Looking for HD Satellite for RV. Suggestions

The carryout can be mounted on your roof. The roof mount is $50.

Mounting a dish or dome on your roof always adds considerable expense to the purchase. We have a Winegard Carryout and it works just fine. It's not HD, but then we're not interested in an HD experience when camping.

If you're willing to set up a Carryout and can forego the HD, you'll probably be able to stay within your budget, or close to it.

With Direct you have only two choices. 200 dollar ground antenna system or a 1600 dollar automatic Winegard SK-SWM. There are plusses and minuses for both.

You'll want something like THIS HD is going to cost you.

I went with Dish as it's cheaper and HD channels on the portable dishes.

Alford2275 wrote:
We need to get a satellite to mount on our RV so when we travel we can watch TV. We have Direct TV and I would like a system that will show HD channels. I don't want an in motion system but a stationary one that can be mounted. What satellite do you recommend? I am looking to spend around $500 or so. I want a good system and so I am looking for suggestions. THANK YOU!!

If you mean roof mounted then you are looking at a fully automatic system and it's going to cost around $2000 installed or you can install it yourself for around $1500. If you don't need it roof mounted and you can do the setup and pointing, and you have room to carry all the equipment, you can buy a tripod mounted home style antenna which you manually setup and point at each new location.
Winegard is the leader in the roof mounted automatic (Trav'ler) but there is a small boutique company called RF Mogul which also makes a similar antenna. You will have to search long and hard to find a dealer/installer and then again if you ever need repairs, but they are out there and have some rabid fans.

Alford.....You can get DirecTV HD by using the oval HD dish. The problem is, it can't be done in your price range. You can buy or even get for free a DirecTV HD dish, but you would have to put it on a mount and aim it yourself each time you wanted to use it. Winegard makes an automatic model that mounts on your roof, but that one is going to be about $1200-$1500 plus installation.

I think you'll find that the Winegard system will cost you around $2,000 installed.

Consider a dish on a tripod with a SWM LNB setup.

Check out TV4RV.com. Transit style adjustable tripod and folding LNB arm SWM dish. An unbeatable combination.

$500 won't even get close a HD unit.
$1500 if you find a good price and that's with you installing it.
Wineguard traveler for direct tv HD. I believe there one other company but you still looking at 4 figures.

directv with a winegard swim system. HD all the way.