8PSK Conversion

So has anyone with a 6000 series receiver received such a letter that explicitly states why they are swapping receivers? The only reference I can find to April 1 is a comment from one of the forum members. Unfortunately it's just a bald statement with no supporting quotes to back it up. Again I ask has anyone got any real evidence that Bell intended to switch to 8PSK on April 1? If so, it does not seem to have happened at that time.
 
Sorry but I beg to differ with markb. I'm watching the Als/Riders and haven't seen any problems this evening. Also keeping track of the Jays on RSN. No issues there either.
 
And Direct TV has the other other half tied up for some time (using their own satellite), so don't expect any relief from Nimiq 5 for a while at least (if ever).

-Mike
 
I would think they will move to 4 channels per transponder. 5 would be pushing it, but it could happen.
 
No you were wrong because same receiver on Dish Network has 8PSK installed by default.

I mean Receiver supports but Bell will not :(
 
Again for NBA Finals, ABC looking horrible as usual like the other american superstations....
 
I doubt first generation real time hardware MPEG4 encoders will be good. Like anything first generation.
It took Bell over ten years to implement variable bitrate encoding of MPEG2.

Therefore I don't expect quality to improve when switching to MPEG4.
 
4 channels/transponder x 32 transponders means potentially 128 HD channels before they'll need to go MP4/new sat. I don't think we'll be needing to replace 6100s/9200s for awhile yet :D
 
Talking to someone yesterday morning and there are no plans to delay the roll out, even though there appears to have been a few delays in shipping out the replacement receivers. The Technical guys are still on track for April 1st.

I never talked about new Channels but my feeling is that as soon as 2 or 3 transponders have swung over to 8PSK, that would certainly allow for more testing of HD Channels and followed by the launch of a few within 3 or 4 weeks. Golf HD would appear to be a candidate for one of the first new HD ones, as it has been tested a few times in the past.

Lets just keep our fingers crossed that the change goes well and we can enjoy a few more (or even a dozen more) HD Channels in the 2nd Quarter.
 
Unfortunately for those of us that truely love Bell's HD-PVR...it appears we have to resign oourselves to the fact that Bell is using (and will probably continue to use) simple marketing techniques to attract more subscribers...

The phrase "The Most HD Channels" draws far more interest from those not already subscribing...than "Best HD Picture Quality" does...

And thus at the Boardroom table it's a much easier sell to bring in cheaper useless HD channels...than to try to sell them on bringing in HD channels that will please the people already subscribing...and plus cost them more...so I believe it comes down to a simple business decision...
 
Is this a result of 8PSK???
I really don't know but all I can say is that the PQ yesterday was the worst I have seen from BEV, across the board. It wasn't just a few channels that were poor, it was pretty much every HD channel I tuned into, including Mpix HD and TMN Hd which tend to be pretty good.
Also, flipping from one HD station to another was very slow, you would hear the audio come on first with a blank screen and it would take about another 1.5-2 seconds before the picture would come on screen. It was never like this until yesterday.... using a 9200 HD PVR.

Did anyone else experience this.

Paul
 
ok, 50 transponders X 1 extra channel per transponder = 50 new HD channel capacity after the conversion.

that's excellent ;)
 
Have you read the 6000 receiver swap thread? I'm guessing the delay in swapping receivers may have pushed the date back.... If anyone with a 6000 receiver can still get their HD, wouldn't that mean that the switch hasn't happened yet?
 
I heard a rumour that Bell will have 16 transponders at 97.5 as well. That might make sense for west coast services since N5 is low on the horizon on the west coast.

8PSK should give Bell the capability for 20-30 new HD channels on N2. That's assuming that Bell had 3 channels on all HD transponders with QPSK and can now place 4 on each. It's never that simple, of course.

The real crunch that may require MPEG4 will occur in 2011 when the digital transition occurs. Bell will then be required to add a lot more digital OTA HD locals. In the meantime, I expect to see a few new HD specialty channels but not enough to force a conversion to MPEG4. If N5 goes as planned, Bell will be able to move some specialty channels to it. I expect it may be things like premium sports packages that will minimize the number of dish upgrades while generating high revenue. Another possibility would be using N5 for French premium services or eastern locals since N5 is ideally located to serve Eastern Canada.
 
A Bell CSR would not normally even know what MPEG4 was, I have told them it is used it to clean the inside copper core of the RG6 cable from the LNBF to the receiver.....Thereby increasing Signal Strength and Picture Quality.

They were impressed at that and I feel sure they will be spreading the work around the other CSR's
 
Apologies for my questions. As I don't have a 6000 receiver I never paid any attention to the swap thread. I've been just spent a couple of hours reading it. I'm now up to date.
 
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