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Updates

• 5/17/08, just fixes to the chart: channels Smithsonian, MGM, WFN switched from aqua to lt blue background to reflect being in Ultimate rather than Essentials; Tennis, Biography and Hallmark Movie require AT250; Toon Disney requires AT200; VOOM background changed to the grey of old info to allow for easy reversal in the hope the contract dispute can be settled.
• 5/14/08: The 5 remaining VOOM channels deleted; several RSNs duplicated on 61.5° - FOXSW, FOXS, FOXCN, CSNCH, FOXD, STO, FOXN, SPSOU; new RSN CSNBA only on 129°; new RSN CSNNE only on 61.5°; MGM, Smithsonian and WFN are part of dishHD Ultimate.
• 5/13/08, from 5/12 uplinks: Newly available at 61.5° and 129°: Toon Disney (9449), Disney (9433), ABC Family (9434), Cartoon (9463), Bravo (9492), ESPNews (9494), Smithsonian (374), MGM (385), WFN (394), Travel (9437), Weather (9438), CNBC (9439), Cinemax-W (9440), 5-MAX (9441), Tennis (9442), Biography (9443), Hallmark Movies (9444). New mapdowns for HD Theater (364), HDNet (362), NDNet Movies (383), Universal HD (366), VS/GF (398), MHD (369), and new to this page BIG10 (439). Deleted 10 VOOM channels.
• 5/10/08, from 5/9 uplinks: Dish Latino channel numbers added for the still unavailable Cartoon (5335), Toon Disney (5341), Bravo (5309), ESPN News (5340), Disney (5339) and ABC Family (5342), from 129° and 61.5°
• 5/9/08, from 5/8 uplinks: Ch 9420-9424 (TNT, HD Theater, HDNet, HDNet Movies, ESPN), 9456 (HBO) and 9460 (Showtime), and HD RSNs removed from 61.5°

What HDTV channels does Dish offer?

