Looking to purchase a satellite system for my new class A which came only with the standard crank-up antenna and booster. Looking for suggestions as to which provider is best Dish or Directv and which equipment is the best to buy. Also I need to consider the expense..Thanks in advance.

Tough question to answer. Plenty of folks like the Dish pay as you go plan. For me, I have DirecTV at home, so I purchased 2 additional HD receivers and use them at the campground where I have a seasonal park model trailer, and then take the receivers with me when I take off in the motorhome. I have a roof-mounted DirecTV Trav'ler dish on the motorhome - it's pricey, but performs well. Others with DirecTV have portable dishes, but it is my understanding that they cannot pick up HD (high definition) signal.

Expense is a toss up after the first year. Which is best? Your going to get dozens of answers to that one. Do you like sports? Direct has better sports packages. Dish customer service is suppose to be a bit better. We have only had Direct and up until their being bought out by ATT I would have said I liked Direct better. Best advise I canmoffer is to check out what is offered by each, pick the one you feel will offer what you want and go.

donn0128 wrote: We have only had Direct and up until their being bought out by ATT I would have said I liked Direct better. I was going to put in a comment about DirecTv and ATT now offering SAT TV over the internet - No dish required...Haven't really heard anything bad about this yet but maybe there is a hitch other than lots of data required to watch SAT TV over the internet...This idea kinda appeals to me to be able to do this...We dropped SAT TV when the National Broadcast folks came out with the Digital OTA TV in 2009 I think it was... being doing the local HDTV signals from the local towns using the BATWING antenna ever since then... When we had Directv we could only get standard mode broadcast quality from them but it was neat to bring along a portable dish setup and a SAT RCVR from the home account and watch DirecTV SAT TV all over everywhere we was at......Roy Ken

I have had both and I prefer DISH. They are more RV aware. If you want HD, there are no carryout automatic domes for Directv. With DISH, you buy a Wally or 211, connect it to a Winegard Pathway X2 dome ($400) turn it on and it you get a menu that tells you you have a portable dish, which arc do you want, start scan. DirecTV doesn't have anything like that.

We have had Dish at home for 15 or more years and in the RV for 8 years. And have been very happy with it. Others have been happy with Direct. And then there are those who have been unhappy with both. So no pat answer to the question.If you only use the RV for a few months each year, the Dish Pay As You Go monthly plan works well. You only pay for the months you use it. Or if you have Dish at home, you can add a receiver in the RV for $7/mo.

Dish or Directv - Best satellite to purchase | Good Sam Community

RoyB
Explorer II
Mar 07, 2017
donn0128 wrote:
We have only had Direct and up until their being bought out by ATT I would have said I liked Direct better.

I was going to put in a comment about DirecTv and ATT now offering SAT TV over the internet - No dish required...

Haven't really heard anything bad about this yet but maybe there is a hitch other than lots of data required to watch SAT TV over the internet...

This idea kinda appeals to me to be able to do this...

We dropped SAT TV when the National Broadcast folks came out with the Digital OTA TV in 2009 I think it was... being doing the local HDTV signals from the local towns using the BATWING antenna ever since then... When we had Directv we could only get standard mode broadcast quality from them but it was neat to bring along a portable dish setup and a SAT RCVR from the home account and watch DirecTV SAT TV all over everywhere we was at......

Roy Ken
donn0128
Explorer II
Mar 07, 2017
Expense is a toss up after the first year. Which is best? Your going to get dozens of answers to that one. Do you like sports? Direct has better sports packages. Dish customer service is suppose to be a bit better. We have only had Direct and up until their being bought out by ATT I would have said I liked Direct better. Best advise I canmoffer is to check out what is offered by each, pick the one you feel will offer what you want and go.
DocP
Explorer
Mar 07, 2017
Tough question to answer. Plenty of folks like the Dish pay as you go plan. For me, I have DirecTV at home, so I purchased 2 additional HD receivers and use them at the campground where I have a seasonal park model trailer, and then take the receivers with me when I take off in the motorhome. I have a roof-mounted DirecTV Trav'ler dish on the motorhome - it's pricey, but performs well. Others with DirecTV have portable dishes, but it is my understanding that they cannot pick up HD (high definition) signal.

Forum Discussion

Dish or Directv - Best satellite to purchase

About Motorhome Group

Related Content

Purchasing a portable satellite antenna, which one????

purchase

DirecTV

Satellite radio

Dome Satellite