Dish for HD

RoyB wrote:
Bill.SATELLITE - I am a OLD SAT TV guy before HDTV came out.

Reading the comments I see you need to point to three separate satellites 99-101-103 to be able to watch HDTV.

Of course here on OTA antennas you only need one signal to be able to watch HDTV.

I guess it is a bandwidth problem or maybe some sort of decoding one has to do to be legal???

Just curious how it all works... I guess I could look it up online but why not just ask the master hehe...

Roy Ken

How many channels do you get with your OTA antenna? How many hundred more are being broadcast via satellite. More channels more transponders. Run out of transponders (transmitters) put up another satellite with more transponders and you can broadcast more channels.
OTA TV is very limited as all of the broadcasts must be transmitted on the UHF and VHF frequencies channels 2-52 (due to be reduced again to 2-36 IIRC. Additionally, few markets even have channels 2-6 available so you will eventually be down to channels 7-36.

Bill.SATELLITE - I am a OLD SAT TV guy before HDTV came out.

Reading the comments I see you need to point to three separate satellites 99-101-103 to be able to watch HDTV.

Of course here on OTA antennas you only need one signal to be able to watch HDTV.

I guess it is a bandwidth problem or maybe some sort of decoding one has to do to be legal???

Just curious how it all works... I guess I could look it up online but why not just ask the master hehe...

Roy Ken

Your HR44 Genie requires SWM. You will need to buy a SWM LNB (my recommendation) or add the SWM8 hardware to your existing antenna. The King Dome will not work without adding SWM8 hardware and you will need to check to see if your model is compatible before attempting an addition. No dome will get you the DirecTV HD programming but you would still have SD. To have full use of the Genie you will need a full sized open face Slimline antenna with a SWM3 LNB and you will point it so it lines up with the 99, 101 and 103 satellites. You then need to run only one coax from the antenna to the Genie for full operation.