I found a document on the web that is addressing a lot of issues that are of interest to us. Some people in this forum have addressed concerns about the picture quality not being as good as it should be due to over compression, etc. You can read more about this in this document
Here is a short excerpt from pg 10 of the document.
it is currently believed that the next major release of software algorithms will not afford any additional channel capacity, instead affording the opportunity to restore quality to the normal
levels the customers have come to expect.
Here's where you can find the entire document....
http://www.hughes.com/home/transition/attachmentb.pdf
Note: I'm brand new to this forum and I'm a brand new subscirber to satellite service (Less than 24 Hrs. I just got my first DBS system installed last night). I switched from Time Warner Digital Cable to Direct t.v. (Ultimate T.V.) and so far I'm really happy with what I've seen. I can tell that the picture is a bit faded as compared to some of the channels that were on cable's digital tier, but I hope this will be improved.
