ok 1st i thought there was no more room for anymore HD Channels to D10 sat is in orbit.
so if DirecTV don't get the D10 ready by 9-9 how can there be HD Football ????
Does anyone know if the HD channels are free for the first week? I'm holding off on buying the SuperFan package but I might just have to do it............its total BS but whatever. Anyway, I figure if its free for the first week I can check it out and decide then. I know the red zone channel and some of that crap is but I'm unsure of the HDs.
Does anyone know if the HD channels are free for the first week? I'm holding off on buying the SuperFan package but I might just have to do it............its total BS but whatever. Anyway, I figure if its free for the first week I can check it out and decide then. I know the red zone channel and some of that crap is but I'm unsure of the HDs.
Just call and tell them you want to cancel ST because the only reason you want it is for the HD game and since you dont get that you dont want it. Tell the you dont feel you shouldhave to pay extra just to get the HD games. They will give it to you.
Does anyone know if the HD channels are free for the first week? I'm holding off on buying the SuperFan package but I might just have to do it............its total BS but whatever. Anyway, I figure if its free for the first week I can check it out and decide then. I know the red zone channel and some of that crap is but I'm unsure of the HDs.
You have this backwards. mpeg2 is truer HD, mpeg4 is so called lite or compressed. most of d* will be going to mpeg4, you will need a 5lnb dish to get all mpeg4 channels.
the Sunday ticket was all broadcast in mpeg2 last year, looks like this year too. they only have a few extra games (CBS/Fox expanded the HD games this year), the ST only adds CBS and FOX games, free HD games on NBC (local or OTA), ESPN and NFL Network games. Week 1, NBC has 2 games, ESPN has 2 games, the rest are FOX and CBS.
Week 1 HD schedule EST
Thursday NBC-HD 8:30pm, 1 game
Sunday CBS-HD 1pm, 5 games
Sunday FOX-HD 1pm, 3 games
Sunday FOX-HD 4pm, 3 games
Sunday NBC-HD 8:15pm, 1 game
Monday ESPN-HD 7pm, 1 game
Monday ESPN-HD 10:15pm, 1 game
You have this backwards. mpeg2 is truer HD, mpeg4 is so called lite or compressed. most of d* will be going to mpeg4, you will need a 5lnb dish to get all mpeg4 channels.
mpeg2 has a higher bit rate than mpeg4. Most OTA Hd is mpeg2. Cable/SAT providers have switched to mpeg4 so they can fit more channels on the same amount of space. I think its 3 or 4 to 1 ratio. 4 mpeg4 channels for the same space as 1 mpeg2 channel.
mpeg2 has a higher bit rate than mpeg4. Most OTA Hd is mpeg2. Cable/SAT providers have switched to mpeg4 so they can fit more channels on the same amount of space. I think its 3 or 4 to 1 ratio. 4 mpeg4 channels for the same space as 1 mpeg2 channel.
But mpeg4 is a more efficient compression algorithm and it also depends on how DirecTV configures the mpeg4 encoders vs. their mpeg2 encoders. Both can look great and both can look bad depending on the encoder configuration.
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