DStv HD capacity, channels, and plans

[Hemps]

Why wait till Sat 7 is on it's last breath and screeming kill me kill me let me go - to replace the bloody thing.
Is Sat 20 lying around collecting dust?
At least they admit what is holding them back from giving more channels in HD and a dedicated movie channel in HD will be nice, BUT what movies and how often are they repeated in a month?
I would prefer more offerings on discovery hd or maybe a national geo hd channel.

 

[Polymathic]

Why don't they change their broadcasting codecs?

 

[Bizkit87]

It seems thats always the best argument you get on this forum "How mature", really shows the intellectual capabilities.... I still don't get the "your little religion bashing group" - What group - I don't belong to any group - or participate in the religious discussions.

Well, it seems very mature to reply with "go play on the highway", in fact, isn't that something academia people tell each other when they disagree... yes you are right, for me to reply with "how mature" was much more immature than your "gan speel met jou karretjies op die highway" (which, btw, i haven't heard since kindergarten)

Great - so we cater just for Christians - I can see how thats fair to all other religions who subscribe to DSTV.

Ill answer this with this:

Yes, even as a christian, those channels are terrible to me, but I'm sure there are plenty of people that enjoy them, so why take it away from them? because you are an atheist, and don't like religion?

makes no sense (unless you are a selfish prick.. then wanting them to remove the religious channels makes sense)

Also, I'm sure if there were no people watching those channels, dstv would stop broadcasting them, no?

Or you could be a brain dead idiot who believes all DSTV subscribers are christain and watch that crap.

did i say at any time that all dstv subscribers are christian? i don't see the relevance here...

are all dstv subcribers Sport fans, are all dstv subcribers music fans? wtf guy

+1

But while they're at it, maybe they can get rid of some of the sports channels As it is the extra HD channel is going to be yet another sports channel.

And what's up with the excuse for an HD movie channel? I'm pretty sure every movie for the past decade (and then some) is available in HD!

You see, he doesn't like sport, so now dstv must take away all sports channels? can you see the logic or consequences behind your "i'm an atheist, so take away all religious channels" might as well also be "i'm a movie fan, so take away all the sports channels"

anyway, i'm done with the special Olympics "debate" here..

 

[xrapidx]

Now that you mention it - special Olympics is exactly where I'd picture you....

 

[Bizkit87]

Not so, it just that... Those channels are terrible, but thanks for the comment, it really helps your case.

again, same as below, just because me, or you don't like, is no case for taking it away, my grandmother enjoys that, i'm sure a lot of other people enjoy it, so why do you want to take it away from them? there are PLENTY of channels on dstv that i think is the most useless trivial channels, but (something xrpap can perhaps try out) i don't bitch about them, i just don't watch them. I know other people might enjoy these channels, so let them have their entertainment...

 

[Bizkit87]

Now that you mention it - special Olympics is exactly where I'd picture you....

yes, i will volunteer to help out at the special olympics, how did you know?

 

[xrapidx]

Maybe I've gone a bit brain dead going down to your level - but your issue was specifically about a "religion bashing group" (which I still have no clue about)... you didn't even touch the channels issue until one of your other posts... talk about a quick turnaround...

Oh - and at no stage have I claimed to be an atheist.

 

[Tns]

is paying so much extra really worth it for hd? ugh just look at the trace channel, quality is very bad

 

[xrapidx]

is paying so much extra really worth it for hd? ugh just look at the trace channel, quality is very bad

The HD channels quality isn't stellar HD - but its WAY better than the SD channels - and considering I'm paying the same as I was on my dual view - I'm happy I went the HD route.

 

[Bizkit87]

Maybe I've gone a bit brain dead going down to your level - but your issue was specifically about a "religion bashing group" (which I still have no clue about)... you didn't even touch the channels issue until one of your other posts... talk about a quick turnaround...

Oh - and at no stage have I claimed to be an atheist.

what i mean about the religous bashing group is that:

No matter what the thread is about, there will always be 1 or more idiots completely derailing the thread by taking a shot at religion. For example: a thread about dstv hd channels, and then someone comes and says "take away all the religious channels" ... you see, still not?

that, in a nutshell, was my issue, and there is no quick turnaround... but it seems I had to explain that just because YOU don't like those channels, is no valid reason for dstv to "take them away".

i don't care which religion you are (in fact, if you said, take away all the muslim channels, i would have defended them as well, since is not about YOU but about people that DO actually like the channels that you don't)

or should xrapidx be consulted before every decision dstv makes? if so, please apply to be their CEO, and then you have the power to take away whichever channels you want.

 

[Nerfherder]

SSDD .... aren't you getting tired of your little religion bashing group here

"Religion this, religion that", jeez, build a tiny little bridge and get over it already...

Not really... its part of a bigger argument that DSTV should be segmenting their channels and selling them in smaller groups.

