On October 4, 2008 at 14:19, hd fan said...
The 82W bird from Bell TV on channel (SID 829) has the
Free HD Promo channel and the receiver can decode the
audio track which being an HD channel is DD 5.1. the onkyo
605 receiver is showing and playing DD 5.1 accordingly.
Eventhough this channel is still MPEG-2 Unscrambled (Free)
this CW600 receiver being not an HD receiver can not decode
the video stream properly. The other ,less than 5, Free
channels on that bird are either radio or SD promo channels.
I already have a 9242 HD PVR with Bell TV, that is why
it is so easy for me to set up the Bell birds so easy.
You'll definitely need to be aimed in another, or several other, directions to get any satisfaction from your FTA experience. :) I'm going the dish motor route myself shortly. The novelty of swinging a 1m dish around to catch other birds wears out quite quickly.
I am in the process of spending more time and money in
this hobby (untill I get a girlfriend I guess, lol lol
lol )
Girlfriends tend to turn into wives and result in offspring. Thus ensuring longterm abject poverty. :)
therefore a full install with tripod & motor in
the patio is due. Not too many Spanish speaking channels
(I found on Lyngsat.com a few Univision US Affiliates)
in the sky compared with other languages but at least
my mother will not complain too much about the lack of
spanish programming on Bell TV (only TLÑ en Español and
mostly repeat shows even the famous Sabado Gigante from
Univision is being broadcast 2 weeks old).
There looks to be eight Espanol on Gxy18 so she won't go hungry.
In terms of HD , the US Networks mostly is what you get
as per lyngsat, but those in my case are coming fine via
OTA from Buffalo and also on the Bell HD service, no need
for double or triple spending on the same stuff . Spanish
programming is my main drive (I obviuosly dislike Rogers
lol lol) and after 6 years , the need for at least a hobby
related to my Telecomm Eng background. I guess it will
make being an immigrant in Canada less painfull lol lol
lol.
I think you need to view (no pun intended) it as a hobby to justify the expense.
For me its a replacement for Cable as I refuse to give Ted Rogers any more money.
Donnyjaguar: Any idea what the new Galaxy 19 (still moving
west) will bring to the plate and the final position?
My understanding is its a replacement for Galaxy25, which has all the ethnic programming. These satellites have a finite lifespan it would appear.
