[andunn27]

I have read over at Tivo community that soon all SD locals will be moved over to a new satellite which is MPEG4 soon. At that point all local SD channels will not operate on existing Diretivos and I would also assume older directv receivers. Is this true? I would think it would cost Directv a lot of money to swap out the millions of standard receivers that are not capable of receiving MPEG4 signals.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=407026

 

[davring]

It is not going to happen any time soon. Maybe years. Some new markets are getting locals in MPG4.

 

[beavis]

The SD locals from 72.5 are moving to 99/103, but that's it for now.

 

[andunn27]

I do not have my local channels, but I do have the NY/LA locals. My wife loves them and her Samsung Tivo. I just want to make sure she doesn't lose them because of this or I will get an earful even though I have no choice in what Directv does.

 

[paragon]

I have read over at Tivo community that soon all SD locals will be moved over to a new satellite which is MPEG4 soon. At that point all local SD channels will not operate on existing Diretivos and I would also assume older directv receivers. Is this true? I would think it would cost Directv a lot of money to swap out the millions of standard receivers that are not capable of receiving MPEG4 signals.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=407026

The person in that link is in a 72.5 market. Those are moving to MPEG4. All the other markets that are in MPEG2 should be fine for quite a few years. Any new markets will probably be MPEG4.