The religious channels, like others, are free. That's the only reason why they through them in to all the bouquets (or most) so if 5 people get DSTV for those channels then it seems worth it to them... only thing is that its not, they sacrifice bandwidth on free channels that no one watches anyway just to bulk up the offering.

 

[Chevron]

Remove four religious channels for one HD movie channel - thats a start.

+10

 

[Bizkit87]

Not really... its part of a bigger argument that DSTV should be segmenting their channels and selling them in smaller groups.

The religious channels, like others, are free. That's the only reason why they through them in to all the bouquets (or most) so if 5 people get DSTV for those channels then it seems worth it to them... only thing is that its not, they sacrifice bandwidth on free channels that no one watches anyway just to bulk up the offering.

see, this i can agree with, but not "take them away because i don't like them" , thats just silly

If they do bundle them, then I'll also have no problem with that. but taking them away because YOU don't watch them, and you want to watch movies in hd rather, is a bit selfish, isn't it?

I'm not sure that "no one watches them anyway", do you have viewership stats on that?

 

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

The problem is that most of the content on DSTV is ancient repeats of programs 5-10 years old. Of course they are having issues finding HD content.

Multichoice has obviously made the choice of going for quantity rather than quality.

 

[xrapidx]

what i mean about the religous bashing group is that:

No matter what the thread is about, there will always be 1 or more idiots completely derailing the thread by taking a shot at religion. For example: a thread about dstv hd channels, and then someone comes and says "take away all the religious channels" ... you see, still not?

that, in a nutshell, was my issue, and there is no quick turnaround... but it seems I had to explain that just because YOU don't like those channels, is no valid reason for dstv to "take them away".

i don't care which religion you are (in fact, if you said, take away all the muslim channels, i would have defended them as well, since is not about YOU but about people that DO actually like the channels that you don't)

or should xrapidx be consulted before every decision dstv makes? if so, please apply to be their CEO, and then you have the power to take away whichever channels you want.

What you're implying, is that I , as a DSTV subscriber, have no right to an opinion on what channels DSTV could remove to free-up bandwidth for HD. I'm not stopping anyone from wanting the sport channels removed, or the music channels.... or the kids channels.

This is a thread about HD channels, and not enough bandwidth - which I commented on where they can get bandwidth according to me ... if you don't like it, or take offence to the removal of what I consider utter crap - tough.

Its OK not to have an adult channel because people didn't want it - but its not OK for someone to not want religious channels, go figure

 

[paddy_za]

don't get rid of those religious channels! what else am i gonna watch when im a bit goofed and keen for a lag?

 

[Nerfherder]

see, this i can agree with, but not "take them away because i don't like them" , thats just silly

If they do bundle them, then I'll also have no problem with that. but taking them away because YOU don't watch them, and you want to watch movies in hd rather, is a bit selfish, isn't it?

I'm not sure that "no one watches them anyway", do you have viewership stats on that?

Well that's the point... until they actually allow people to choose the channels they never really know who watches what. If they made the religious channels an optional extra I wonder how many people would take that option ? The same could be said for a lot of the other types of channels.... who knows perhaps I'm wrong but I think that if they did allow us to choose then there would be very different options available. Perhaps some of the things that I like would not be available.... that's just life.

 

[Bizkit87]

What you're implying, is that I , as a DSTV subscriber, have no right to an opinion on what channels DSTV could remove to free-up bandwidth for HD. I'm not stopping anyone from wanting the sport channels removed, or the music channels.... or the kids channels.

This is a thread about HD channels, and not enough bandwidth - which I commented on where they can get bandwidth according to me ... if you don't like it, or take offence to the removal of what I consider utter crap - tough.

Its OK not to have an adult channel because people didn't want it - but its not OK for someone to not want religious channels, go figure

if you go back to the dstv porno channel debate, you'll see that i said, if there is a market for it, why not? i don't want any channels to be taken away because i don't like them...

I listen to rock/metal music and it will be nice if dstv one day adds a channel like Kerrang, or MTV2. But i don't want them to take away TRACE and base and and and, because i know people that do like watching those channels, so why should dstv take it away from them? because i don't like them?

If you want to watch just what you want to watch -> news servers and torrents are for you buddy.

If you don't want to watch religious channels on dstv -> don't go to those channels, hell, block them if you want to (someone the otherday on MyBB showed how to do it). Until dstv brings out specialized bouquets, you'll have to accept that they cater for more people's taste than just yours, mkay?

 

[Kheiron]

Bizkit and xrapidx, could you guys please take this debate offline? (in the context of this thread, not literally offline.)

I agree that most of the FTA channels are thrown in there for good measure and nothing more. As such, they should be the first to go.

 

[Praeses]

Instead of 1 HD channel at the quality of four SD why not double the SD resolution. Much more efficient I think. DSTV SD looks so bad that I thnk would be the best comprimise. Call it HD lite or something. Even TopTV's SD is better than DSTV.

Do you have an old decoder? Since we got a new SD decoder (replaced one we got in 2001 I think), the SD channels look way better!