Best satellite option for full timing
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'v...
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TechWriter wrote:
For "some time" TV watching, I'd recommend a Pathway X2 with a Wally receiver. You can turn a Wally into a limited DVR by connecting it to a hard drive.
For more TV options as a full timer, I'd suggest a Winegard DISH Travler rooftop automatic dish with a Hopper 3 DVR.
There are several programming options from DISH. Depends on your needs.
This is good advice - unless you are going to spend time in both the east and the west. The Trav'ler is a Western (or at least single) arc antenna, only. It will, however, pick up all three satellites on an arc at one time (it's a 3 LNB antenna). The Pathway X2 will pick up either the eastern or western Dish Network satellite arcs - but just one satellite at a time (single LNB antenna). We have been quite happy for four years with a Wally (preceded by its 211Z predecessor) with a hard drive for DVR use and a Pathway X2 antenna. The new Dish phone app makes it very easy to change our location to pick up HD locals via satellite (for recording, too!).
Rob
PS: if you use the search function on the forum, you will find dozens of threads on this topic.
