Smithsonian Channel on dish

[Ryan Owens]

Smithsonian channel now available on channel 367

 

[lazydogmot]

I see that but I only have shows in the guide until 5:00PM then "No Info Available". My guide will have to update.

Edit: Oh hell, it's in HD! ALLEN....ALLEN!

 

[sdfntx]

I see that but I only have shows in the guide until 5:00PM then "No Info Available". My guide will have to update.

Edit: Oh hell, it's in HD! ALLEN....ALLEN!

Maybe you meant "It's in SD"? At least, that's what I'm seeing in my guide, and it looks like it's only available for Top 250 subscribers. Not even a free preview. Bummer.

 

[bluegras]

hey guys i noticed to i just wonder what dish will add in terms of other hd channels this month we will hear everything about 4k next month

 

[lazydogmot]

The guide reads 367 over SMITH in front of large grey HD. The program on now is in SD however.

 

[charlesrshell]

WOW, we finally got The Smithsonian Channel (367). It looks awesome too. My guide says HD and the picture looks like 1080P to me.

 

[sdfntx]

Guess it only shows as HD for those who already have it as a subscription, 'coz here's what I'm seeing. Seems like it would sure would be more incentive to add it if non-subscribers knew it wasn't SD! Glad to know it is, tho' - I'll be reconsidering my package.

 

[charlesrshell]

Guess it only shows as HD for those who already have it as a subscription, 'coz here's what I'm seeing. Seems like it would sure would be more incentive to add it if non-subscribers knew it wasn't SD! Glad to know it is, tho' - I'll be reconsidering my package.

What package is it going to be in?

 

[dishrich]

Guess it only shows as HD for those who already have it as a subscription, 'coz here's what I'm seeing.

That's the way it's always has worked on the DISH EPG; if there are unsubbed channels in your guide that have an SD & HD feed, you will NOT see the HD channel at it's remapped place. (same ch as SD) But if you go up to ch 9620, which is the unmapped HD ch, you will (also) see it unsubbed in your guide.
If you have unsubbed premiums, it works the very same way.

 

[dishrich]

hey guys i noticed to i just wonder what dish will add in terms of other hd channels

Christ, when AREN'T you wondering this...

 

[dishrich]

What package is it going to be in?

Well in sdfntx's screenshot, I can see he has the DISH Movie Pak, but doesn't look like he has AT250.
I have both & I AM getting it now, so my guess it's going in AT250. (assuming E* doesn't change it later)

 

[harshness]

My guide says HD and the picture looks like 1080P to me.

How do you tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i by eyeballing?

As I said before, we had the channel and weren't particularly sorry to see it go. As far as I can tell, they haven't showed us anything new yet. The current show is a four year old documentary on a 1988 plane accident. The next show on the schedule is episode 48 of 58. They stopped putting production dates or debut dates on the shows a couple of years ago.

 

[lazydogmot]

The next three programs in the guide are from either 2015 or 2014. They must have some recent content.

 

[Tampa8]

How do you tell the difference between 1080p and 1080i by eyeballing?

Bluray 1080P does have a "deeper" look to it especially during motion scenes, subtle but when I change my BR player from 1080P to 1080I you can see the difference. Colors are just little more vivid, and it has an extremely slight "3D" look to it for lack of a better term, more defined. On DISH I wouldn't call it a 1080I/P difference, but I have always thought HBO has a better PQ than some other HD channels. Guessing he means that about Smithsonian.

 

[harshness]

The next three programs in the guide are from either 2015 or 2014. They must have some recent content.

There are upwards of 8,700 hours in a year so you have to recognize that even if 200 of them are new, the other 8,500 are reruns.

 

[dfergie]

There are upwards of 8,700 hours in a year so you have to recognize that even if 200 of them are new, the other 8,500 are reruns.

And that's different from Discovery or National Geographic how? there are reruns even on the networks...

 

[mdonnelly]

Just noticed this above my movie channels last night. I'm glad that Smithsonian is on Dish now. I was at my son's house over Thanksgiving, and he has the channel on Verizon. I watched several shows while I was there.

 

[Jhon69]

Bluray 1080P does have a "deeper" look to it especially during motion scenes, subtle but when I change my BR player from 1080P to 1080I you can see the difference. Colors are just little more vivid, and it has an extremely slight "3D" look to it for lack of a better term, more defined. On DISH I wouldn't call it a 1080I/P difference, but I have always thought HBO has a better PQ than some other HD channels. Guessing he means that about Smithsonian.

That's what I have been saying,except it does not look as good as Blu ray the only picture that looks as good as Bluray is Bluray because it's 1080p/24.

The picture looks like 1080p/60 and that's my Dish receiver set at 720p screen resolution and then my 4K UHDTV's spatial scaling engine upconverts it to 4K.

 

[harshness]

And that's different from Discovery or National Geographic how? there are reruns even on the networks...

It comes down to a matter of percentages. If Smithsonian brings in 100 hours a year of new programming, most will exhaust that in a few months. Once that's over, it is on to hoping for new content next year.

If Discovery and NG aren't doing any better, they are no better and should face similar scrutiny. The problem with Discovery is that it is part of a big bundle.

 

[renegade734]

Just wondering when they're gonna start running repeats of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'