DirecTV on the road.

Rob30044 wrote:
For the past several years I have been using the old round dish and old receiver. The receiver just went out. I was wondering what my options are now as far as dish and receiver. Thank you.

The DTV responses are pretty good. Not sure why the Dish post is there but let's move on.
Here are the basics.
You can continue to use your existing antenna with a couple of modifications with the new generation of receivers but you will continue to receive programming in SD just as you have been in the past.
You can buy one of the dome style antennas and connect to a new(er) receiver and get all the same programming in the same SD format.
You can upgrade the antenna to receive HD programming IF YOU HAVE HD TV's in the coach. To do this you either will need a tripod based home antenna as pictured previously or a Winegard Trav'ler or RF Mogal roof mounted fully automatic antenna ($$$$).
The tripod antenna is as easy to point than your current 18" antenna it's just larger so more storage space is required. If you are using a roof mounted 18" antenna there is no upgrade path for this unit.
Let us know more about what you are thinking.

Rob30044 wrote:
For the past several years I have been using the old round dish and old receiver. The receiver just went out. I was wondering what my options are now as far as dish and receiver. Thank you.

Rob, you didn't mention what service you are using but if it is DirecTV I can help you. If you PM me your email address I will send you an email with links to all of the parts and pieces that I used to put together my simple system that works like a charm. These items cost well less than $200 and I take my receiver from home. Once the 3 mechanical pieces are assembled at the camp site it only takes 10 minutes or less to find the signal and peak it up. If interested and you buy the parts I'll be glad to share the details of setup.

Ken

Since I always set up my own sat antenna dish as well I would purchase the same satellite antenna that was mounted on our home, usually no more than $50 online. With Directv I take the HD receiver from our bedroom since Directv doesn't like to sell their equipment. With Dish network we purchased the VIP receivers for under $70 which were intended for RV use.

When we went from the 18" round Directv SD antenna dish to the larger HD sat antenna many moons ago I thought it would be much more difficult to point, truth be known it takes no longer than the standard set-up. Unless there is some significant foliage or other obstruction to the southern skies, we are up in running in 10 minutes, most of that is setting up tripod.

Mis-post
Thought Dish was referring to "DISH"...
my bad..