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I'm trying to help out my brother who lives in LA, but haven't found a definitive answer on this. He currently has only one receiver (and old RCA), and only subscribes to the local channels -- he's had this for years, back when they offered "locals only" subscriptions.
He's interested in getting the LA locals in HD, and I told him that I thought if he bought an H20, he would automatically get the MPEG-2 feeds on 81, 83, 87, and 89. But since LA is transitioning to MPEG-4, I wonder if I gave him bad advice? Seems like they should automatically be turned on, unless there is a concerted effort NOT to authorize any new receivers for those channels. On the DirecTV website, if I enter his zip code into their "local stations" page, the "80s" channels are listed as being available -- but who knows when that was last updated.
Anyone have any real world experience with this?
He's interested in getting the LA locals in HD, and I told him that I thought if he bought an H20, he would automatically get the MPEG-2 feeds on 81, 83, 87, and 89. But since LA is transitioning to MPEG-4, I wonder if I gave him bad advice? Seems like they should automatically be turned on, unless there is a concerted effort NOT to authorize any new receivers for those channels. On the DirecTV website, if I enter his zip code into their "local stations" page, the "80s" channels are listed as being available -- but who knows when that was last updated.
Anyone have any real world experience with this?