DIRECTV Remains Clear HD Leader with 130 HD Channels

[tigerfan33]

I know what MPEG4 is. What is the AVC?? Will this be every hd channel??

 

[gadgtfreek]

Ive already heard the news about Dish's 1080p VOD plans, just likes DIsh's Mpeg4 conversion. D*'s Mpeg2/Mpeg4 simulcast stuff goes live this week, and even if Dish beats D* to the 1080p line, Dish's PQ will make the service inferior.

As far as 1080p VOD, I could care less, Ill stick with BR.

 

[Dog6869]

I just got off the phone with Tech support at D they said what I thought, no way to transmit 1080P.. Then I reread the post and I looked there is no date on it.. I believe it is not true!!! Can some with a lot more knowledge please let us know..

I am waiting on the edge of my couch for some thing new from satt D11…..!!!!!!

 

[gadgtfreek]

Did you really just just post that you called their tech support and asked about a future service, then call it untrue due to the answer you got?

 

[riffjim4069]

1080p huh, D*'s just killin Dish right now. Every time you think they might get a leg up, its gets broken off.

Yep, it's called karma...fortunately, Dish Network will have an opportunity to redeem themselves. Gotta love competition!

 

[Dog6869]

I just got off the phone with Tech support at D they said what I thought no way to transmit 1080P.. Then I reread the post and I looked there is no date on it.. I believe it is not true!!! Can some with a lot more knowledge please let us know.. Iguees it would have to be VIA VOD.. Mmm I wonder how long that will take to down load???

I am waiting on the edge of my couch for some thing new from satt D11…..!!!!!!

 

[rad]

I just got off the phone with Tech support at D they said what I thought, no way to transmit 1080P.. Then I reread the post and I looked there is no date on it.. I believe it is not true!!! Can some with a lot more knowledge please let us know..

I am waiting on the edge of my couch for some thing new from satt D11…..!!!!!!

When then how about reading the press release, The DIRECTV Group, Inc. - DIRECTV Remains Clear HD Leader with 130 HD Channels on Tap for Mid-August

 

[gadgtfreek]

Yep, it's called karma...fortunately, Dish Network will have an opportunity to redeem themselves. Gotta love competition!

I dunno, Dish does not seem to be the same company they once were.

 

[gadgtfreek]

How much National HD is going to be available on D11?

 

[mlb]

They don't broadcast in 1080p live. They are going to allow you to download the movie to your local hard drive then play it back as if you were watching a 1080p show on Blue Ray. It will be something you have to download, however, as it won't be a live broadcast on any specific channel.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Be like having a Vudu box, but not. Cost of 1080p downloads vs BR from Netflix isnt close. I like my Netflix.

 

[goaliebob99]

Hey how about dumping the 3 additional PPV channels for some real National HD.. Hey how bout this.. Foxnewshd, Travel Channel HD, and One of your choice. BOOO The only ppv channel that should be converted would be the events channel. :down :down :down :down :down :down :down

 

[Bunnyman]

I'd be way more impressed if it was 23 national HD channels and 4 RSNs. As far as I'm concerned RSNs are a complete, total waste of bandwidth.

 

[atp1313]

Man, I'd really like to see Norfolk in a locals announcement from Directv some day.

You must have read too fast

-- Augusta, Ga. -- Harrisonburg, Va.
-- Bangor, Maine -- La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wis.
-- Baton Rouge, La. -- Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Ark.
-- Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas -- Lincoln-Hastings, Neb.
-- Boise, Idaho -- Macon, Ga.
-- Burlington, Vt.-Plattsburgh, N.Y. -- Mobile AL-Pensacola, Fla.
-- Butte-Bozeman, Mont. -- Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C.
-- Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill. -- Norfolk-Newport News, Va.
-- Charleston, S.C. -- Palm Springs, Calif.
-- Chattanooga, Tenn. -- Peoria-Bloomington, Ill.
-- Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colo. -- Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
-- Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo. -- Rockford, Ill.
-- Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island, Ill., -- Rochester, N.Y.
Moline, Ill.
-- Dayton, Ohio -- Savannah, Ga.
-- Des Moines-Ames, Iowa -- Sioux Falls, S.D.
-- Dothan, Ala. -- South Bend-Elkhart, Ind.
-- El Paso, Texas -- Springfield-Holyoke, Mass.
-- Evansville, Ind. -- Syracuse, N.Y.
-- Fort Smith, Ark. -- Tallahassee, Fla.
-- Fort Wayne, Ind. -- Toledo, Ohio
-- Greenville-New Bern-Washington, -- Traverse City-Cadillac,
N.C. Mich.
-- Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas -- Youngstown, Ohio

 

[gadgtfreek]

Yeah, realized that about 10 minutes after I posted. I prob began reading it with the thought it would not say Norfolk

 

[Skyboss]

Okay, wow. This is disappointing. The only value I see maybe is all of Sunday Ticket in MPEG 4 usign the RSNs for the FOX feeds. But, WTF.... Since when was D-12 required for a major boost in channels. Up to now it was all about D-11 getting to major national HD coverage. Planet Green HD??? WTF??? WHO FREAKIN CARES ABOUT THIS CHANNEL!

 

[gadgtfreek]

Great googly moogly people, there arent that many nationals left to add. They didnt say this would be ALL until D12. CHILL.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Planet Green HD??? WTF??? WHO FREAKIN CARES ABOUT THIS CHANNEL!

Opinions are like.....

This is a new Disc Channel and Im sure itll offer good stuff.

 

[Skyboss]

Opinions are like.....

This is a new Disc Channel and Im sure itll offer good stuff.

That's all fine and dandy, but we're dealing with half packages of movie channels and short a few cable channels that are watched much more. Its absurd.

 

[darrencp22]

I'd be way more impressed if it was 23 national HD channels and 4 RSNs. As far as I'm concerned RSNs are a complete, total waste of bandwidth.

Not as far as many of us are concerned. Good move :up