I keep hearing "Wing Dish", is that a particular dish on the same mast, or just a second 300 or 500 on a different mount? I have an install next week, curious what he'll bring. I'm assuming two 500's for 110, 119 and 61.5. I assume E* will get their act together someday and replace these with a 1000 (once they move my HD locals off 61.5).... sure wish I could get them OTA.
Noob Question: Why do I want 61.5?
I'm thinking of switching to Dish (from DirecTV) and I think I've got most of questions answered, but one I can't seem to fully grasp is all the hubub surrounding 61.5.
I'm in the Detroit DMA, and I read somewhere that my locals are now 'available' on 61.5.
From what I can pickup on the forum, that appears to be a good thing. But I can't seem to figure out why!
It seems like that I would need two dishes (1000.2 and one to pickup 61.5) to do that - is it really worth it? Are they in MPEG 4 on 61.5 and MPEG 2 on 129 - is that the big deal? I plan on using an OTA antenna for locals anyway (to pickup subchannels), so I likely won't even use the Dish locals. I realize though that I still have to buy them to pickup my local RSN.
Any insight/advice would be appreciated!
Thanks...
I'm in the Detroit DMA, and I read somewhere that my locals are now 'available' on 61.5.
From what I can pickup on the forum, that appears to be a good thing. But I can't seem to figure out why!
It seems like that I would need two dishes (1000.2 and one to pickup 61.5) to do that - is it really worth it? Are they in MPEG 4 on 61.5 and MPEG 2 on 129 - is that the big deal? I plan on using an OTA antenna for locals anyway (to pickup subchannels), so I likely won't even use the Dish locals. I realize though that I still have to buy them to pickup my local RSN.
Any insight/advice would be appreciated!
Thanks...
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