PBS-HD is supposed to be coming for NY in January. But WWOR and WPIX are supposedly not going to happen until "later"; I don't know if that means after they get through their announced cities for the 4 networks, or if they'll wait till the next satellite launches in 2007.RoccoP said:Now this is strange. We already had those channels in high definition in N.Y.. I thought with the MPG4 versions we were going to get 9 (UPN) and 11 (WPIX). They essentially have done nothing new for New Yorker's. Am I missing something?
--------RoccoP said:Now this is strange. We already had those channels in high definition in N.Y.. I thought with the MPG4 versions we were going to get 9 (UPN) and 11 (WPIX). They essentially have done nothing new for New Yorker's. Am I missing something?
--Rocco--
Certainly lacks punch doesn't it?diagoro said:Anyone else see little real value in advertising the 'locals now in HD' when they the channels in mpg4 are allready offered in the current format??????
Kinda like them making waves about being able to pause live broadcasts....all hype.
Now, I'll be impressed if they can offer (los angeles) channels 5,9,13 and beyond.....
Give me a couple weeks and I will be able to compare all three:Arbys_Night said:Has anyone viewed the MPG-2 and MPG-4 feeds back-to-back on the same TV? I wonder how the picture compares?
Yes to both. Why do you want to change the dish? It doesn't do anything for your setup that your existing dish does. All indications are that when Directv changes to MPEG-4 they will swap out your dish and receivers for low or no cost.Tele-TV said:1. If I upgrade to the 5 LNB Dish, will I still be able to get ALL the LA locals (WB, KCAL 9, UPN 13, the PBS stations, etc.), and NOT JUST the big 4 (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX), USING my HD Tivo?
2. Will I still be able to use the OTA tuner?
- You'll only get HD locals for the major networks via DirecTV right now; all others would have to come via antenna.Tele-TV said:Hey guys,didn't see the answers w/ a search/plus I need experise hands-on experience, preferbably.
Right now I have the Sony DirecTV Plus 3 LNB Dish, w/ 3 lines running of of it, but I wanted to run at LEAST 4 more lines right now. I also have an HD Tivo and I'am in the Los Angeles / LA market. So, my questions are....
1. If I upgrade to the 5 LNB Dish, will I still be able to get ALL the LA locals (WB, KCAL 9, UPN 13, the PBS stations, etc.), and NOT JUST the big 4 (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX), USING my HD Tivo?
2. Will I still be able to use the OTA tuner?
Thanks 'd.' I knew I could count on you. I looked up satellite diplexing on google, but did not find an answer. When you say diplexing, you mean "split" the signal/MULTI-SWITICHING (a QUICK response would be more than fine if you like)?dswallow said:- You'll only get HD locals for the major networks via DirecTV right now; all others would have to come via antenna.
- You cannot diplex the OTA antenna signal on any of the cables from the 5-LNB dish if you want the connected receiver to have access to all the MPEG-4 signals; it needs to be a separate cable. If you're just connecting to a non-MPEG4 receiver, you can diplex an OTA signal, though there might be some diplexers that don't cleanly excise the frequency range of the OTA signals well... theoretically, at least.
Diplexing in this case means sharing one cable from the multiswitch that's carrying the satellite signals with the over-the-air antenna signals. The 5-LNB dish uses the same frequency spectrum as the UHF channels for the Ka-band signals so you wouldn't be able to diplex the OTA antenna with the satellite signals over one cable if you needed the Ka-band signals.Tele-TV said:Thanks 'd.' I knew I could count on you. I looked up satellite diplexing on google, but did not find an answer. When you say diplexing, you mean "split" the signal/MULTI-SWITICHING (a QUICK response would be more than fine if you like)?
Right now I'm leaning towards to waiting for the HR20 as there are too many what if questions. Thanks.
Hi, MatthewTele-TV said:Hi AJ, (I have a great co-worker friend named AJ that I talk to about all things electronics),
The reason why I was going to swap-out my dish is because, well not just because of "future proofing (when I mentioned I needed a bigger multi-switch)", but because I heard you get better PQ on the BIG 4 locals w/ the 5 LNB dish due to the MPEG-4 compression scheme. What is feeling(s) on this.
Thanks,
Matthew in just a city away (Montebello)