mounting dish
We are former live aboard boaters. It became too much work and we decided to buy a class a RV. We have Direct TV and bought a Weingard sat finder. I've been advised that mounting the bubble on top may...
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donn0128 wrote:upsidedown Charlie wrote:
Okay, that's a biggie. I do want HD. Can the traveler be mounted on a tripod or is it intended for rooftop only? The unit they sold me is the Weingard Carryout G2 and the Q&A says no HD. I can still get the Traveler but I'll have to get the install done if it has to go on the roof. I'm not into DIY anymore.
If you want HD, and honestly I cannot fanthom why anyone would not, but anyhow. HD requires an oval dish whether its a $2K travler with its limitations or a $200 dollar ground based tripod mounted one. You still must have an oval dish. Send back the dome. It will do you no good for DirecHD. BYW, evenmif you did go with a dome and DirecSD the dome will be worthless in a couple of years when Direct drops all SD programing.
Haven't picked anything up yet including the RV. Since they wrote up an in house unit that I was going to mount on a tripod, I'm very sure they will be happy to sell me the more expensive Traveler unit as well as the required installation fee.
And it never even dawned on me to ask if the system got HD. I'm with you and don't have a clue why anyone would watch tv that wasn't in hd. Had HD on the boat as far back as 10 years ago. I think in our case it's worth the expense because we will use the tv.
