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So I hear that old legacy receivers with MPG will be outdated after December 31st of this year. Does this mean that they won't receive any info on their guides or what will be the outcome?
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Hopefully, they get all of the SD receiver swapped out, in quick order. It would free up allot of bandwidth, if they only had to run one feed of most of the stations, already in HD. Maybe they could start using 119w, instead of running locals in SD there. Too bad they couldn't do a transponder swap with Dish, to either move all of their 119w, to 110w, or in the opposite direction. That way Dish could have the whole 119w satellite for themselves, plus the Ku bird that they also use, at that location.
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P, could you clarify for me? I understand MPEG-4 what is the VC-1?P Smith said:
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We aren't at all talking about video here. Directv has been running multiple formats for the guide data for many many years. They are finally dumping the old guide and only going to support the newer AVP (?) guides, which means that some of the very old boxes (probably 10 years or more which I believe only show guide data out about 3 days) will not work when they turn off that guide feed. That is what this particular switch is all about.P Smith said:
This plan has already been announced, and they are executing it from all reports, and they will shut that off at the end of Decmember.
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As I said in my other post, that's not at all what this particular poster is asking about. It will free up a little bandwidth, but not much, and is all about guide data, and has nothing to do with the demise of sd channel duplicates.PrinceLH said:
They are not swapping out all sd receivers. Just the really really old ones, which I doubt there are that many of these particular style ones left active right now anyway.
Just as they have stopped activating receivers without RIDs on accounts they have not already been active on, they are slowly closing out older receivers to make their lives easier for techincal and logistical reasons, and I suspect sometime in the next four years they may begin a slow plan to eliminate sd channels, but who knows for sure, that part is just my guess.
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That is exactly what he means. Unless your receiver can receive advanced program guide data (meaning it is model D10 or later, H10 or later, R10 or later, or HR10 or later), it simply will not work.
It is not an MPEG2 issue, although clearly the writing is on the wall for MPEG2 as well, perhaps another 4 years on that technology.
It is not an MPEG2 issue, although clearly the writing is on the wall for MPEG2 as well, perhaps another 4 years on that technology.
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No, as that uses the APG as I recall. But to double check, I did some searching, and it looks like I am right.Edmund said:
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=5157
http://www.directv.com/images/PR/factsheets/13551CRP_UltTVService_R08.pdf
Looks like old tivos are fine too...
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These referenced posts clearly stated APG as in posts above, but you're continue using something unusual like acronym AVP. Why ?inkahauts said:No, as that uses the AVP as I recall. But to double check, I did some searching, and it looks like I am right.
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=5157
http://www.directv.com/images/PR/factsheets/13551CRP_UltTVService_R08.pdf
Looks like old tivos are fine too...
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Not true...they will be around a little longer than that, but the end is certainly coming.wcalifas254 said:
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Is there a list of the receivers that will be affected by this change?wcalifas254 said:
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