Dish or Direct TV?
Which one is better? We have never had satellite. Seriously considering making the switch from cable to satellite at home. One benifit would be to be.able.to use it camping. If you were to do this whi...
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gafidler wrote:
Dish was a better deal for me than direct. If you are traveling less than 200 miles from home you get locals without doing anything over 200 miles you call and they change the locals for you. I use the same receiver at home and in the RV, I do use 2 different satellite dishes.
I've had both and prefer Direct TV, but again, guess it has to do with choice..I do almost all my camping in the mountains and Direct TV, at one time had to be aimed higher into the sky to get a signal, and this helped get over some mountains and trees; again, back when I had Dish, it aimed lower and could be a bear to get reception when in some mountainous areas.
As far as traveling less than 200 miles and getting locals, I live in Asheville NC and have camped in Pence Springs WV and still gotten all my locals and also to Myrtle Beach and still got my locals...only place I couldn't receive them was at the Outer Banks. I too use the same receiver(s) that I use at home. I was surprised when I could pick them up in WV, though Myrtle Beach was also a nice surprise.
I believe Direct TV offers a little more programming and more HD stations than Dish, (IF that means anything to anyone).
