[SteveHas]

how come the SF HD channels aren't showing up yet?
SF shows on bill. Will these channels lite from D11?

 

[Newshawk]

Yes, and it might possibly be that the HD channels will be on the same numbers as the SD channels, just as all other DirecTV HD channels when the HD is the same content as the SD. Remember they're doing that for NSACAR Hot Pass starting this Sunday.

 

[SteveHas]

last year they were the same number with a "-1" after it, and they showed up in the guide at the same time as teh SD channels.

Yes, and it might possibly be that the HD channels will be on the same numbers as the SD channels, just as all other DirecTV HD channels when the HD is the same content as the SD. Remember they're doing that for NSACAR Hot Pass starting this Sunday.

 

[dshu82]

how come the SF HD channels aren't showing up yet?
SF shows on bill. Will these channels lite from D11?

In the past, I have seen the guide and channels not populate until Sunday morning of the games. We have a few weeks....

 

[mlb]

I saw it mentioned somewhere that the channels are sharing the same numbers, there will be no -1.

 

[miketorse]

Is the Sunday Ticket Super Fan HD Feeds coming from D11? Or do we not know yet?

 

[tonyd79]

last year they were the same number with a "-1" after it, and they showed up in the guide at the same time as teh SD channels.

Last year the HD channels were a range of their own, not -1 channels. The NHL, NBA, MLS and MLB were/are -1 channels. I can't remember the range but you had the SD channels range then the HD channels.

They are going to be on the same numbers for SD and HD this year. And shared with the college games as well.

 

[SteveHas]

my memory is going
thanks
so I won't see seperate HD channels in the guide?

I just want to make sure that the last CSR I spoke to didn't turn off my SF package when I asked to have it comped

Last year the HD channels were a range of their own, not -1 channels. The NHL, NBA, MLS and MLB were/are -1 channels. I can't remember the range but you had the SD channels range then the HD channels.

They are going to be on the same numbers for SD and HD this year. And shared with the college games as well.

 

[CompiledMonkey]

I was looking at the NFLST schedule on the D* website and the SD and HD channels had the same number.

 

[grape]

my memory is going
thanks
so I won't see seperate HD channels in the guide?

I just want to make sure that the last CSR I spoke to didn't turn off my SF package when I asked to have it comped

I'm seeing the same thing and have SF, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you log into the directv site and click on my setup, it will show you everything you are subscribed to. ST and SF should show up there.

 

[tonyd79]

my memory is going
thanks
so I won't see seperate HD channels in the guide?

I just want to make sure that the last CSR I spoke to didn't turn off my SF package when I asked to have it comped

Yes. That was according to satelliteracer quite some time back.

What I find odd is that I turned SD duplicates back on and didn't see two channels.

 

[Satelliteracer]

how come the SF HD channels aren't showing up yet?
SF shows on bill. Will these channels lite from D11?

Scratch that.....dash -1's will be used for HD games in NFL ST

 

[paco1986]

Scratch that.....dash -1's will be used for HD games in NFL ST

So when should we expect to see the dash -1's in the guide?

 

[tonyd79]

Scratch that.....dash -1's will be used for HD games in NFL ST

Oh, ugh. I really liked the original solution that the SD and HD numbers would be shared.

 

[Satelliteracer]

Oh, ugh. I really liked the original solution that the SD and HD numbers would be shared.

The challenge is that some customers with Sunday Ticket and HD who don't purchase SuperFan may have opted in their Guide to turn off duplicate SD channels (available in some HD boxes).

Well, that presents a challenge because in their guide they wouldn't see the SD Sunday Ticket channels at all as the guide would remove them with that setting employed. As a result, dash -1's are going to be used unless something else presents itself as an alternative.

 

[dcowboy7]

As a result, dash -1's are going to be used unless something else presents itself as an alternative.

like giving ppv hd channels to sunday ticket hd for that afternoon.

 

[Satelliteracer]

like giving ppv hd channels to sunday ticket hd for that afternoon.

It's not a capacity challenge, it's a channel numbering challenge along with a setting that can screen out SD duplicates and keep non HD customers in the dark potentially.

 

[dcowboy7]

but instead of the (-) why cant they just (these are only example channel #'s):

704-719 = nfl sd
725-739 = nfl hd

 

[PaulieORF]

The challenge is that some customers with Sunday Ticket and HD who don't purchase SuperFan may have opted in their Guide to turn off duplicate SD channels (available in some HD boxes).

Well, that presents a challenge because in their guide they wouldn't see the SD Sunday Ticket channels at all as the guide would remove them with that setting employed. As a result, dash -1's are going to be used unless something else presents itself as an alternative.

Easy fix...don't charge for HD games

 

[Kansas Zephyr]

Well, that presents a challenge because in their guide they wouldn't see the SD Sunday Ticket channels at all as the guide would remove them with that setting employed. As a result, dash -1's are going to be used unless something else presents itself as an alternative.

Also, it good to have both the SD and HD channels in the guide, so you can fall-back to SD in case of rain fade.