You can take your DVR form the house and watch your recorded programming on the road without a problem. If you ever want to watch live satellite TV or record satellite TV while you are away from home you will need to take a satellite TV along with you. There are fully automatic roof mounted antennas (bad in the trees and expensive but super convenient). These are available in both dome (many restrictions) or open face (same service as home). There are also portable antennas which come in automatic dome system or open faced manually pointed. If you think you would rather park in the trees than have an automatic antenna you just need to determine how much work you want to do and how much you want to pay.