Dish playmate antennas
We have Dish satellite at home with a VIP727 DVR receiver. In the past we've taken a typical Dish antenna with us and it's always been such a hassle to set up that we only use it when we are in one ...
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A Dish VIP211K, Z, or Wally will record with an external hard drive attached and will work with a Playmaker. There's a one-time $40 fee to activate the hard drive/DVR feature. Instead of the Playmaker though, I recommend the Winegard Pathway X2 as a more versatile automatic dome dish. The X2 receives both the Dish eastern and western arc satellites for better aiming opportunities in heavily treed locations. The Playmaker is a western arc only dish. If you spend much time in the eastern US, you'll find that in some areas the local channels are only on the eastern arc sats.
