satellite service providers

Dish works well for us. HD is no problem, and there's no extra fee for "HD for Life" if you select electronic billing and autopay. When we change locations, a 5 minute online chat session is all it takes to get the local stations for whatever market we're currently in. We moved from Kingsland, GA to Lake Panasoffkee, FL today. This morning we watched the Jacksonville, FL locals (Kingsland is about 30 miles north of JAX), and now we're watching the Orlanda, FL locals. We really prefer getting the local news and weather for the area we're in. Sometimes we can get the same stations OTA, but not always.

People seem about equally pleased (and sometimes displeased) with both Dish and Directv. We have had Dish both at home and in the RV for years and have been very happy. And we do get HD.

Rather than get east or west coast feeds, we call Dish, get reprogrammed, and get network and local programming from the nearest large city to where we are on any given day.

Ditto on DirecTV. We have used it for over 20 years; the last 10 years in the motorhome. Get both East and West coast programming. However, must have an HD equipped dish to receive HD.

We have had DirecTV for all of our 9 years as full-timers. It was very easy to get and we have not had any appreciable problems. When we went full-time, we simply transfered the receiver from our home to our RV. We have gone through a couple of receiver DVR upgrades over time. It is possible to get HD if you have the right equipment, receiver and dish.