Bev Testing MPEG4

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They could easily say that if you want HD, the current MPEG2 receivers will give you "basic" HD for free. If you want the new HD themes, they might just say "you need to upgrade your receiver". That being said, they may do it at a reduced price to the subscriber, but not for free as your current receiver will still "work" on HD, but not on the new themes.

This is all speculation at this point, but I know how marketing departments work at big corporations and my money is on them playing this card.
 
If they force the upgrade of receivers for this purpose, they will have to have a FREE upgrade path (with a contract if need be) or there will be a lot of P.O.'d customers.
 
It would have to be introduced gradually, a simultaneous thing I guess. Until they get rid of all the Tandbergs and the 6000's that will not handle 8PSK.
 
From the March 16th memo which clearly states there will be "brand new" MPEG4 receivers




hugh, who agrees that people believe what they want to believe and who also believes that employees of a company will often deny what has been written in black and white.
 
You have contradicted yourself a few times in here, not that I'm counting
I'm sure I have done it too (shouldnt drink and type)
The info WAS correct, Bell couldnt meet their hoped for release date
Or are you insinuating that someone on this site, made up pdf file to make Bell look bad?
Kinda of like when they didnt have any 9200's left to sell, because of poor planning
 
Can't wait to get my hands on the new MPEG 4 HD PVR , I will be getting one as soon as they become available.
 
So have I understood this correctly?

The new satellite is going to be parked at 82
 
Yep not surprising, it (fta1) was mpeg2 a few days ago. I thought these channels in the 800 might have somthing to do with mpeg4 testing.
 
One again the information was not correct , and I don't care who made a mistake .All I know I can not buy new receiver MPEG capable , and I don't need to hear it from you or anybody else 100 times that it was correct . I can't buy those receivers enywhere so there is no point convincing me that black is white and white is black.
 
It sure seems like it has an effect on sales of refurbished HD boxes
Isnt that why Bell got mad, and pulled their advertising?
It DOES affect Bell customers, and future Bell customers
I agree with Barter, that it is time to at least admit what they are doing, and if they dont want to give exact dates/dollar amounts then at least give a general idea of their plans, and turn the MPEG4 transition into a GOOD thing, that will give us (the customer) even MORE HD programming
 
MPEG4 is actively tested on 72.7... by Dish (Echostar 6).
For over two weeks. Nagra2 first, now Nagra3.
Go to lyngsat for more.
 
Or they just put all new HD channels in that format. No box swap needed. There is some unused space on 82. maybe those transponders will hold new HD channels in 8PSK.
 
DN had their HD MPEG4 receivers released almost 2 years and only recently they started talking about their plans to switch to MPEG4 .You want BEV to give prices and their plans for releasing new HD MPEG4 channels when we don't even have harware to do it .
 
So Bell need to accelerate the migration to MPEG 4.

Maybe Bell will exchange all MPEG 2 receivers in rental for brand new MPEG 4 to accelerate the migration.
 
Just go back few posts, and I'm sorry to dissapoint you but I don't have free tv , nor do I have any intensions of getting one .ARR you are calling people or BEV dumb, well working for them or sorry "with them" makes you one of them.
 
Like yourself, I too now have a great resource for looking at the MPEG4 transmissions. It's funny how meeting a Customer who is "testing" signals can end up as a very interesting friendship.....

My "man" is also telling me that certain Dish channels are going down from 1080i to 720i (Yes i), I think it was ESPN from Sunday showing Drag Racing was broadcast in 720i.

If this is still classed as HD, then maybe that is what we will see from Express Vu,

I watched a small portion of a recording, it looked OK to me.
 
And if Bell forces existing purchased MPEG2 HD owners to purchase the upgrade to mpeg4 or face no new HD content (while still paying 10 bucks a month, with progressive removal of MPEG 2 HD channels) I for one will cancel and go with another provider.

It's the point to matter, customer service and reciprocal loyalty. I'll spend several hundreds of dollars on a new MPEG4 receiver AND a new carrier....then all Bell has in my house is the land line.....and every month there is more and more competition for that as well.

Bell can nickel and dime their way right into bankruptcy.
 
Scott G:

If Bell was able to wave a magic wand and switch 6 existing HD channels to MPEG-4 ... as you say you have to start somewhere ... it doesn't change the fact that zero existing customers have an MPEG-4 receiver and that none of Bell's partners/wholesalers are ready for such changes.

If Bell were to say, well screw everyone, we'll just launch 6 new HD channels in MPEG-4, using close to all remaining capacity and worry about how existing customers get receivers later ... that's not going to help their case much. Bell already has four channels from HiFidelity that very few people watch ... but at least they can receive them. This would be a new low to launch channels using an encoding system that now customers can playback.

With respect to 2007 and a good deal of 2008 I contend these issues are "showstoppers". I don't mean this in the sense ... is something physically possible ... I mean in a broader business model sense: delivering something to customers that can and will be paid for and keeping valued partners/wholesalers onside. The object is to grow the business, not kill it.
 
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