VOOM and MPEG-4 updates for Dish Network
I give Charlie Ergen a ton of credit. Each month, either he or his tech folks over at Dish Network feature a one-hour program to give you the latest "dish" on the satellite service. The "Charlie Chat" for this month aired earlier this week and DBSTalk has a great summary for those that missed it. There are also rebroadcasts throughout the month and hey, why not PVR the darn thing?Highlights from the Erg-meister this month include some high-def updates:
- New HD programming will be in MPEG-4 format
- HD locals launch in January in five cities
- New York, L.A., Boston, Atlanta and Chicago are the first for HD locals
- Expect five new markets for HD locals each month
- 5 more VOOM channels will hit Dish in January via MPEG-4
- The 21 VOOM HD channels will be condensed to 15 on Dish
- ESPN2-HD available in January
Read [thanks for the tip Ben!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
The Wallbanger @ Dec 14th 2005 12:27PM
Will you need to get new equipment like D*TV users did for the upgrade to MPEG-4? In particular, will Echostar's Dish-Player 942 still work?
Brian @ Dec 14th 2005 1:02PM
OF COURSE YOU NEED A HARDWARE UPGRADE!!! MPEG4 requires a much more powerful decoder chip than your current MPEG2 box has....