Satellite TV or Cable
As we start to look to be traveling more and longer trips, we are wondering if we should invest in the Satellite TV for the RV. We already have Direct TV at home and would be easy to bring the receiv...
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Durhamcutter wrote:
Ihave Direct TV and have considered a automatic antenna to get my channels, but if you have Direct and buy an automatic antenna you are looking at 5 to 6 hundred dollars plus you will have to buy a special receiver, if you go with Dish for about 350.they will supply you with an antenna and receiver, check them out and see what it will cost you, money is the issue with me don't want to spend that much to watch tv. Happy Camping
No doubt about it - it's more involved and more expensive to get DirecTV HD than Dish HD in the RV, and I'm not biased against DirecTV as I've been a DirecTV customer since the early 1990s.
At the moment we have DirecTV SD using a VuQube 1000 portable dish with remote alignment. It usually takes about 1 or 2 minutes to get it aligned as long as it is reasonably level and the handle is pointing to the north. This is a carryover rig from our previous 5th wheel; I'm contemplating whether it's worth getting the roof-mounted Winegard Traveler automatic HD dish given the blocked signal problems encountered when parking under trees.
Rusty