Channel Name	Channel #	Sat Loc	Availability
			HD Pak	DishHD	MPEG4	Notes
A&E	9419	61.5° & 129°				Uplinked Jan 17, available Jan 31, 2007
TNT HD	9420	110°				HD Pak (1) $9.99/month or $109.89/year - or - DishHD
HD Theater	9421 / 364	110°
HDNet	9422 / 362	110°
HDNet Movies	9423 / 383	110°
ESPN-HD	9424	110°
ESPN-2 HD	9425	61.5° & 129°
NFL HD	9426	61.5° & 129°		AT200
Universal HD	9427 / 366	61.5° & 129°
Natl Geographic HD	9429	61.5° & 129°		AT250		Uplinked May 19, available Jun 9, 2006
USA	9431	110°				Uplinked Dec 5, available Apr 18
SCIFI	9432	110°				Uplinked Dec 5, available Apr 18
DIS-E	9433 / 172	61.5° & 129°				Uplinked 5/7/08, available 5/12/08
ABCFM	9434 / 180	61.5° & 129°				Uplinked 5/7/08, available 5/12/08
CNN HD	9436	61.5° & 129°				Available May 12, 2008
Travel HD	9437 / 215	61.5° & 129°				Available May 12, 2008
Weather HD	9438 / 214	61.5° & 129°				Available May 12, 2008
CNBC HD	9439 / 208	61.5° & 129°				Available May 12, 2008
Tennis HD	9442 / 400	61.5° & 129°		AT250		Available May 12, 2008
Biography HD	9443 / 119	61.5° & 129°		AT250		Available May 12, 2008
Hallmark Movies HD	9444 / 187	61.5° & 129°		AT250		Available May 12, 2008
Toon Disney HD	9449 / 174	61.5° & 129°		AT200		Available Apr 16, 2008
HGTV HD	9461	61.5° & 129°				Launched Apr 10, available Jun 9, 2006
Food HD	9462	61.5° & 129°				Available Aug 16, 2006
TOON	9463 / 176	61.5° & 129°				Uplinked 5/7/08, available 5/12/08
GolfHD / VersusHD	9468 / 398	61.5° & 129°		AT250		Comes as a shared channel from programmer
MHD	9469 / 369	61.5° & 129°
Discovery HD	9487	61.5° & 129°
Learning Channel HD	9488	61.5° & 129°
Animal Planet HD	9489	61.5° & 129°		AT200
Science Channel HD	9490	61.5° & 129°		AT250
History Channel HD	9491	61.5° & 129°				Coming Sept 1, uplinked Aug 22, available Sept 4
BRAVO	9492 / 129	61.5° & 129°		AT200		Uplinked 5/7/08, available 5/12/08
ESNWS	9494 / 142	61.5° & 129°				Uplinked 5/7/08, available 5/12/08
TBS	9499	61.5° & 129°				Available Oct 5 (was HD PPV)
Smithsonian	374	61.5° & 129°				Available 5/12/08
MGM	385	61.5° & 129°				Available 5/12/08
World Fishing Network	394	61.5° & 129°				Available 5/12/08
Rave HD	9470	61.5° & 129°				VOOM Originals (1)(3) Not available separately, included in dishHD Ultimate (formerly part of DishHD) (3) NOTICE: ALL VOOM TO GO MPEG4 AUG 15 See SatelliteGuys posting. Completed Aug 30. 10 VOOM channels removed late on 5/12/08. All gone on 5/13. The channels will remain listed here in case they are put back up..
Equator HD	9471	61.5° & 129°
Gallery HD	9472	61.5° & 129°
World Sport HD	9473	61.5° & 129°
Animania HD	9474	61.5° & 129°
VOOM Movies HD	9475	61.5° & 129°
Rush HD	9476	61.5° & 129°
Treasure HD	9477	61.5° & 129°
Ultra HD	9478	61.5° & 129°
Kung Fu HD	9479	61.5° & 129°
Film Fest HD	9480	61.5° & 129°
Monsters HD	9481	61.5° & 129°
HD News	9482	61.5° & 129°
Game Play HD	9485	61.5° & 129°
Family Room HD	9486	61.5° & 129°
HD Pay Per View	531	129°				Available Sep 12
HD Pay Per View	534	129°				Available Sep 12
HD Pay Per View	535	110°				Available Sep 12
HD Pay Per View	536	110°				Available Sep 12
HD Pay Per View	537	110°				Available Sep 12
HD Pay Per View	539	110°				Available Sep 12, map-down of 9467
HD Pay Per View	540	110°				Available Sep 12
Starz! HD	9435	61.5° & 129°		AEP		Uplinked May 19, available Jun 9, 2006
HBO HDTV (East)	9456	110°		AEP		Requires subscription to HBO after 10/2/2000
MAX-W	9440 / 311	61.5° & 129°				Available May 12, 2008
5-MAX	9441 / 314	61.5° & 129°				Available May 12, 2008
MAX	9458	61.5° & 129°		AEP		Uplinked 4/11/07, available 5/4/07
Showtime HDTV	9460	110°		AEP		Requires subscription to Showtime after 10/2/2000
MAVHD	9465	110°				Only 2 of channels 9463, 9465, 9467 will be in use at the same time.
HD Event 2 / NBA HD	9466	110°
HD Pay Per View	9467	110°
CSNWS	5409	129°				Available 9/26/07, if you get a black screen on these RSN channels, switch channels then back
Altitude	5410	129°				Available 9/26/07
FSN Prime Ticket	5411	129°				Available 4/4/07
MSG+	5413	61.5°				Not available
FSN Rocky Mountain	5414	129°				Available 4/2/07
FSN Arizona HD	5415	129°				Available 7/11/07
FSN Southwest	5416 / 416	61.5° & 129°				Available 4/4/07
FSN West	5417	129°				Available 4/4/07
FSN Midwest	5418	129°				Available 4/2/07
CSNBA	5419 / 419	129°				Available 5/14/08
FSN South	5420 / 420	61.5° & 129°				Available 4/4/07 (mapdown to 420)
Sun Sports	5422	61.5°				Available 4/13/07 (mapdown to 422)
FSN Florida	5423	61.5°				Available 4/4/07
CSNMA	5424	61.5° & 129°				Available 9/26/07
FSN Ohio	5425	129°				Available 9/26/07
FSN Northwest	5426	129°				Available 7/11/07
FSN Cincinnati	5427 / 427	61.5° & 129°				Available 7/11/07
FSN Pittsburgh	5428	61.5° & 129°				Available 7/11/07
CSN Chicago	5429 / 429	61.5° & 129°				Available 8/15/07 also uplinked Aug 29 to ch 5713 on 129°
FSN Detroit	5430 / 430	61.5° & 129°				Available 7/11/07
Sportstime Ohio	5431 / 431	61.5° & 129°				Available 7/11/07
NESN HD	5434	61.5°				Uplinked 3/19/08, available 3/26
CSNNE	5435 / 435	61.5°				Available 5/14/08
FSN North	5436 / 436	61.5° & 129°				Available 7/11/07
Sports South	5437 / 437	61.5° & 129°				Available 4/25/07, need link to schedule
SNY HD	5438	61.5°				Available 7/11/07
NHL Network HD	403	61.5° & 129°				Available Oct 17, also mapped to ch 559
BIG10	9500 / 439	61.5° & 129°				Available 9/13/07
ALT10	9501	61.5° & 129°				Available 9/13/07
ALT10	9502	61.5° & 129°				Available 9/13/07
ALT10	9503	61.5° & 129°				Available 9/13/07
ALT10	9504	61.5° & 129°				Available 9/13/07
NBATV	9508	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/29/07 (mapdown to 402)
NBATV	9509	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/29/07 (mapdown to 560)
HDALT	9514	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/24/07 (mapdown to 444)
HDALT	9515	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/24/07 (mapdown to 445)
HDALT	9516	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/24/07 (mapdown to 446)
NHLHD	9542 - 9558	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/3/07. 9541 (541) added 11/7, not yet available.
NBAHD	9561 - 9572	61.5° & 129°				Available 10/10/07
HD Theater	5500	110°				Alaska/Hawaii HD Pak (1) $9.99/month
TNT HD	5501	110°
ESPN-HD	5505	110°
ESPN-2 HD	5506	110°
NFL HD	5507	110°
HDNet	5510	110°
HDNet Movies	5511	110°
Universal HD	5512	110°
HBO HDTV	5515	110°				Requires subscription to HBO
Showtime HDTV	5516	110°				Requires subscription to Showtime
(vacant)	285	61.5° & 129°				Preview Showroom
Regional Sports Networks	359-399	61.5°, 129°				Uplinked 9/7/06, coming “very very soon.” Per PR will add “Sun Sports and SportSouth this spring as well as Altitude this fall.”
HDBTV	9650	121°
HDBT2	9651	121°

