| Bandwidth Exactly how much bandwidth can those new sat's transmit anyways? Wouldn't they reach some kinda capacity limit eventually like cable does? |
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boggaf05CCNA, SCVUPremium
join:2006-06-21
Gaffney, SC
1 edit | At some point they would, but directv is considering transitioning all customers to an HD set top box within the next 5-7 years, which will free up tons of additional capicity. Their current STBs also act as converters for older non HD televisons. And I believe the current capicity of the 2 new sats D-10 & D-11 have a capicity of 10Gbps each, So a correct channel count is dependant on bitrates and resolutions, but all of their satellites have extra transponders incase of failures. |
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ke4pymPremium
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC | reply to neufuse
The amount of bandwidth going from the 5 LNBs to the STB is around 2GHz.
Most cable plants operate with around 750MHz of capacity. |
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 RynoThe WandererPremium
join:2001-04-07
Danielsville, PA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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said by boggaf05:At some point they would, but directv is considering transitioning all customers to an HD set top box within the next 5-7 years, which will free up tons of additional capicity. Their current STBs also act as converters for older non HD televisons. And I believe the current capicity of the 2 new sats D-10 & D-11 have a capicity of 10Gbps each, So a correct channel count is dependant on bitrates and resolutions, but all of their satellites have extra transponders incase of failures. Where did you see this?
I am wondering because I will not buy boxes. One of the reasons I won't upgrade to HD for a while is because of not wanting to pay to upgrade my boxes. Plus My TV's look pretty good with DTV's digital signal unlike cable's snowy pictures. I haven't seen that much difference between my brother in laws cable HD and my regular DTV.
If they swap out all my old boxes for free I would probably get new HD TV's throughout. Then again I like my TiVo, and don't like my DTV-DVR. |
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boggaf05CCNA, SCVUPremium
join:2006-06-21
Gaffney, SC | said by Ryno:said by boggaf05:At some point they would, but directv is considering transitioning all customers to an HD set top box within the next 5-7 years, which will free up tons of additional capicity. Their current STBs also act as converters for older non HD televisons. And I believe the current capicity of the 2 new sats D-10 & D-11 have a capicity of 10Gbps each, So a correct channel count is dependant on bitrates and resolutions, but all of their satellites have extra transponders incase of failures. Where did you see this? I am wondering because I will not buy boxes. One of the reasons I won't upgrade to HD for a while is because of not wanting to pay to upgrade my boxes. Plus My TV's look pretty good with DTV's digital signal unlike cable's snowy pictures. I haven't seen that much difference between my brother in laws cable HD and my regular DTV. If they swap out all my old boxes for free I would probably get new HD TV's throughout. Then again I like my TiVo, and don't like my DTV-DVR. This was only an option for the future mentioned in their last conference call, something of this magnitude would probably not happen until a majority of their subscriber base is HD subscribers, which if current trends continue would not be many years away. The production costs of the HD boxes are dropping quickly as more are being produced which they say will lead to better deals for existing and new subscribers. As far as existing customers having to pay to upgrade, you can call and depending on how long and how good of a customer you have been, you can sometimes get them to either reduce the cost or give them to you or get programming credits for the same value. |
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RynoThe WandererPremium
join:2001-04-07
Danielsville, PA Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by boggaf05: something of this magnitude would probably not happen until a majority of their subscriber base is HD subscribers, which if current trends continue would not be many years away. I'm banking on 2009-2010 since 90% of the people I talk to actually think their TV's won't work after the digital switch in 09'. I figure next year their will be a rush of people buying then in 09' it will drop off and via supply and demand prices will fall very nice. |
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boggaf05CCNA, SCVUPremium
join:2006-06-21
Gaffney, SC | Prices will definitely fall quickly after '09 i would suspect, but until then prices will either remain the same or go up slightly as we near the cutoff date since the manufacturers and retailers know there will be a rush. |
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