Fall 2009 HD channel number changes

I spoke to a Bell representative today while touring the facilities. He told me there currently was no date for removing the stations in the 800's so you don't have to worry about updating your timers and favourites list for some time yet.
 
Answer to # 3.

True you night have to punch in 4 digits, but thats no different having to dial a persons area code first when making a call. In due time you'll get use to it.
 
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I agree. However, your example is ironic. ;)

Looks like they added 2 more NHL HD feeds. I think there were only 4 before??
 
Main floor & bedroom TV's are both SD.. with years of using the same channels i know that 400 is TSN.. 405 is Sportsnet, 212 is CTV ect.. when i hit the 800's i know TSN is 850 but sportsnet always confuses me cause its off somewhere below TSN where as on the SD channel line up its above..

It would be nice to just have the HD feeds but thats going to be years away. Look at the amount of time its taking just to convert ppl from analog to digital signals. Can't imagine a full SD to HD switch over within the next 5 to 10 years unless its setup as a dual channel. But doing that would mean they couldn't double charge you for SD and HD..
 
I don't like that idea. I record my shows in SD because my wife says she can't tell the difference (Crazy I Know). However I record my shows in HD. This saves me a tonne of room on my PVR....It would not work If everything defaulted to HD.

BTW I have a 9200 so I can't add an external HD for more space
 
I think you are a little confused on what remapping means in this situation. Dish shows BOTH channels, i.e. 225 (SD) 225 (HD) and one above the other on HD capable systems and with the 622/722 two TV units it defaults to the type of system you are viewing on (TV1 to HD channel and TV2 to SD channel).

They all have the same number (HD and SD). This would not affect what you get on your backfed SD tv.

Vis
 
How will this affect scheduled PVR recordings when the 800-channels eventually dissapear? Should I start updating everything now or will it automatically figure things out?
 
I certainly like the way Dish does the channel mapping in the guide with
the HD above the SD. The neat thing is that when you enter the SD
channel number you get HD channel.

One would think Bev would do the same!!
 
Any info on where you see these channels are coming? Any idea if they will be part of the HD packages or will you need to subscribe to the SD channels. Will they have a free preview? Will they sell them seperate from the movie networks?
 
If the series episodes are marked correctly, the PVR will skip duplicates regardless of which channel they are on or what time they are aired. The same is true for shows that exist on the PVR drive, but not shows on the external drive. If the show is being recorded twice, there is an error in the guide info for the show. Duplicate recordings can be skipped and skipped recordings restored by selecting the show in the daily schedule. (Press PVR twice to get to the daily schedule.)


Correct. I find it easier just to go through the guide and create all the new timers first and then matching them up with the old timers. Deleting them all first would be even easier but then I run into issues of missed timers and recordings.
 
Can someone report what channels we are supposed to see right now.

I only see the networks and sports in the 1000's...yet I have everything in the 800's.
 
Same here. My short list of just 30 or so Favourites can be scrolled though and wrapped around in just seconds.
 
I never watch Live TV. I always record everything, and then choose it to watch from the PVR menu. The occasional 1000 channel that I might go to has no adverse affect on me.
 
Well...Lyngsat is usually quite acurate, but I see they have quite a few wrong channel numbers listed...

TSN2-HD is not on 848, nor is Rogers Sportsnet 1-HD on 851...and the list was last updated on October 19, yet still no mention of any channels in the 1000's?
 
No one said lyngsat is perfectly up to date. It is a nice reference but dc17 has the best solution. Lyngsat offers more information than the average person needs to know which I thought the op might like to see, and from his thank-you I believe that was the result.
 
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