RV Satellite TV?

[HB Vic]

We have directv works great


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[Stainless]

We have directv works great


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Is your Sat dish mounted to RV? I want to mount permanently bc RV is pre-wired. I've been shopping, mostly at Camping World and majority of Sat dishes are for use with Dish Network. The easy decision is get one that works with Direct bc that's who I have service with presently and I'll just take one of the receivers on trips. Just trying to make sure I don't find out after the equipment purchase should have gone Dish Network.


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[Ziggy]

If the DTV receiver you want to take with you in the rv is HD then setting up the dish is a bit trickier but very doable. If its a Std Def receiver, then those dishes are simple to point.
Either way, the best is to mimick the same dish as whats on your house. $50-80 will get you a dish and LNb in most cases. On line best bet. Solidsignal.com has everything you'd need.
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[Stainless]

If the DTV reciever you want to take with you in the rv is HD then setting up the dish is a bit trickier but very doable. If its a Std Def receiver, then those dishes are simple to point.
Either way, the best is to mimick the same dish as whats on your house. $50-80 will get you a dish and LNb in most cases. On line best bet. Solidsignal.com has everything you'd need.
From my POS T-mobile thingie

Thanks Ziggy, I'll check that website. I get all the HD channels, would that mean it's a HD receiver? I checked back of receiver and can't find any distinguishing info, equipment is over 5 years old.


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[CampbellCarl]

I struggle with the issue right now.....sitting in the moho in Palm Desert and can't get the Kingdome Sat and Direct TV dealio to work. Pops hated this dish so he upgraded his moho to the auto-find the satellite deal and sold me his semi-auto dome. Mounted a year ago and haven't yet got a signal....maybe cause the dome is behind the CB antenna, maybe the palm tree a hundred feet in front me (is exactly in line with the satellite) maybe maybe maybe

[Stainless]

I struggle with the issue right now.....sitting in the moho in Palm Desert and can't get the Kingdome Sat and Direct TV dealio to work. Pops hated this dish so he upgraded his moho to the auto-find the satellite deal and sold me his semi-auto dome. Mounted a year ago and haven't yet got a signal....maybe cause the dome is behind the CB antenna, maybe the palm tree a hundred feet in front me (is exactly in line with the satellite) maybe maybe maybe

Another great response and I can relate, sometimes it's easy to latch onto signal and other times I didn't get it to work the whole trip.


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[Napanutt]

I struggle with the issue right now.....sitting in the moho in Palm Desert and can't get the Kingdome Sat and Direct TV dealio to work. Pops hated this dish so he upgraded his moho to the auto-find the satellite deal and sold me his semi-auto dome. Mounted a year ago and haven't yet got a signal....maybe cause the dome is behind the CB antenna, maybe the palm tree a hundred feet in front me (is exactly in line with the satellite) maybe maybe maybe

Looks to me the common denominator is "Direct TV". My auto find with Dish, not the tracker, worked great with my old receiver. Still trying to tweak the new HD receiver to figure out if it's gonna work with the old dome.

[Ricks raft]

The main reason dish is getting more popular with rvs is there hd will still work with dome style antennas. Dtv requires a larger dish because some of there hd channels are on ku band. The winegard motorized fold down dishes work the best for dish or direct. They are full size so they don't lose signal as easy as domes, they can have multiple receivers or tuners, and you don't have to wait for the dish to turn while changing channels. Your current dtv receiver should work with your current system. With either system if you are outside your local area you may not have local channels. But all the others will be fine. Saying dish sucks is ridicules, you may have had a bad experience, the hopper outperformed the genie in every category and cost less monthly.

[Stainless]

The main reason dish is getting more popular with rvs is there hd will still work with dome style antennas. Dtv requires a larger dish because some of there hd channels are on ku band. The winegard motorized fold down dishes work the best for dish or direct. They are full size so they don't lose signal as easy as domes, they can have multiple receivers or tuners, and you don't have to wait for the dish to turn while changing channels. Your current dtv receiver should work with your current system. With either system if you are outside your local area you may not have local channels. But all the others will be fine. Saying dish sucks is ridicules, you may have had a bad experience, the hopper outperformed the genie in every category and cost less monthly.

Thank you for the explanation, I laugh every time the " hopper" commercial plays.


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[Ziggy]

The main reason dish is getting more popular with rvs is there hd will still work with dome style antennas. Dtv requires a larger dish because some of there hd channels are on ku band. The winegard motorized fold down dishes work the best for dish or direct. They are full size so they don't lose signal as easy as domes, they can have multiple receivers or tuners, and you don't have to wait for the dish to turn while changing channels. Your current dtv receiver should work with your current system. With either system if you are outside your local area you may not have local channels. But all the others will be fine. Saying dish sucks is ridicules, you may have had a bad experience, the hopper outperformed the genie in every category and cost less monthly.

Someone told me the other day he has a mobile DTV antenna that he has in his pick up truck...: this was new to me. He said he just plugs his receiver into that from the RV so he doesn't have to dick around with a dish or dome. Heard of that?