8PSK Conversion

They are uplinking:
BELL1 (1003) = HD PPV (copy of 834)
BELL2 (1004) = Rush HD (copy of 811)
BELL3 (1005) = Oasis HD (copy of 810)
BELL4 (1006)
I'm pretty sure they are 8PSK; but still not available to us, regular users.
So, it looks like 4 channels per transponder; wonder if the quality will be better?
 
So I'm starting to wonder when this switch to 8PSK is supposed to occur. I thought the letter people received stated starting April 1. Well now it's April 15 and nothing has switched yet. By the time they get around to doing this, they will be getting ready to switch to MPEG 4.
 
Bell cannot go over to MPEG4 until all HD subscribers with the 6100 & 9200 models have their receivers swapped out. Just imagine the outcry if they switch to MPEG4 and these customers screens go blank.....

2 years yet, in my opinion.
 
To back up Lindsay649, I also feel that Bell's HD PQ has improved in the past week. Whether that is due to 8PSK or something else I can't say but all HD channels seem to have a more stable (for want of a better word) picture. Some of the HD movies on the four High Fidelity channels have been outstanding as has Merlin on both NBC and CTV. (I'm referring to PQ of course. This sword and sorcery program is nothing to get excited about).
 
Nope, the Eastern Arc requires VIP receivers, which are all MPEG4 HD (capable). With the price of the 6131 at $199, I doubt that Dish will produce anymore SD only receivers. The future is HD!

-Mike
 
Do you think the 8PSK conversion will have any effect on NBCHD and CBSHD. Both look horrible at the moment.
 
I think before MPEG4 we will have more space anyways cause Nimiq 5 will be up the the air and functional.
 
I think you'll find everything you're looking for (and more perhaps) here:

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=67973
 
It looks like they haven't increased anything. The quality on FOX HD West, for the brief moments I watched it, was just as bad as it has been. Even comparing CTV Calgary to Vancouver with the same show shows no signs of improved picture. I guess the only way it is going to improve is when they go to MPEG 4, if they decide to give decent quality then.
 
What I really hope for, is that this improves the quality of the american super-stations, because those by far are the worst looking channels, and they could use a little more bandwidth
 
Forgive me if I've missed something but has anyone actually received a letter stating that Bell was switching to 8PSK on April 1? I know I haven't. Based on what I've been reading here the date has been/was never more than speculation. If so it's a great example of how "what might be" can be turned into "what is" and be treated as "fact" without any real evidence to support the supposition.
 
I may be wrong but I kind of thought that only the satellite at 82 will be changing to 8PSK, so it shouldn't have much effect on SD receivers for a couple of years or more.
 
I too run a 9200, so I hear you.

I think we are safe, by the time they move to MPEG4, they will have a warehouse in Markham full of 9242 Refurbished ubits for me and you......
 
Until Bell swaps out the thousands of 6100 & 9200 receivers out there, there is no chance of a switch to MPEG4.

There are still dozens of 6100's going in, on new accounts every week, so it will not be in the near future.
 
Only if Bell doesn't go to 4 HD channels/TP. I am hoping the quality will improve now, but we may have to wait for MPEG4 to see a drastic improvement in picture quality.
 
BELL1 (1003) = HD PPV (copy of 834)
BELL2 (1004) = Rush HD (copy of 811)
BELL3 (1005) = Oasis HD (copy of 810)
BELL4 (1006) = Discovery HD (copy of 827)
 
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