I received an email from DirecTV informing me that I will be losing my local channels on my SD receivers. Which is no problem for me, since my King Quest locks in on the 101.What I'm wondering about is, what will be on the 101? will it stay the same or will my SD access be limited or eliminated?

If I were you I'd be prepared to lose all SD programming in the next year or so. But, only DTV knows.

Direct is eliminating SD not sat 101. If you have a SD only receiver your service will end soon. Time to either upgrade to a newer receiver or switch to Dish.

That's what I need to know. What HD will I have available on a King Quest satellite dish? The King Quest only receives the 101 satellite. Will SD still be there or will it be HD only. What The Email from DiercTV said was I would lose SD programming for local channels. SD local channels are on the 119 satellite. I don't get those anyway. It didn't mention any thing else about the future of SD programming.

The specs I find online say Sd only for that dish. Whether that will work for future HD on the 101 is doubtful, but, only DTV and perhaps Bill.Satellite know.It's not just the dish, it's the LNB and your receiver too.

At the moment Direct/AT&T puts HD on one frequency band and SD on another. The two are not compatible with there same antenna. If you have a SWM Dish you actually have THREE different antennas (2 for HD only).. What will happen in the future I DO NOT KNOWSome of the KING dishes can ... however.. hit all 3 DISH network sats.. others can not. Yours... I have no clue.

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Alan_Hepburn
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
Bill.Satellite wrote:
Not boat anchors (other than I think they have been boat anchors for many years) but they will still work. You just need an adapter to take the receivers HDMI output back to coax and you will have down converted to analog that the TV will be able to see.

We have a Genie and a mini-Genie - they have both HDMI and composite outputs so we're good for now! Buying new TVs is not in the budget currently!
Alan_Hepburn
Explorer
Feb 07, 2019
ChuckSteed wrote:
One item to be aware of is if you update your home to the “latest version” of Genie you will not be able to have other type receivers on the same account... you will be forced to create a separate account

We have a Genie in the living room, and a mini-genie in the den. When we're in the RV both receivers go with us...
2oldman
Explorer II
Feb 10, 2019
Alan_Hepburn wrote:
with the demise of the SD signal from DirecTV will these TV sets become boat anchors?
If you want to watch HD then yes.
Alan_Hepburn
Explorer
Feb 10, 2019
2oldman wrote:
Alan_Hepburn wrote:
with the demise of the SD signal from DirecTV will these TV sets become boat anchors?
If you want to watch HD then yes.

I just tested it in my den - I've got a mini-genie connected to an old SD television, and the receiver is set to only show SD channels. I changed the setting so that HD channels are showing, and tuned to an HD channel - I was able to view the programming, albeit at SD quality. So, that tells me that I can, indeed watch HD - I just can't watch it with HD quality...
2oldman
Explorer II
Feb 11, 2019
Alan_Hepburn wrote:
So, that tells me that I can, indeed watch HD - I just can't watch it with HD quality...
Good spin.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Feb 11, 2019
Right. He cannot watch HD. He can watch channels broadcast in HD downgraded to SD quality.

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