Scott it is April 30th, where is Dish's major HD?

[jerryez]

Well, Scott, at the first of April, you said there was major National HD coming to Dish in April. It's getting very close to May and I only see SciFi, USA, and CNN. What happened to your prediction.?

 

[KAB]

The horse is completely dead, beaten to a pulp.

 

[tigerfan33]

At the time of the prediction, they probably had every intention to to what was forecast in April.

Like everything else with Dish. Delay or change of plans. Not Scotts fault. Look to Dish.

 

[Mr Tony]

read the uplink thread....answer is there

 

[gadgtfreek]

Join the pub and you learn about stuff sooner than you will in here

 

[Mojo]

I'm in no hurry

 

[tomcrown1]

It is not 5/1/08 yet this is one day early try again on Thursday??????

 

[Sammy033]

I'm in no hurry

I just cant help myself. They will be here soon.

 

[sammy4041]

The horse is completely dead, beaten to a pulp.

So is the word "soon"

It is getting pretty old. It was funny the first 1000 times it was made fun of. Let it go people.

 

[nlk10010]

It has nothing to do with Scott.

He gave us the information his sources gave him. The fact that that info was wrong (it's likely Dish never had any intention of launching a slew of national HD any time soon) is not his fault.

All in all, I'd rather have Scott pass on the rumors than have him not pass them on.

 

[whitewolf8214]

It has nothing to do with Scott.

He gave us the information his sources gave him. The fact that that info was wrong (it's likely Dish never had any intention of launching a slew of national HD any time soon) is not his fault.

All in all, I'd rather have Scott pass on the rumors than have him not pass them on.

+1:up

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Read my MultiChannel News column from today. It explains it all.

 

[whitewolf8214]

With the HD only PKG your supposed to get just the hd channeles correct? Why am I getting Bravo and TCM?They just came on today.

 

[old corps]

Yeah! I've been waitin' on the RFD channel in HD!!!

Ed

 

[dmendenjr]

With the HD only PKG your supposed to get just the hd channeles correct? Why am I getting Bravo and TCM?They just came on today.

They entered into "Preview" status for the month (per the uplink report)

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CHNG   119   BIO MPEG2 SD Tp 21 EchoStar 8 110w AT250? PREV
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CHNG   121 HISTI MPEG2 SD Tp 1 EchoStar 8 110w AVAIL PREV
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CHNG   129 BRAVO MPEG2 SD Tp 2 EchoStar 7 119w AT200?
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CHNG   132   TCM MPEG2 SD Tp 13 EchoStar 7 119w AT200?
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CHNG   190  REAL MPEG2 SD Tp 5 EchoStar 8 110w AVAIL PREV
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[whitewolf8214]

They entered into "Preview" status for the month (per the uplink report)

CHNG   116  GAME MPEG2 SD Tp 8 EchoStar 7 119w AT200?
  TO   116  GAME MPEG2 SD Tp 8 EchoStar 7 119w AT200? PREV

CHNG   119   BIO MPEG2 SD Tp 21 EchoStar 8 110w AT250? PREV
  TO   119   BIO MPEG2 SD Tp 21 EchoStar 8 110w AT250?

CHNG   121 HISTI MPEG2 SD Tp 1 EchoStar 8 110w AVAIL PREV
  TO   121 HISTI MPEG2 SD Tp 1 EchoStar 8 110w AVAIL

CHNG   129 BRAVO MPEG2 SD Tp 2 EchoStar 7 119w AT200?
  TO   129 BRAVO MPEG2 SD Tp 2 EchoStar 7 119w AT200? PREV

CHNG   132   TCM MPEG2 SD Tp 13 EchoStar 7 119w AT200?
  TO   132   TCM MPEG2 SD Tp 13 EchoStar 7 119w AT200? PREV

CHNG   190  REAL MPEG2 SD Tp 5 EchoStar 8 110w AVAIL PREV
  TO   190  REAL MPEG2 SD Tp 5 EchoStar 8 110w AVAIL

Thank You i was curious because i can sit here and watch them channels. i have the hd only package.

 

[Hawkseyes]

I think now we can say new national HD will be here SOONER!!

 

[Rangers484]

Read my MultiChannel News column from today. It explains it all.

I read the blog today when you posted it. Now I have to ask this in all seriousness.

Do you really believe this is what your contacts meant when they said lots more HD by April 30?

Or, are you just as flummoxed as the average Joe and trying to turn lemons into lemonade?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Or, are you just as flummoxed as the average Joe and are trying to make lemonade out of lemons?

You can look at the glass half empty or half full.

I choose to look at it half full.

Plus I know a lot of the guys who work at the uplinks and know of all the work going on there. Between new HD (local and National) they are also doing a lot getting ready for Eastern Arc.

With that said I know they are not sitting on their hands doing nothing, yet by the same token I don't know why they have other HD channels ready and running but have not turned them on yet. WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR?

If you look at the big picture, Dish did add a lot of HD in April, unfortunately it was not a lot of national HD. But uplinking over 100 HD channels in 3 weeks is a big job and they pulled it off.

 

[talljoel]

It is not Scott's fault there are not more national HD channels on Dish. To paraphrase the Red Sox - Manny saying; " That's Dish being Dish."

What I wonder is when Scott's contacts at Dish tell him there will be a lot more HD in April; does he ask for clarification? Such as - Do you mean local HD? National HD? How many national HD channels? Do you mean ESPN News Hd? WGN HD? etc.

I do like reading Scott's reports on what he hears from his Dish contacts. If I didn't I wouldn't check out this site so often.