Several of us have confirmed this in multiple posts - but again, I doubt it will matter to mention Then why would anyone upgrade to the new package Jun 6, 63 0. According to the Programming lists on the Directv web-site, there are a number of HD channels on Choice Extra that I thought I was going to have to upgrade for.
I don't think I'll be upgrading! Having an older package may be a good thing. If you don't like football, just tell them you are satisfied with your current package and you don't want to change it. Drop the opperator a hint that you are a basketball or baseball fan and would be interested in League Pass or Extra Innings, which ever you like.
And at the end of your up grade promo you will have to choose a newer package. Oct 21, 6. Previous Next. Similar threads R. Replies 3 Views 2K. May 21, twizt3dkitty. Ramy May 12, Replies 6 Views 10K. May 13, DodgerKing.
LMckin Jan 18, Replies 18 Views 4K. Locked Total Choice Limited. Replies 3 Views Dec 19, jamieh1. Locked Total Choice Premier. Both satellites will be at virtually the same Azimuth and Elevations. Phone StarChoice and activate your dish.
They supply numbers that work from the USA! Remember, you must supply a Canadian mailing address for activation. For billing, you just provide them with your credit card number. Star Choice satellite television There are two legal satellite television companies in Canada. Consider the following things that I have learned. It's in the fine print. In the northern hemisphere, dishes need a direct line of site to the southern sky near the horizon.
A few branches of distant trees in the way might not cause problems, but a big tree obscuring the view or a building, will cause problems. In my case this meant mounting the dish up high on my roof at the chimney big mistake.
Professional installers sometimes skip this step if there is no nearby convenient place to ground the cable such as a main power panel box which has a very thick grounding wire. I found that Star Choice was willing to credit me with the cost of this grounding rod. Sharing a satellite plan between locations, is one advantage that satellite has over cable TV.
It can add up to quite a lot of money just to watch the garbage that's on TV. Frankly you end up paying just about as much as if you were on cable, by the time you pick a few extra theme groups. While that may seem to be an advantage for having more channels than a satellite dish that only tunes to one satellite at a time like Bell's Express Vu smaller dishes , what they don't tell you is that this significantly slows down the channel flipping process as well as the menuing process, because it has to coordinate these two satellites, each of which uses every other channel.
Bell's Express Vu flips through channels much faster than Star Choice just over 2 seconds to flip to the next channel. Customer support at Star Choice strongly suggests that you turn off the receiver when not using it or at least once a week , which I think is a nuisance.
It is Dolby "Pro Logic" capable which is a simulated surround sound, not a true derived surround sound. A Star Choice technician has admitted to me that they have been having some problem with this. It apparently takes 20 - 45 minutes to completely download enough data to update the menu for the next 7 days. I have also frequently noticed that the information in the channel menu is completely wrong. Star Choice will tell you that they just print what the networks tell them they will be airing, but even basic stuff like standard news is often wrongly labeled.
If you just receive the basic package of services, this can take you about 10 minutes after you determine which channels to tune out probably about another 30 - 60 minutes. If Star Choice has to reset your receiver for any reason, you've got to do this all over again. I think this is a major oversight in the design of the Star Choice system.
If you program to record a show while you're not there, not only do you have to program your VCR, but also the satellite receiver. I feel this is deceptive advertising when Star Choice so heavily advertises Dolby 5. In theory that should be true, because the MPEG2 signal used for satellite TV supposedly has the capability of delivering up to lines of horizontal resolution, whereas standard analogue via TV tuners has a limit of lines of horizontal resolution.
Additionally digital satellite uses a very highly compressed MPEG2 signal which is lossy looses quality because of it's compression compared with uncompressed video. Because satellite companies have hundreds of channels to compress into MPEG2 streams in real-time, they use cheap less than top of the line quality MPEG2 compressors, because really good ones cost so much.
The MPEG2 compressors used on Hollywood movies give a far better quality picture than the cheap compressors the satellite company uses. Unfortunately, even on pay per view movies, the satellite company doesn't use the high quality MPEG2 stream from a DVD, they recompress the movie with their poorer quality compressors which adds artifacts to the picture.
The average consumer might not know the difference, but an astute viewer with a keen eye can easily see the lower resolution of a Hollywood movie over satellite, compared to the same movie from a DVD. In some regards digital satellite is actually worse because it introduces pixelized artifacts that aren't there on analogue cable TV.
They measure it this way because the average consumer has no way of translating that to resolution, but as a video producer I know that each MHz of bandwidth translates into about 80 lines of "horizontal resolution".
This was confirmed early one morning when a television station put up a resolution test patternSee photo. You may notice a subtle improvement in picture quality with satellite over cable, but don't count on much of an improvement.
There is a solution. If you purchased the Navigo receiver, it can be fitted with an optional UHF remote control that will work from anywhere in your home. BTW, Star Choice advertises that "high definition" is up to 9 times higher resolution than "standard definition" which has no basis in fact.
So, in fact, "high definition" via satellite currently only has the potential of delivering about 4 times the resolution of "standard definition" TV not 9 times.
I consider that a gross exaggeration of the facts. I have repeatedly pointed this advertising flaw out to several people at Star Choice, but they refuse to change their false advertising. As proof to the engineers at Star Choice, I point them to the web site of MotorolaExternal link that makes their high definition receivers, where it clearly says "HDTV pictures have twice the color resolution and roughly six times the sharpness of SD images.
Still Star Choice doesn't care to change their wrong advertising. Where can I find a list of channels offered by StarChoice? Directv Tivo has some advantage in its technology features which records two shows while you watch a third recorded program and its "Seasonal Pass" feature which allows you to record every episode of your favorite shows, even if the time slot or channels have changed.
Dish DVR has more hours of recording time up to hours while Tivo has up to 35 hours of recording time unless you upgrade. Dish Network has the advantage of having a lifetime warranty that covers all equipment as long as you are a subscriber. You never have to worry about buying new equipment. Internet Services. Only offered by Directv at this time with Direcway internet.
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