HD on dishnet help

[Testergirl]

Hi - on which satellite can one find Dishnet HD channels? I'm in the northeast - should I be pointing at echos/RAinbow 1 at 61.5 to most of the HD general stuff (rather than locals on spotbeams)? Not having too much luck getting the HD stuff off Echo3/Rainbow1 with my Pansat 9000 - is there another bird I should try? Any special tips to get the Dishnet HD stuff coming in - I seemed to have no problem getting the HD stuff off Nimiq 2 via BEV.... Thanks for any help!

[Jerryo]

To get HD channels from Dik you must have 8psk module inside the box, without it you simply can't get hd channels. You may ask a question what is a 8psk right? Here it is:
8PSK (8 Phase Shift Keying) is a phase modulation algorithm.
Phase modulation is a version of frequency modulation where the phase of the carrier wave is modulated to encode bits of digital information in each phase change.
The "PSK" in 8PSK refers to the use of Phased Shift Keying. Phased Shift Keying is a form of phase modulation which is accomplished by the use of a discrete number of states. 8PSK refers to PSK with 8 states. With half that number of states, you will have QPSK. With twice the number of states as 8PSK, you will have 16PSK.
Because QPSK has 8 possible states 8PSK is able to encode three bits per symbol.
8PSK is less tolerant of link degradation than QPSK, but provides more data capacity.

[tiredold]

you need the add in module for dicknet HD, no other way around it. If your box will decode Mpeg 4, point at 129. There are many channels ( such as the Voom chaannels, National Geographic, ets) that are only on 129. There are many HD on 61.5, but all of them are also on 129 with the addition of the Mpeg 4 channels. Eventually all HD will be on mpeg 4, so you may as well point there now.

[Testergirl]

Thanks for the interesting, but rather disappointing info. Looks like I spent an hour in -10 weather aiming the dish so I can see Lebanese soap operas..! Hope I can find 8psk module for the Pansat 9000. haven't turned up too much on that so far...