[JohnMI]

I'm a long-time Dish user that has been (patiently?) waiting for a way to get the network channels in HD from anywhere. I'm in the Flint/Saginaw (Michigan) DMA and currently get my SD locals from them via Dish, of course.

I've tried an antenna -- but things are just too far away to get anything at my location. So, as I said, I've just been waiting.

Now -- a coworker just signed up for DirecTV. They immediately requested waivers for him so that he could get distant HD for the networks. Both ABC and FOX responded within a week and granted the requests. So, he now gets the four networks in SD from our local DMA -- and he now gets FOX and ABC in HD out of New York. (He's still waiting on the other two waivers.)

I am under the impression that Dish can't do this. Is that correct? I don't understand why this would differ by satellite company. Shouldn't DMA laws regarding distants and networks be the same? Or is it that Dish hasn't worked something out yet?

Please fill me in. If I can get a waiver for FOX and ABC -- can I do like him and get a distant HD feed for them out of New York?

(I need my Lost in HD, people! )

- John...

 

[Jim5506]

Dish lost its ability to do distant networks in a court decision, any distant HD's went with them.

NPS is selling distant networks that Dish cannot, but using dish hardware. They are SD only for now.

See the numerous threads on loss of distant networks.

 

[JohnMI]

I was aware of the distant problem -- but thought that they couldn't do HD distants before either. Could they do distant HD before the recent ruling?

- John...

 

[Jim5506]

If you had the SD distants and the HD pack, you got the HD distant automatically.

I had a waiver from my local CBS affiliate because they won't be full power or HD until August 2007, and I lost it 12/1.

 

[saltrek]

CBS was the only distant network offered in HD before the injunction was issued.

 

[JohnMI]

Ok -- that makes more sense. Because I had distants of ABC, FOX, and NBC back when I had my 811 and was told that I couldn't get any of the networks in HD through any means at Dish. If they only had a distant feed of CBS in HD, then that would explain it.

In any case, it looks like if I want the networks in HD, I'd have to switch to D*.

- John...