I completely understand why Dish does not attempt to carry a 24/7 Radar for each market. Although they likely could do it with a very low bandwidth feed. Static images like Radar maps compress very nicely. I would expect that just going to regional radars would work ok. North East, Mid atlantic, South East, etc..... They likely could get away with a dozen feeds instead of 150+.
But even then, with digtial sub-channels, I currently have 4 Weather Plus, Weather Now, Digital Weather, Super Doppler, etc.. channels that are 24/7. So I really haven't felt the pain. If anything I have more weather info than I need.
Still, this would be a good application for the VIP receivers with their Ethernet ports. Just plug it into your broadband connection, DHCP an IP, and then download radar info from a E* server.
But even then, with digtial sub-channels, I currently have 4 Weather Plus, Weather Now, Digital Weather, Super Doppler, etc.. channels that are 24/7. So I really haven't felt the pain. If anything I have more weather info than I need.
Still, this would be a good application for the VIP receivers with their Ethernet ports. Just plug it into your broadband connection, DHCP an IP, and then download radar info from a E* server.