FSN HD

[Go Figr]

Why does FSN Detroit say it is being broadcast in HD when I don't receive it in HD?

[Go Figr]

Directv's response to my question:




Thanks for writing about your High Definition service. While we do carry FSN Detroit in HD in certain parts of their coverage area, we cannot provide FSN Detroit in HD to you because our HD satellite “spot beam” doesn’t quite reach your area.

Some background:
We deliver FSN Detroit’s HD feed to the coverage area using the same technology we use to deliver local channels to the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City MI area. This technology is known as a satellite spot beam and it covers the areas immediately around the city like a spotlight. In zip codes near the outer edges of a "spot beam," we aren't able to offer local channels or FSN Detroit in HD because there is a possibility that another satellite spot beam will overlap and cause interference. As a result, even though you do live within the FSN Detroit local coverage area, you live in a zip code where we are not able to deliver it to you. I’m sorry for any inconvenience.

We’re in the process of expanding our HD offerings and, as we gain more capability to broaden the coverage of the territory, we will do so and expect to continue expansion of these HD offerings throughout 2007.

[inkahauts]

Wait till your RSN goes to MPEG-4 conus and then ask again... That will tell you whether or not you are actually having a spot beam issue...