Television Reception in an RV

I looked into all the alternatives,on the same RV as yours, and it seemed that for most of the time I just use the OTR antenna but I changed out the batwing to the Jack antenna It works better for me

I also like to stream programs,it seems that almost every where I go I have cell service and I have a mobile hot spot that will hook up to the smart TV.
I can get Netflix Amazon Prime and a lot of other streaming services. I found that the subscriptions are a lot cheaper than the cost of Satellite and the equipment that go with it.

I use a combination.

I have satellite TV but it only works a short distance south of the border. At home I have several DVR’s so taking recorded media is easy, and I can skip over commercials!

I have a Jack antenna which the experts say is not as good as a Batwing, but, it works just fine at 70 mph as standing still. A Batwing? Not so much.

I don’t you, I’m not a TV addict either. I’d rather read, listen to an audiobook or (my fave) an old radio show.

YMMV.

We fulltime and use Dish satellite, OTA where available for local channels, and we're finding streaming to more and more be our "go to" choice especially for overnight stops instead of deploying the dish. As cell Internet service and possibly Starlink satellite Internet at some point, keep improving, I expect we'll drop Dish in favor of all streaming at some point.

I use Dish but mainly watch the campfire and sip bourbon.

We use the batwing, if we get anything to watch, fine, if not, that's fine too, we've got about 200 DVD's, or sit outside & watch the campfire.

OTA TV reception has always repeat always been a hit or miss situation regardless of if in an RV or home. A lot of variables affect reception. The main difference is with the old analog you got snow, ghosting, nothing. Now you get pixelating, or no signal. Sat can be iffy as well due to trees, mountains, etc. Streaming can be an alternative if you have decent WiFi/internet service. if you really must have something to watch, bring it with you using your choice of media.

OTA reception distance decreased with HD but with better quality. GC cable was often poor quality or didn't exist. The batwing rarely goes up anymore as we upgraded the DTV sat dish to HD. Also we use a Genie receiver which retains the recordings so driving, trees etc are a non issue. We almost never use DVDs. No outside TV and the bedroom TV is original OTA and hasn't been turned on for years.

I'd label us as reverse snowbirds with 5+ months of RV travel.

Point of View: I could say that with the RV sat dish paid for sat TV cost is $0 since we move the home receiver with it's recordings to the RV.