Best satellite option for full timing

luvdoggiez wrote:
Hi there everyone,

DW and I live full time in our RV. We have a home base in Sacramento area, but we travel frequently, and sometimes we want to watch TV when we are staying at a camp ground. We've found that DirecTv and Uverse DVR's don't work when we are on the road. For DirecTv, I found that setting up the tripod Satellite dish a pain to set up when we are on the road. The dome on our 2003 Allegro bus no longer functions. We are able to watch OTA when we are at Campgrounds, but sometimes we stay places that don't have any OTA service and no cable.

We had DISH years ago when we lived in a house, but had not tried them yet.

We'd welcome your thoughts on what equipment configuration and subscription has worked the best for you when being on the road.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this subject.

Safe Travels

Eric and Carol

"The Best" is will generate many discussions similar to the Ford / Chevy debate.
For me, the best satellite TV setup is DirecTV and a Winegard Trav'ler on your roof. Sure it's expensive but it's THE BEST option for satellite TV reception. With this ANY DTV receiver will work in your RV including the Genie and client combination. DirecTV also uses only 3 centrally located satellites over TX so reception coast to coast is excellent. DISH uses 2 sets of 3 satellites. One set located in the far East and one set in the far west. A dome will work with DISH and if you ensure you select the correct dome you can change some settings in the dome (ladder and roof work required) to change between the 2 sets.
You could also sign up for DTV's DNS and receive the LA channels everywhere you travel in the US without concern over changing locations again and again. DISH has this option as well, just adding to the discussion that you may not be aware of.
I travel coast to coast on a regular basis and have only been without service due to trees a hand full of times in the last 19 years.
Others will disagree. That's OK but you will have to do a lot of reading (or re-read this post) to find what's "Best"!