New HD channels coming!
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There's at least 20 other HD channels that I would rather see before Shorts HD. I'll give the channel a chance, no doubt... But there's real basic meat and potato's that should be added ahead of this one.
I don't think DirecTV even has bandwidth for 20 basic HD channels, plus the remaining HBO, MAX, RSN's and Shorts. Something's gotta give. PPV, Compression quality, push VOD bandwidth, mpeg4 migrations, etc. You cant bleed bandwidth from a stone!
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I don't think DirecTV even has bandwidth for 20 basic HD channels, plus the remaining HBO, MAX, RSN's and Shorts. Something's gotta give. PPV, Compression quality, push VOD bandwidth, mpeg4 migrations, etc. You cant bleed bandwidth from a stone!
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Still looking for the story but didnt DirecTV recently (maybe a few months ago) file for some approvals to use some new Ka tech to virtually double bandwidth without quality losses?
well I can't find it so I must be mistaken. But I thought is basically was a way they could stack another set of frequencies on top of ones they already have at each orbital location.
I thought they had talked about possibly using Ka freqs on the 101 orbital slot, "on top" of the Ku ones there...
DVB-S2 is projected to offer up to 30% improvement in bandwidth utilization so the thinking is that it should give DIRECTV the ability to add one (1) more HD channel per transponder.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the actual improvement may be less (but hopefully still enough for one channel) due to DIRECTV's use of Ka band that requires more error correction.
8PSK Turbo is supposed to give up to 35% better throughput. I'll let you guess who is using that technology.
Im a newb and just signed up for DirecTV last week, Ive got the 2 HD-DVR Multi-Room setup.
I saw a video showing new Ka dishes coming out are little bigger and have a wider range of the sky. Im guessing these will replace Slimlines in the future? What about local repeaters? I think I read something about having local repeaters few years ago, especially for NYC. I know Sirius-XM uses local repeaters.
I saw a video showing new Ka dishes coming out are little bigger and have a wider range of the sky. Im guessing these will replace Slimlines in the future? What about local repeaters? I think I read something about having local repeaters few years ago, especially for NYC. I know Sirius-XM uses local repeaters.
Do you have a link ?
Haven't heard or seen anything related to a new dish coming out.
Why would D* need a Repeater, their signal comes right off the Satellite ...
Haven't heard or seen anything related to a new dish coming out.
Why would D* need a Repeater, their signal comes right off the Satellite ...
I found the link on this site or somewhere on the net. Basically the video was like a demo of a D* Technician talking about home setup and channel guide features. Kinda towards the end of the video he briefly compares and it shows diagram of 2 dishes mounted on a house. Ka dish and Slimline. He was saying the Ka will have a wider range to pick up more satellites in the sky. ** Just an example the Slimline picks up a 90 degree range and the Ka would pick up 145 degree range
If this is the video I'm thinking of, it is pretty old. The dishes shown are the AT-9 and the Phase III. The Slimline is the AU-9 which is three inches wider and three inches shorter than the AT-9.
Sweet! I finally get to knock a lonnnnng standing request (8+ years) off the list ;-)
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