Normally I save the juicy stuff for our supporting pub members, however since its the holiday season I am going to spill my guts with everything I know.
If you post any of this information anywhere please credit SatelliteGuys.US - Thanks.
Last night Charlie gave a lot of HD information most of it we already posted WEEKS ago in our pub members forum (including DATES). I honestly believe that if we did not announce it there that it probably would not have been mentioned last night instead they would have saved it for CES.
This information comes from a handful of contacts, some of which I have pieced together and other stuff which has been told to me by more then one contact.
In addition last night after the chat I got a phone call from one of my trusted contacts, this person wanted to talk to me about what was said on the chat.
I was told that the decision to move VOOM from 21 to 15 Channels was mainly because of SatelliteGuys email campaign last week about the VOOM PQ Problems. Dish Network and VOOM decided it was better to offer Less Channels with higher quality then more channels with less quality.
I was told by this contact he believes all VOOM channels will return to 1920x1080i.
I asked him about MPEG4 and Charlie's comments that the new channels would be in MPEG4. I was told that this person believes Charlie misspoke, the HD Locals will be in MPEG4 but as he knew the VOOM and the other channels which are coming January 4th will be in MPEG2.
Then he also mentioned to me something which I found out a week ago and have been keeping a secret. (And I have been having a hell of a time getting it confirmed) While this person confirmed this better for me, I still want to label this as a RUMOR, I dint want people mad at me if this does not happen for any reason. I am just trying to be honest and spill what I know to you guys. So PLEASE consider this a rumor.
It appears there will be a swap-out of 942's to a new model of the 942 called the 942+ which will support MPEG4. It is my understanding that upgraded boxes have shipped or will soon be shipping to beta testers.
Because it is early in testing I expect it to be awhile before we see the National HD channels in mpeg 4, this matched with the fact that VOOM channels and ESPN2 HD are already being uplinked in MPEG2 is also a good indications that the national channels launched at CES will be in MPEG2.
The next few weeks uplink reports will give us more clues, and I am looking forward to what Goaliebob reports.
(After all what good is offering all these channels if no one can see them)
Of course if you want your HD locals you will need a MPEG4 box, Dish is taking the same route that DirecTV is.
The ViP211 and 411's still are not available yet and I expect it to be a week or two before we see them slowly start coming out.
If your an existing customer my advice is to WAIT only get a MPEG4 receiver if you really got to have HD locals.
There you have it, that is what I know. Please don't rake me over the coals about it.
I feel 2006 will be an exciting year for Dish Network, and All that I can says is it's about time.
Thank you to everyone who emailed Dish about the VOOM issues, it was because of you improvements are going to be made. As I said before if we use our voices as one we can make a difference.
Happy Holidays to all!
If you post any of this information anywhere please credit SatelliteGuys.US - Thanks.
Last night Charlie gave a lot of HD information most of it we already posted WEEKS ago in our pub members forum (including DATES). I honestly believe that if we did not announce it there that it probably would not have been mentioned last night instead they would have saved it for CES.
This information comes from a handful of contacts, some of which I have pieced together and other stuff which has been told to me by more then one contact.
In addition last night after the chat I got a phone call from one of my trusted contacts, this person wanted to talk to me about what was said on the chat.
I was told that the decision to move VOOM from 21 to 15 Channels was mainly because of SatelliteGuys email campaign last week about the VOOM PQ Problems. Dish Network and VOOM decided it was better to offer Less Channels with higher quality then more channels with less quality.
I was told by this contact he believes all VOOM channels will return to 1920x1080i.
I asked him about MPEG4 and Charlie's comments that the new channels would be in MPEG4. I was told that this person believes Charlie misspoke, the HD Locals will be in MPEG4 but as he knew the VOOM and the other channels which are coming January 4th will be in MPEG2.
Then he also mentioned to me something which I found out a week ago and have been keeping a secret. (And I have been having a hell of a time getting it confirmed) While this person confirmed this better for me, I still want to label this as a RUMOR, I dint want people mad at me if this does not happen for any reason. I am just trying to be honest and spill what I know to you guys. So PLEASE consider this a rumor.
It appears there will be a swap-out of 942's to a new model of the 942 called the 942+ which will support MPEG4. It is my understanding that upgraded boxes have shipped or will soon be shipping to beta testers.
Because it is early in testing I expect it to be awhile before we see the National HD channels in mpeg 4, this matched with the fact that VOOM channels and ESPN2 HD are already being uplinked in MPEG2 is also a good indications that the national channels launched at CES will be in MPEG2.
The next few weeks uplink reports will give us more clues, and I am looking forward to what Goaliebob reports.
(After all what good is offering all these channels if no one can see them)
Of course if you want your HD locals you will need a MPEG4 box, Dish is taking the same route that DirecTV is.
The ViP211 and 411's still are not available yet and I expect it to be a week or two before we see them slowly start coming out.
If your an existing customer my advice is to WAIT only get a MPEG4 receiver if you really got to have HD locals.
There you have it, that is what I know. Please don't rake me over the coals about it.
I feel 2006 will be an exciting year for Dish Network, and All that I can says is it's about time.
Thank you to everyone who emailed Dish about the VOOM issues, it was because of you improvements are going to be made. As I said before if we use our voices as one we can make a difference.
Happy Holidays to all!
