On January 15, 2006 at 18:19, Ernie Bornn-Gilman said...
It's coming soon, although it will be a new and
different type of mess. I am not sure what to
recommend, and this post has made me realize that
I am just sitting back waiting to see what will
happen. As I understand it, when Mpeg 4 is enabled,
ALL current DirecTV receivers will be instantly
obsolete!
Kinda makes ya wanna go ta cable, doesn't it?
Attaboys, DirecTV!
Yes, it kinda makes me want that. Until I read about the cable companies. Then I want to stop watching TV and crawl in a hole. At least until the weekend when football is on!
All current HD receivers will be obsolete, sorta. The SD receivers will not be obsolete at all. And the HD ones will only be truly useless when/if they eventually go to ONLY MPEG4, and then only useless for HD channels, SD would still work. That couldn't be before 2009 at the earliest, IMO. The last 2 birds won't even be up until 2007, and they will still be concentrating on locals, not national HD channels.
For me, my MPEG4 locals should be up and running by the end of March. But I already get my locals just fine OTA. So I'm happy with my HDTivo for now.
