Will Dish ever move Voom channels ?

[Fgsilva]

Got it repointed (my original dish pointed at 110 and 119). dont' know if I did a good job with that or not cause I was getting reallly bad pixelation with two of the channels. I also checked signal intensity and they were quite low for a couple of transponders (around 45-50%) barely enough to get a lock. but I still got the channels activated for $10/month. may keep them for a month to check them out, but, so far not really impressed with what they show. but, it's HD!!!

OIC! Thanks. Up the roof I go! and I guess I'll be keeping my 811 after all.

 

[JPointerWI]

Got it repointed (my original dish pointed at 110 and 119). dont' know if I did a good job with that or not cause I was getting reallly bad pixelation with two of the channels. I also checked signal intensity and they were quite low for a couple of transponders (around 45-50%) barely enough to get a lock. but I still got the channels activated for $10/month. may keep them for a month to check them out, but, so far not really impressed with what they show. but, it's HD!!!

Check your alignment. The 129 satellite has slightly lower signal strength then we are used to on 110/119, but it's still in the 90's or low 100's.

 

[SimpleSimon]

3-4 years? Seriously?

Yeah - think about the number of receivers they have to replace (maybe 20 million or more) before they can switch the basic 3 tiers from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4.

You can rest assured that it will not even BEGIN until several months after MPEG-4 receivers are being used for all new customer installs.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Yeah - think about the number of receivers they have to replace (maybe 20 million or more) before they can switch the basic 3 tiers from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4.

You can rest assured that it will not even BEGIN until several months after MPEG-4 receivers are being used for all new customer installs.

And here I am, thinking that I'd wait until they go to MPEG-4 before I get a 942 because I didn't want to spend my money on a soon-to-be door-stop. I've got an 811 now, but want a DVR rather badly.

So, what do you all think? Get the DVR or wait it out? Thanks!

 

[SimpleSimon]

Well, it all depends on the Benjamin$.

Remember, my previous reply was in the context of ALL programming being MPEG-4.

HD will be the first stuff to convert, so the 811/921/942 have a shorter useful life than any of the SD receivers - even old Legacy boxes.

How long? Who knows.

 

[Fgsilva]

Thanks. I did not change the angle and I did move the dish around to the right and left and the best I could get was a signal around 60. Could it be because I had it still set with the dual LNB and it may still be trying to find 119 (sorry if this sound like a dumb question...).

Check your alignment. The 129 satellite has slightly lower signal strength then we are used to on 110/119, but it's still in the 90's or low 100's.

 

[rtt2]

They probably will once the Rainbow 1 sale is approved

 

[SimpleSimon]

I did not change the angle.

There's your sign.

Adjust your elevation - down a couple of degrees.

 

[Fgsilva]

Thanks. I played around a bit more got it better. then I got greedy and wanted more and just made it worse . Oh well, back to roof I go...

There's your sign.

Adjust your elevation - down a couple of degrees.