1. The HD Pak and Voom are no longer available separately, existing subscribers are grandfathered. As of 7/1/06 the HD Pak is again available but only to AK, HI, PR and USVI, and only as an add-on to AT100, AT200, AT250 or AEP. Also, an MPEG4 receiver is being required even though these channels (9420-9424) are MPEG2 and not even disguised as MPEG4.
2. Available to viewers in a CBS white area or within a CBS O&O market but outside the Grade B contour of neighboring affiliates. Activation upon request, limit 1. (No longer available due to court distant networks ruling.)
   CBS O&O's are NY, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, Denver, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Salt Lake City, Austin, Green Bay.
3. The VOOM channels are being broadcast in a reduced resolution “ED+” format of 1280x1080i. One unconfirmed explanation is that there is a temporary bandwidth bottleneck from VOOM to Dish. Another is that Dish is intentionally reducing the quality after seeing that other providers seem to be getting away with doing the same. Whatever the truth may be, Dish has not stated when or if the problem will be fixed while continuing to promote the whole package as HD. Complaints of false advertising may be directed to the FTC at 1-877-382-4357. More details at http://www.stophdlite.com/.
4. On the Nov 2005 Charlie Chat, Dish said their MPEG-4 encoders were not performing as efficiently as they had hoped. These channels are actually encoded as MPEG-2 but with a flag set to make them visible only to an MPEG-4 receiver.

Packages

As of Feb 1, 2008 the HD package is available in two parts at $10 each:

• dishHD Essential can be added to AT100 or above, contains the HD versions (if they exist) of the channels in those packages, along with HDNet and MHD.
• dishHD Ultimate (requires Essential) adds Universal HD, HDNet Movies, MGM, Smithsonian, World Fishing Network, NBA and NHL

Related pages

• Complete Dish Channel List, check the 6300 and 9400 ranges
• DirecTV vs Dish Net HD Comparison
• HDTV channel descriptions (Dishnetwork.com)
• HDTV On-line Schedule (Dishnetwork.com)
• BFG's Dish HD Channel Configuration, Resolutions, & Bitrates (SatelliteGuys)

Edited by BobaBird. Submissions & corrections welcome!