. Then you have 61.5 seperate. That is if it stays this way....
Scott Greczkowski said:
I did a double take and huh?!?!?!?! when I read this in post #1
I would suggest you edit to read internationals AND HD-LIL's or internationals and (5) HD LIL's
I guess this is why they will have the kit to change out superdish 121 LNB's to support the 118 slot. That way the international customers with a SD121 can use the new slot. Also this is probally why 118 is appearing in SD only receivers, since Internatinoals will be on 118.
Poke said:
A dish 1000 will not come close to working in AK. I am currently using a 1.0m antenna for 110 (w/ marginal performance), a .76m antenna for 119, and a .6m antenna for 148. I am told that even with a 1.2m antenna, 129 fades in an out up here. Our only hope for HD in AK is that the HD content at 129 is mirrored at 148 (Dish are you listening???).
6coho said:
I still had the old HD pak that they were able to keep after I activated a 622. Tech support was able to activate the receiver and they tried like crazy to also get the programming on 129 but they couldn't bypass the computer to do it.
I was really hoping they would move everything to either 119 or 110 but it doesn.t look that way.
That's what they made the new Dish 1000.2 for. They're not gonna fix the 129 slot issue, they just go bigger on the dishes.long_time_DNC said:I still can't believe they're not going to do something about the 129 sat. It's pretty much unwatchable as it stands now...
I know I can't keep up with it and I'm here nearly everyday.maddawg said:
I've made some posts here stating I want to get on the HD bandwagon, but HD locals are the key for me. I'm at the fringe of the Detroit market but OTA is nearly unwatchable.
It will be a sizeable expenditure, what with an HD TV, ditching the entertainment center for a stand, a new receiver and increased programming costs. I'll need the Silver package with Locals, no Voom and a 622.
But I can't keep track, or even make sense of what dish I need and where I need to point it. I have LOTS of trees so both azimuth and elevation can make or break this. I have a 500 on a pole at the edge of the woods now.
Most of all, I dread having to talk to Customer Service for information. The outfit that did the original install no longer deals with Dish.
Since it's their issue with the 129 sat, I would sincerely hope that the D1000.2 doesn't cost me anything extra. Considering I'm paying for channels that are essentially unwatchable the way it is now.ralfyguy said:
sampatterson said:
lakebum431 and sampattereson,
Do you have the 622 and a dish pointing to 129 and have problems due to "low power"? Or are you reacting to the Northwest folks. I live in Tucker, have the 622 and a dish pointing to 129 (they re-pointed the 61.5 to 129 rather than putting up a Dish 1000) and I am not having any more difficulty with 129 than I do with the other sat positions.
You don't honestly think, that if you call and complain about that, they will say: "Sure Sir, we apologize for the inconvenience, and we'll send you the new Dish 1000.2 at no charge! Do you wish to have it installed for free too?":haha :haha :haha :haha :hahalong_time_DNC said:
waltinvt said:
Waltinvt, My point was not that hd locals aren't here, but that they are putting them on the wing dish (at least in Boston,) along with most nat'l hd channels. I just don't think they will be able to make real inroads into the northeast until they make it possible to get this stuff on a single dish. I believe that the northeast is an area where people would be less likely to put up multiple dishes for programming, for a number of reasons, but that's the way things are set up for us.
I guess I'm just echoing (pun intended) other people's thoughts that e* seems to
be doing things haphazardly and not necessarily operating with the most efficient business plan.
Even if hd locals here were on the main dish, you still would need to get a second
dish to get the other fifteen+ national hd channels, limiting E*'s appeal in the Northeast.
I'm not really complaining. I have the old core hd package and love it, but I do see this as a flaw in their plan.
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