Smithsonian Channel

[longisland94]

Just in letterbox for the past few days on the hd 367. You have to zoom to fill the screen.

 

[charlesrshell]

Just in letterbox for the past few days on the hd 367. You have to zoom to fill the screen.

Not me, I never have to zoom for The Smithsonian Channel 367. I sure am enjoying our new HD channel. The programs have been awesome. Thanks again DISH for getting it back for us.

 

[JWKessler]

I just recently discovered that we finally had the Smithsonian Channel in HD and I was really enjoying their programming. I'm sure I'm seeing a lot of old reruns, but they are all new to me so until I start seeing repeats I'm happy - or at least I was. Now the HD channel is no longer HD. In fact it looks like garbage. For instance, the Smithsonian bug is just a nearly unreadable smear on the lower right side. And yes, the now fuzzy wide screen picture no longer fills the screen.

I'm using a VIP722 and watching with a projector on a 104" screen which really makes the degraded image look awful.

Does anyone have an idea why and if they intend to fix it?

 

[JWKessler]

Not me, I never have to zoom for The Smithsonian Channel 367. I sure am enjoying our new HD channel. The programs have been awesome. Thanks again DISH for getting it back for us.

I just checked this morning and it's still in nearly unwatchable fuzzy vision for me. I'm on the eastern arc if that makes a difference.

 

[Troch77]

Yep Yous are right, why the Heck is it in SD?

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[Troch77]

Not me, I never have to zoom for The Smithsonian Channel 367. I sure am enjoying our new HD channel. The programs have been awesome. Thanks again DISH for getting it back for us.

You better check it again.

 

[charlesrshell]

Yep Yous are right, why the Heck is it in SD?

Is there a way to tell what mode you are watching, 1080p, 720p, SD, etc? I am watching channel 367 right now and it looks great to me. I would say a good 720P version. I am watching it on a Samsung 1080p HD TV, HWS, and Western Arc.

 

[JSheridan]

SD here on the EA.

 

[longisland94]

I am on the eastern arc too. Looks like the sd feed on the hd channel.

 

[Troch77]

Is there a way to tell what mode you are watching, 1080p, 720p, SD, etc? I am watching channel 367 right now and it looks great to me. I would say a good 720P version. I am watching it on a Samsung 1080p HD TV, HWS, and Western Arc.

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[charlesrshell]

SD here on the EA.

How can you tell it is SD JSheridan? Looks great on my TV in WA. Could this be a EA/WA issue?

 

[longisland94]

Looks like they fixed the problem. Back to hd

 

[Troch77]

How can you tell it is SD JSheridan? Looks great on my TV in WA. Could this be a EA/WA issue?

Because HD isn't shown in 540x480

But hey look.
It's Back in HD.

 

[JSheridan]

How can you tell it is SD JSheridan? Looks great on my TV in WA. Could this be a EA/WA issue?

The SD is in a square in the middle of the screen and looks a little fuzzy.

 

[charlesrshell]

I am glad it is fixed now.

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[JSheridan]

Looks like they fixed the problem. Back to hd

That was quick! It's been messed up since at least yesterday. We start talking about it here and it's fixed in minutes.

Satelliteguys Rules! And thank you Dish.

 

[charlesrshell]

That was quick! It's been messed up since at least yesterday. We start talking about it here and it's fixed in minutes.

Satelliteguys Rules!

Makes you wonder if someone is listening in! LOL Thanks whoever!!

 

[JSheridan]

Makes you wonder if someone is listening in! LOL Thanks whoever!!

Might have been DIRT.

 

[longisland94]

Had to be.. Tried a chat with Dish this morning, no luck their. They were trying to say it was something wrong on my end. Thank you Scott for having this forum.

 

[Skytrooper]

Might have been DIRT.

It was bluegrass!

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