Uplink Activity Report - 12/4/2008 4:02am - 67 changes

[M Sparks]

These are just maps, not actual uplinks, right?

The reason I ask...if they were real, there's separate NEW feeds for VS and Golf...meanwhile the old one is still on. That will open up a slot eventually.

Or are bandwidth not an big issue right now? I haven't been keeping up. Seems like we used to keep count of possible open slots.

Also...more stupid conspiracy stuff. We know the 9400s channel order means nothing anymore. And these TMP channels look like they're filling in the blank spots. But then they skip 9450, 9457, and 9472. Are there already TMP channels there?

DISH Is WAY overdue for a channel realignment. I don't think I've ever seen them do a major one. Seems like in the early days of DirecTV, they did several. I know most people don't care, but I studied programming in college and we used to analyze this stuff even on a 37 channel cable system. Seems like the more channels there are, the more important it is. I can't believe they actually moved something to make room for Toon West, and still misplaced it.

 

[Hall]

Did a quick scan of them and they do look better. Transformers is on HBO (300) now.

Better!!

A lot cleaner picture with less noise. I have both Dish and Direct and I think the MPEG4 hd Dish are on par with Direct.

Remember these posts when people later complain about reduced or poorer picture quality because of MPEG4 and lower bitrate.

 

[davcole]

After being promised in September, we finally get all mpeg4 hd. This is good news!

Also good news that there are 7 temp channels in the 9000's categories even though that's less than what i'm hoping for.

I'm pretty sure you'll see a couple of Showtimes. I'd love to see E! and hopefully we'll see a mix of the Fox and Viacom channels.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Remember these posts when people later complain about reduced or poorer picture quality because of MPEG4 and lower bitrate.

Only if we're the ones doing the complaining. If I think it looks good I don't give a damn what someone else thinks.

 

[digiblur]

FYI... the MPEG4 HD's added to 110 are running around 1mbps, which means they are probably a slate. So the HD on 110 is getting quite a bit of bandwidth since the TMP channels aren't pulling much bandwidth. They should look awesome right now!

 

[JohnH]

The Today Show looks GREAT IN HD.........So happy now just waiting for FOX and ABC and all will be right in NC

It may go away since it is "not available".

 

[ehren]

Don't know what D* does, but 7 has been the norm on E* for some time.

That's why my RSN's look like poop.

Dish I plead to you, Directv HD looks amazing, can you take a hint?

 

[tigerfan33]

Only if we're the ones doing the complaining. If I think it looks good I don't give a damn what someone else thinks.

True.

My eyes know a better pic when they see it.

My eyes see it now.

 

[HDRoberts]

That's why my RSN's look like poop.

Dish I plead to you, Directv HD looks amazing, can you take a hint?

DirecTV uses Ka TPs. Yes they only put 5 per Ka TP, but simply comparing their Ka TPs to Ku TPs is apples and oranges.

 

[Hall]

If I think it looks good I don't give a damn what someone else thinks.

Put rather bluntly, but I must say, I completely agree ! :up

 

[huskerpat]

yay! NBC in HD for Omaha!

 

[UNOmar]

yay! NBC in HD for Omaha!

If and only if you have a 61.5 wing dish. Which as I found out is not the standard installation for omaha. Sure makes sense to me.

 

[abricko]

I still maintain MPEG4 on Dish looks Different than MPEG2, not better but different. It's hard to describe the quality, some aspects are better than the previous MPEG2 compression while others (such as color saturation / overall muddiness) look worse. Even the 1080P VOD doesn't look perfect, and yes I have a full 1080P set that is calibrated and I have multiple HD sources to do (subjective) tests/comparisons.

That being said, I still appreciate the ability for them to better compress and (potentially) add more channels that deliver 16:9 / HD programming.

 

[JohnH]

ehren has bifocals.

 

[geonaz]

ehren has bifocals.

I thought my PQ was worse today. Then I remembered my bifocals were still on the nightstand and not on my face. What a difference!

 

[rad]

Directv does 4 per TP can anyone confirm?

DirecTV does 5 MPEG4 HD per Ka transponder.

 

[JohnH]

DirecTV uses Ka TPs. Yes they only put 5 per Ka TP, but simply comparing their Ka TPs to Ku TPs is apples and oranges.

I occasionally use C Band, but that does not make the picture better or worse. Only putting 5 HD channels instead of 7 on the same bandwidth channel would make a difference if the FEC was the same.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Could be any of these.but some may have been added already
AMC HD
BET HD
Comedy Central HD
CMT HD
Fox Business Network
Fox News Channel HD
IFC HD
MoreMAX HD
MTV HD
Nickelodeon HD
Showtime 2 HD
Showtime West HD
Speed HD
TMC HD
VH1 HD

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Is that your wishlist for Santa WhitewolF?

 

[tman1991]

I would like:

Tucson Locals in HD
ESPNU-HD.

Is that too hard?