DirecTv . . Switching from SD to HD
All . . . . . We are thinking about going from SD to HD with Directv. Has anyone done this lately?? They will update our equipment for free, and charge an extra $13 per month for the Gene HD package...
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donn0128 wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
It does not need to be solid copper core but good RG6 or RG6 quad will do just fine.
Not according to the fella who just installed our Genie system. It requires solid copper coax!
DirecTV installers are taught from a script; most have very little technical understanding of what they are doing. They are taught things like "solid core coax will work better than stranded core" and that's what they are expected to use. In reality the signal loss difference between the two kinds of coax is small and in most cases either will work.
This is no different than the big debate over RG6 vs RG59 that periodically shows up in threads. Short lengths of RG59 can be used without serious degradation of the signal strength; it's just not a good idea to use it routinely in satellite TV installations. But if there's a length of it already installed in your RV it may work just fine.
