Satellite Capacity, Picture Quality

[emdev2]

Does anyone know since dish went from three satellite locations down to two has picture quality suffered? Also are they now maxed out on capacity with this switch?
I know they switched from mpeg 2 to mpeg 4 and dropped sd channels to help with the switch.
Any plans to launch a new satellite or ever go back to a 129 sat location? Do they broadcast all channels in full resolution?
Wondering in terms of being able to add new channels in the future or even 4k stuff?
How does the picture quality compare to Direct Tv and streaming like You Tube Tv or Direct Tv stream?

 

[John2021]

We have a hopper 3 no issues with PQ. Some channels on dish look better than on directv like MTV classic on directv looks like utter crap looks good on dish. Our dtv had very fine pixelation though signal levels were at 99%.

 

[John2021]

Dont know about when or if there going to launch a new bird.. but the 129 has been retired when it was retired I dunno. I prefer a smaller dish to the slimline any day!!!

 

[John2021]

Dtv customer service is utter sh*t!!! And that comes from personal experience. Dish has treated us like gold!!! Though dtv has a price lock to it don't include rate increases!!!

 

[John2021]

The genie dvrs are the Yugo of dvrs there slow no voice remotes like the hopper. Other than the few 4k channels dish has everything's in HD. If you go with dtv you'll more than likely get an hs-17 genie 2 a client only system so no HD box for camping unless you want to open a second acct

 

[John2021]

What box were you planning on getting with dish ??? The hopper 3 is they way to go with dish period hands down!!! We have our hopper 3 connected to a 163 inch micro led set and the PQ is amazing !!! And there's no sign of HD compression either!!! With them loosing subs i don't think they will launch a third sat i am sure they moved everything over to save $$$ as well!!! I wouldn't hold out for everything to be in 4K either!!!

 

[John2021]

The audio is also as good as dtv as well since there both digital systems. What it comes down to is if your a sports nut or not... if your a sports nut dtv is the way to go if all you want is some basic cable channels then dish is the way to go!!! DISH don't offer the RSN'S also we knew that going in and it don't bother us...

 

[NYDutch]

Does anyone know since dish went from three satellite locations down to two has picture quality suffered? Also are they now maxed out on capacity with this switch?
I know they switched from mpeg 2 to mpeg 4 and dropped sd channels to help with the switch.
Any plans to launch a new satellite or ever go back to a 129 sat location? Do they broadcast all channels in full resolution?
Wondering in terms of being able to add new channels in the future or even 4k stuff?
How does the picture quality compare to Direct Tv and streaming like You Tube Tv or Direct Tv stream?

I understand Dish has another satellite on order, although I don't know the expected launch date or intended location. Also, I don't have a current list, but Dish typically has more than one satellite at a given location, making capacity less of an issue. The 129 slot isn't likely to be used again for DBS TV, but Galaxy 34 may still be there.

 

[John2021]

I understand Dish has another satellite on order, although I don't know the expected launch date or intended location. Also, I don't have a current list, but Dish typically has more than one satellite at a given location, making capacity less of an issue. The 129 slot isn't likely to be used again for DBS TV, but Galaxy 34 may still be there.

i always thought the sat on order would be to replace a dying sat. since some of old farts still watch sat tv

 

[John2021]

WE were offered
The two year price lock
A $300.00 prepaid card
3 months free
and a free wally box
I would entertain the idea of calling dish if your not a sports nut

 

[Jimbo]

Ok John,
You Love Dish, we see that ...

The OP asked a few questions about DISH and how people thought the picture quality was vs a few others ....
He didn't ask about comparing DISH and D* for recvrs, or Sat or any thing else. Didn't say he was going to D*.

He did ask about picture quality vs D* and a few Streaming options.

 

[MikeD-C05]

I notice now that since I switched to an LG OLED 4k TV, my picture looks great on all devices I hook up to it. My old Hopper 3 that I use for ota recording only now, looks great on ota channels. Even METV in SD looks sharp and clear. There is no artifacts in the background on dark shots and it looks bright and you can see the same quality picture no matter where you sit in the room with no color fading.

Got one for my parents first, because of their room angles problem. They were reducing their old models B-3 to around $799 early this year and we bought one for them and decided we had to have one too. There living room is so wide that a regular HD or 4k TV doesn't look good on the far angles of the room without color fading, where they have their couch on one side and chairs on the other side of the room. But the LG OLED looks uniformly excellent anywhere in the room. Bright as well.

So I think now that maybe all those years of arguing about the two satellite services and who has the better picture, could of been more about the TV we were using and not the actual satellite picture. Never go back to using regular TVs after the LG OLED.

 

[Nebugeater]

I notice now that since I switched to an LG OLED 4k TV, my picture looks great on all devices I hook up to it. My old Hopper 3 that I use for ota recording only now, looks great on ota channels. Even METV in SD looks sharp and clear. There is no artifacts in the background on dark shots and it looks bright and you can see the same quality picture no matter where you sit in the room with no color fading.

Got one for my parents first, because of their room angles problem. They were reducing their old models B-3 to around $799 early this year and we bought one for them and decided we had to have one too. There living room is so wide that a regular HD or 4k TV doesn't look good on the far angles of the room without color fading, where they have their couch on one side and chairs on the other side of the room. But the LG OLED looks uniformly excellent anywhere in the room. Bright as well.

So I think now that maybe all those years of arguing about the two satellite services and who has the better picture, could of been more about the TV we were using and not the actual satellite picture. Never go back to using regular TVs after the LG OLED.

what screen size were you able to get for 779 for the older model