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Rogers to degrade HDTV signal quality to fit more channels
Wow, this is garbage.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/...l-Quality-93298
I don't give a shit about more channels if they aren't even going to be true 1280x720 resolution or higher, since the only shit worth watching in HD are nature documentaries and sports anyway, which is already covered pretty well. Kinda pissed.
sounds like something bell would do
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| Originally posted by NuERA sounds like something bell would do |
I guess I can call their rentention office about this stating that its not a true HD signal and hopefully I won't have to pay for the added HD channels.
FUcking Rogers!
Hopefully we get MTV HD haha
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| Originally posted by exstasie Hopefully we get MTV HD haha |
thats why you get dishnetwork. mpeg4 and they have plenty of birds in the sky for bandwidth.
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Oh god why would you want MTV, do you hate your life that much? |
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| Originally posted by chinamon thats why you get dishnetwork. mpeg4 and they have plenty of birds in the sky for bandwidth. |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Is this available in Canada, legally? |
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| Originally posted by chinamon nope. get yourself a free-to-air HD receiver with an 8psk module (viewsat 9000 HD is recommended). the only other way is to hack the dish vip 211 receiver which requires you to swap the tsop chips, pull the internal rom chip and mount it on a bga board, activate the card slow and unlock the bga card. however, i think subscription cloning is the only hack available for the vip series of receivers at the moment so that idea is down the shitter. get a fta hd receiver and set up dishes for nimiq1 (known as 91 west for expressvu) for bell's main channel lineup, nimiq2 (known as 82 west for expressvu) mainly for expressvu hd, echostar8,10 (known as 110 west for dishnet) for half of dishnet's main channel lineup, echostar7 (119 west for dishnet) for the other half of dishnet's main channel lineup, and echostar5 (129 west for dishnet) for hd. the you're laughing cuz you will have probably over 2000 channels to watch all on the same receiver. |
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| Originally posted by chinamon nope. get yourself a free-to-air HD receiver with an 8psk module (viewsat 9000 HD is recommended). the only other way is to hack the dish vip 211 receiver which requires you to swap the tsop chips, pull the internal rom chip and mount it on a bga board, activate the card slow and unlock the bga card. however, i think subscription cloning is the only hack available for the vip series of receivers at the moment so that idea is down the shitter. get a fta hd receiver and set up dishes for nimiq1 (known as 91 west for expressvu) for bell's main channel lineup, nimiq2 (known as 82 west for expressvu) mainly for expressvu hd, echostar8,10 (known as 110 west for dishnet) for half of dishnet's main channel lineup, echostar7 (119 west for dishnet) for the other half of dishnet's main channel lineup, and echostar5 (129 west for dishnet) for hd. the you're laughing cuz you will have probably over 2000 channels to watch all on the same receiver. |
Comcast just started this a couple of months ago in the states. They probably will not be decreasing the resolution, just lowering the bitrate. Articles which explain how they do it, and some examples of what it does to the picture quality:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1008271
Funny thing is, Rogers' and Bell's services already change the signal quality that they get from the providers. If you have ever seen the difference between HD from antenna, and from a Rogers/Bell box, you would be ashamed you are paying either. Chalk one more up for big business, and -1 for quality.
If you guys want to cancel your Rogers and go over the air (OTA), the following forum will explain everything you want to know:
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=81
If you want to just go ahead and buy an antenna, and you live in the city, by this one. Been using it now for over a year, and it is the best indoor 'HD antenna' on the market.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ZENITH-ZHDTV1-SI...1713.m153.l1262
A list of HD channels you might be able to get int he GTA and a map, with their statistics.
http://www.remotecentral.com/hdtv/index.html
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| Originally posted by chinamon nope. get yourself a free-to-air HD receiver with an 8psk module (viewsat 9000 HD is recommended). the only other way is to hack the dish vip 211 receiver which requires you to swap the tsop chips, pull the internal rom chip and mount it on a bga board, activate the card slow and unlock the bga card. however, i think subscription cloning is the only hack available for the vip series of receivers at the moment so that idea is down the shitter. get a fta hd receiver and set up dishes for nimiq1 (known as 91 west for expressvu) for bell's main channel lineup, nimiq2 (known as 82 west for expressvu) mainly for expressvu hd, echostar8,10 (known as 110 west for dishnet) for half of dishnet's main channel lineup, echostar7 (119 west for dishnet) for the other half of dishnet's main channel lineup, and echostar5 (129 west for dishnet) for hd. the you're laughing cuz you will have probably over 2000 channels to watch all on the same receiver. |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Mother of god, and how much HD content is there? |
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| Originally posted by NuERA so you've heard, right? |
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| Originally posted by NuERA so you've heard, right? |
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| Originally posted by chinamon i personally run two non-hd fta receivers. i know people that have the viewsat9000hd receiver and they have it running nicely. the concept in setting them up is the EXACT same as setting up my receivers. i was in the satellite "hacking" business many years ago so i think i would know more than the average person. |
When it comes to satellite info just listen to what Chinamon has to say...
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| Originally posted by Shaya007 When it comes to satellite info just listen to what Chinamon has to say... 7 |
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| Originally posted by chinamon lol. i remember when you came over and i worked on your receiver in my kitchen. |
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| Originally posted by chinamon as for getting an OTA antenna, the best way to do it is get an outdoor antenna and mount it in your garage. |
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| Originally posted by Orko Most definitely. I just suggested that Zenith antenna for those living in the city in apartments. Cracking satellite receivers eh? Sounds like a good new hobby |
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| Originally posted by chinamon its definitely fun.... but its addicting. i had so much satellite tv in my house at one point, my dad was flipping out. lol. you should see the four dishes on my house. they are at the front of my house so everyone on my street knows i test satellite. edit: |
Good thing I canceled my cable service. It's faster (and commercial-free) to just download a movie or TV episode and play it on the media center.
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| Originally posted by kotsy lol, you're a fucking madman! |
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