johanson Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 At about 16:30 I lost all of my Shaw HD channels, but was still picking up from the SD channels. I went to the roof, tightened my cable connectors, came down, and now everything is working again. My question is, did anyone else have the same outage of their High Definition channels or was it a slightly loose connection, that I hand tightened? It sure did scare me, I greatly enjoy watching my hometown stations in HD. Well, whatever the reason, it is working perfectly again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Loco Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 All ok...must have been your IFL cable from the LNBF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted July 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 That is what I thought it was. But another person had the same reception problem twice yesterday at exactly the same time I did, and so posted on TOB so what ever it was it impacted others. These were maybe ten minute outages. What ever the problem was, everything is great today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 I lost the signal intermittently at the start of Big Brother last night. One of the US Networks on Shaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calexico Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Had the same loss of signal in west ajijic yesterday and so did my neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Loco Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Interspace Gremlins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zira10 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Lost HD for a while in S.A.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 I have a number of old type receivers..do they have any value???What models are worth keeping??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted July 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 13 hours ago, lakeside7 said: I have a number of old type receivers..do they have any value???What models are worth keeping??? Shaw Direct is digitally compressing all of its channels to a higher level. They are upgrading to Mpeg-4 which means they can have more channels using the same bandwidth than before. Only receivers starting with the 600 or above are capable of decompressing Mpeg-4 and providing programming. the 500 series and lower, do not and therefore as Shaw Direct changes more and more channels and eventually apparently all of the channels to Mpeg-4, you will be able to receive fewer and fewer and eventually no channels. So, the old receivers are of very little to no value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, johanson said: the old receivers are of very little to no value. Does the Shaw company own or have stock in the company that makes the receivers? HAHAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted July 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 The answer is probably no. In the old days the receivers were made by Motorola. These days they are made by ARRIS, whom ever they are. The reason for upgrading is that in the future they can use or rent or buy fewer satellites in space to deliver the same # of or more channels than before back to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Thanks for the info Pete..I have been hanging onto series 500's for ages.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted July 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Yes I have a couple or even older receivers I am saving for no good reason. I bet that there are a few channels that your 500 series can still pick up for a few more months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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