Noggin, a la Carte?

[kulakovich]

Hi folks!

It would seem that when I first started assembling pieces and parts for this hobby a few years ago, that our a la carte services were mighty.

Now, most places only offer 20 channels a la carte, with stipulations that you have to have 4-5 other services to even be allowed to order certain other channels.

Right now, CBS just yanked its cooperative saturday morninhg programming with NickJr, and the morning line-up is another sad and grossly commercialized intellectual wasteland. No Blues Clues, No Dora, No Backyardigans.

So - Does anyone know of a provider that has Noggin a la carte? I'd gladly switch over to them in order to get Noggin for my kids.



Thanks for your time!

kulakovich

 

[JerryK]

Sorry, I dont' know about getting it alacarte.

But I'll pass along that a month or 2 ago I renewed my subscription at NPS and got their "digital essentials" package. It has all I need for 199/yr. Actually they were running a promotion and I think I got it for only about 170.

Sure, it ain't free, but it's a whole lot of tv for 17/mo.

 

[tdti1]

Do you have Ku-band? SRL has a MTV mini pack on Ku-band:
MTV 2 X4-801
MTV Hits X4-802
Nick Games and Sports X4-606
Nick Toons X4-604
Noggin X4-605
TVLAND Digital X4-602
VH1 Classic Rock X4-804
VH1 Country X4-805
VH1 Soul X4-806

$74.92 for the year.

http://www.programming-center.net/WebForm1.aspx?AD=D

 

[Inno]

I'm guessing those packages are only available with 4DTV?

 

[dashaund]

Yes, since they're in DCII format.

 

[kulakovich]

Do you have Ku-band? SRL has a MTV mini pack on Ku-band:

http://www.programming-center.net/WebForm1.aspx?AD=D

Hi! I do have Ku - I am guessing this is all digital though? I have a 650i - I heard that if you authenticate with your analog, you can still receive on your 2500a if you send the output from the analog to the digital - is that true?

I have the GI650i, and I could hook it to my Pansat 2500a if that is the case. I though I heard this worked, so long as you were authenticated on the analog box.


kulakovich

 

[dashaund]

You have the right idea there using the Pansat with the 650i. The only problem is, to receive and subscribe to the MTV mini pack, you're going to need a 4DTV receiver since the programming is in DigiChipher 2, which your Pansat can't receive and decode. Yes, it's digital, but not in the DVB format that the Pansat receives.

 

[kulakovich]

ah - so I am getting into a 920 at the very least then? Is that still Motorolla-or-nothing? Sorry for the dumb questions - I did my homework a while ago, but I'm sure its different now.

 

[kulakovich]

Ok so I just found the "differences in 4dtv" thread, so I guess I'll be over there!

Thanks to all who helped out, I am much closer to having good kids programming - just need to figure the 4dtv part, which I've managed to dodge for a while now!

kulakovich

 

[tdti1]

Ok so I just found the "differences in 4dtv" thread, so I guess I'll be over there!

Thanks to all who helped out, I am much closer to having good kids programming - just need to figure the 4dtv part, which I've managed to dodge for a while now!

kulakovich

Skyvision and NPS have great deals on the 4dtv new with warranty.