HD question
In a gentle way, please explain why on a portable satellite you can receive HD on Dish but not Direct from the same sat dish just by slipping a few switches? Can they not make a portable sat to do th...
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tarnold wrote:
Got that. But why cannot they make a portable to do that? Would it be size restrictive? I'm just a little squmish about investing in a portable with this "talk" about Direct SD maybe going away when I have Direct in two stick houses.
You can get a dome for the DirecTV HD satellites but the price and size may not be to your liking. I believe the price is in excess of $12,000 and the size is something like 8' in diameter and 10' tall. They are rated for marine use, however.
Obviously your best bet is to get a Winegard Trav'ler for either Dish or DirecTV. They work, they give you HD on DirecTV, and they work with all flavors of Dish Hoppers.
