[beaster]

Will the new mpeg-4 receivers and 5-LNB dish provide any additional HD content over the current mpeg-2 and 3-LNB dish, other than HD locals of course? I have an HDTivo, and get all of my locals OTA. Unless D* is going to put some new HD content on the new satellites over mpeg-4 (new meaning something other than what I can already get OTA and via my HR-250 on the mpeg-2 satellites), I don't really see any point in the conversion. Bigger dish (WAF problems), no Tivo, etc. Am I missing something or is there really no benefit to the change for those of us who can get their locals OTA?

Thanks,
Sean

 

[maharg18]

They don't now, but eventually all HD will be fed MPEG-4.

 

[vstone]

maharg18: I agree with you, but others believe that D* won't replace all the existing HD receivers to make this doable. I believe that they will not be making SD receivers at all two years from now. Supporting roughly equivalent SD and HD receivers won't make much sense as chip prices come down.