Special Nov 25th Retailer Charlie Chat Details

[Guest]

Timeframe for HD move to 110?

 

[John Corn]

I just scheduled a install of a 61.5 dish 300 today for HD, looks like I won't need it now.

Wonder how long it will take them to move the HD channels over?

 

[dmodemd]

So not even a 61.5 dish needed now!!

Yay!! When can I tear it down?!?!?

Lee

 

[gpflepsen]

locals on 105 and 121, wont this screw up adding more HD?

How? Migrate all Locals to the side slots (105-121). That would release a crap-load of bandwidth on 110.

If you want Locals, you get a superdish. If you want HD, Dish 500 is your baby.

A customer has a choice for Locals, buy an antenna or get a superdish. Sounds like a good plan.

 

[John Corn]

locals on 105 and 121, wont this screw up adding more HD?

How? Migrate all Locals to the side slots (105-121). That would release a crap-load of bandwidth on 110.

If you want Locals, you get a superdish. If you want HD, Dish 500 is your baby.

A customer has a choice for Locals, buy an antenna or get a superdish. Sounds like a good plan.

I didn't realize they were moving the HD to 110 when I posted.

 

[dmodemd]

Ya know... makes sense:

People who are getting HD receivers are going to be getting digital locals off air, so don't need superdish.

Legacy (standard def) people will want LIL and will get Superdish. Over time, HD increases, SD decreases, need for SuperDish wanes, approach to digital cut-over day when SD locals can be DUMPED off the stream. New sats and technology allows digital locals, hopefully still with one small dish by then.

So Superdish fills just the LIL gap until that day but demand tapers off as HD increases.

Lee

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

No timeframe given, the HD Demo Channel and possibly CBS may not move from the wings.

Phone lines should be installed but not requiring it, if you have a 322 or 522 and elect a 322 or 522 you will get a message telling them to hook up their phone line, if the customer does not hook up the phone line they will pay an additional reciever fee.

If a customer does not want the phone line up a code will go on the account and will eliminate error message. Dish will disable the second outlet on the 522 or 322 if the customer does not call them and tell them they dont want to hook up a phone line to the 522/322

 

[ROLLTIDE]

What is the time frame to move HBO and Show HD too 110 ?

 

[gpflepsen]

nm

 

[SlicerMDM]

All HD on the Wings will be moved to 110!!!!!!!

So Superdish isn't needed for HD now??

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Now talking about the stop feeding the pig anti cable campaign, funny commercial is shown.

 

[brentp]

So does this mean they will have more or less bandwidth to add new HD channels now that all HD will be on 110? Liked the 'concept' of 50 HDTV/EDTV channels with 105, . . . I know it was likely a pipe dream, but still sounded good. More HD!!!!

 

[John Corn]

I just scheduled a install of a 61.5 dish 300 today for HD, looks like I won't need it now.

Wonder how long it will take them to move the HD channels over?

Maybe I better get the Dish 300 at 61.5, it could take sometime before they migrate these HD channels over.

 

[dmodemd]

... of course as HD channels increase they need to carve more bandwidth out of 110 which I guess means gradually moving existing locals over to SuperDish, which means retrofitting a LOT of 500s to SuperDish. But still fewer than the original plan which would have pretty much required SuperDish for EVERYONE eventually (as HD picks up).

Lee

 

[Guest]

So are internationals biting the big one then?

 

[ROLLTIDE]

What kind of HD tv is it that we get with the 921 for $1499 ?

Do we have to wait untill dec 8th to call and order ?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Now talking about all the glitches with the retailer website.

 

[John Kotches]

So any discussion of deals for 811 for existing customers, since the 6000u deal expired at 5:00am this morning?

Cheers,

 

[PNotar]

Free SuperDish for HD?

Since all the HD is being moved off of SuperDish, will they be pulling the offer of Free SuperDish with a one year commitment to the HD package for those of us already getting locals from 110 and 61.5?

 

[John Kotches]

PNotar:

No point in giving away a free Superdish (which incurs costs to Dish) if there is no need for it.

Cheers,