DSTV changes 1 Oct & 7 new HD channels

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Plenty changes happening on 1 October with the new satellite coming into play

7 new HD channels: 5 M-Net movie channels which are now themed, Studio Universal & Universal

Channel numbers will be changing

HD & SD channels will have the same number, decoder dependent

Full details here

New channel numbers here
 
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haha, I beat you by 2 mins, you type too slowly ;)
PS: I stole your main page link

How about a merge Mr Mod
 
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I wish they would bring back the original Hallmark channel instead of this Universal crap.
 
Quantum Theory said:
More stuff coming. They have loads of extra capacity now, on IS20.
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Hope so, bit underwhelmed with this update.

No (HD) upgrades to sport (besides SSHD4), documentary, news, music channels. The stuff that's actually unique to broadcasters in the Internet age.
 
I hope the smaller bouquets will also get something.
 
It looks like I will no longer have the choice to record the SD version of a channel when I am i.e. worried about running out of PVR disk space.
 
ajax said:
It looks like I will no longer have the choice to record the SD version of a channel when I am i.e. worried about running out of PVR disk space.
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If I can help it, I record everything on HD. Especially for 5.1 sound.

I hope the same SD/HD channels are on the same polarisation unlike Mnet & MNet HD.
 
Also expect a nice bump in subscription price to go with it ;)
 
There is a vague mention that complexes with a central dish will have to make changes. Anyone know what that entails?

Please note if you live in a complex or flat where you don’t have your own dish, you would need to request your body corporate to upgrade your system before 1 October 2012. You can SMS your email address to us at 32444.
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morkhans said:
There is a vague mention that complexes with a central dish will have to make changes. Anyone know what that entails?
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Complexes have settings per transponder, and there are new transponders coming into play, not sure whether all or just the new transponders would need to be re-configured

QT will know
 
Hemps said:
Will just be repeats spread out, pity no Nat Geo or animal Planet in HD.
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All the documentary channels ought to be in HD. But I'll take Nat Geo, Animal Planet & History as a start. Or BBC Knowledge or discovery world. Ok, all of them.
 
Hmmmm... same channel numbers? That potentially sucks hugely. I sometimes lose my HD channel (signal breakup) and have to resort to watching the SD channel. This happened quite a few times on channel 174 while the Proteas/England tests were on.
WTF would I do after this change?
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