I have dish and I use the dish HD unit that uses sats 110, 119, 129. I got the dish from a guy that did not use it for 20 dollars and you can get them on ebay for around 40 to 50. The HD set up takes a little more fine tune then if you just use the Dish 500 (for non HD ch). I use it on a tri pod and it works great every time. I use dish finder on my i pad and aim it southwest adjust it left and right till I have a strong signal and go with it. Plus dish has the Dish for my RV and I get the same channels as at home on the road for just 7 dollars a month and you can turn it off for the winter and back on again in spring if you wanted. So I love my Dish set up. hope that helps.