Where are the "Where is the uplink thread?" threads?

[db2]

Hey, it's almost 11.30 EST and there aren't any, "where is the uplink report?" threads posted yet. What's wrong??

 

[RandallA]

Maybe they finally realized that they were not gonna get any new HD channels just by starting these threads.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

We should make this question a sticky. Uplinks dont normally happen until sometime between 1pm and 2pm Eastern Time.

Patience Grasshopper.

 

[Poke]

Scotts Countdown... LOL! Counting down to: WWE RAW IN HD PREMIERES ON USA HD - WILL DISH NETWORK HAVE IT? Did not know Scott you were such a big fan of Wrestling. Rick Flair was the best ever...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I am trying to prod Dish Network into turning it on. If its not on in the uplink today then I may put a countdown clock on the homepage in the hopes that Dish gets the picture.

 

[Poke]

Yeah I hear what you are saying..

 

[hrxtreme]

Anyways... expect nothing... then any change becomes a plus...

 

[ShadowInc]

is it just me or is scott's countdown not right? It says 6 days..its wednesday..raw is on monday. Or maybe they added a day I don't know about.....or it could be a "leap week".

 

[wetz73]

Maybe some folks get excited over which channels move to what conical beam? Guess you could bet on it!

 

[Bountykiller]

I think many of us have just given up hope on Dish in the short term ;0

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Why bother??

 

[alebowgm]

I think a countdown clock would be a funny, and good idea!lol

 

[jegrant]

I was curious about the uplink thread too. It is the highlight of my Wednesdays.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

If we were going to get USA/SciFi anytime soon, it would have been there by now. There was no advantage to Dish in Delaying it.

They don't pay extra for HD of those channels.

There is obviously some technical problem. A video engineer friend of mine speculates that there is a quality or bitrate problem with decode/encode on the way to the MPEG4 that is sent to the satellite. I know from experience that those are not trivial to solve. Sometimes you need a signal to fit a certain bitrate-format profile, and it just won't.

Is Universal HD distributed in MPEG2 or MPEG4 form?

Anyway, I think you will see Speed HD before you see SciFi or USA. Speed is distributed in the same manner as the BigTen Network by the same people and that is the best Damned MPEG4 HD signal I have ever seen. My understanding is that is one of the few networks sent out natively in MPEG4, which would make things easier for Dish and Directv.

As I recall, Dish tested that BTN signal for about 10 minutes before turning it on. If Speed follows the pattern, they would not even have to test it. Just light 'er up.

 

[JohnH]

USA HD is destributed in MPEG2, but it is DVB-S2 not DVB-S. Wouldn't it be nice if they had to offer it in Native resolution.

 

[goaliebob99]

reports up.. no hd!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many are jumping ship now?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Remember that USAHD and SCIFI HD are already uplinked on Dish.

We are just waiting for them to make them available.

 

[Dgenx321]

They better be up in the next 2 days or I'm gone.

And I'm an installer for them. lol

 

[digiblur]

There is obviously some technical problem. A video engineer friend of mine speculates that there is a quality or bitrate problem with decode/encode on the way to the MPEG4 that is sent to the satellite. I know from experience that those are not trivial to solve. Sometimes you need a signal to fit a certain bitrate-format profile, and it just won't.

Calling BS on your friend. Technical issue this long? I don't think so anymore. I'm sure it is all down to contract stuff now.

I'm sure DishNetwork has USA-HD and SciFi-HD running on a monitor on the downlink side of the uplink facility. They are just waiting for the "green light" to pipe it on over to the uplink side of the building.

 

[tigerfan33]

Calling BS on your friend. Technical issue this long? I don't think so anymore. I'm sure it is all down to contract stuff now.

I'm sure DishNetwork has USA-HD and SciFi-HD running on a monitor on the downlink side of the uplink facility. They are just waiting for the "green light" to pipe it on over to the uplink side of the building.

If it takes Dish this long to launch 2 hd channels because of contract agreements, us subs are in for a long bumpy hd ride. Even when Dish does launch the 2 new birds.