SATELLITES DISHES AND INTERNET CONNECTION
We will be fulltime RV'ers by the end of this year and are looking into satellite dishes and internet connection for our 5th wheel. We know we won't need service for t.v. while on the move because we...
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Sat TV: your choices in the US are Dish, DirecTV (non-HD) and DirecHDTV
Antennas come in 5 types. Rooftop Mounted In-Motion (DOme) and stationary Dome (Why?) Rooftop Dish, Protable Dome and portable Dish.
DOME antennas work 100% with DirecTV (non-HD) do not work for DirecHDTV as far as I know. Does not matter if stationary, in-motion or portable.
DISH antennas, you get the dish that matches your service, and it works, 100%
Dishnet: Both HD and non-HD, uses multiple satellites (3 for HD 2 otherwise out of a total of six or seven). Now the problem.
With a dish type antenna. they work, period.
With a dome type (Again stationary, in-motion or portable) a VIP-211k, for example, will work provided the dome is able to accept "Change Satellite" commands from the receiver (The Dish Tailgater is specifically designed to mate with the 211K)
Multi-input DVR's however. or Multiple receivers.. Do not play nice with Domes on Dish.. Even if the dome is a "Dual" (Able to feed two receivers at the same time) as if you wish two shows, not on the same satellite, there is a conflict.
With a dish type antenna, no conflict since the 1000.x dish sees all 3 birds at once.
Finally Rooftop or "portable" Rooftop antennas are nice, you park, push a button and instant TV.. UNLESS YOU ARE PARKED UNDER THE EVIL SIGNAL EATING TREE (I phrase I coined based on the Evil Kite eating tree of Peanuts comis strip, and which I'm starting to see others use.. Thank you others).
So if you have a roof mount, also get a portable, and put an A/B switch in the LNB lead to the recever,, A goes to the roof mount up Above.. B goes to a connector down Below, either a Bulkhead (Through wall) connector, or a ground Block in the Basement or in my case a dual ground Block on the Brake Bell crank Bracket.
Beyond that it is all packages and price, and I can not advise you there.. I want to get just network and perhaps one or two "Cable/Sat" channels but alas, they make me buy like 40 stations, 35 of which I could care less about .. This is a rip off.
Consider Over the air TV, Most of the time I have over 2 dozen stations including all the ones I want. No problem.
Antennas come in 5 types. Rooftop Mounted In-Motion (DOme) and stationary Dome (Why?) Rooftop Dish, Protable Dome and portable Dish.
DOME antennas work 100% with DirecTV (non-HD) do not work for DirecHDTV as far as I know. Does not matter if stationary, in-motion or portable.
DISH antennas, you get the dish that matches your service, and it works, 100%
Dishnet: Both HD and non-HD, uses multiple satellites (3 for HD 2 otherwise out of a total of six or seven). Now the problem.
With a dish type antenna. they work, period.
With a dome type (Again stationary, in-motion or portable) a VIP-211k, for example, will work provided the dome is able to accept "Change Satellite" commands from the receiver (The Dish Tailgater is specifically designed to mate with the 211K)
Multi-input DVR's however. or Multiple receivers.. Do not play nice with Domes on Dish.. Even if the dome is a "Dual" (Able to feed two receivers at the same time) as if you wish two shows, not on the same satellite, there is a conflict.
With a dish type antenna, no conflict since the 1000.x dish sees all 3 birds at once.
Finally Rooftop or "portable" Rooftop antennas are nice, you park, push a button and instant TV.. UNLESS YOU ARE PARKED UNDER THE EVIL SIGNAL EATING TREE (I phrase I coined based on the Evil Kite eating tree of Peanuts comis strip, and which I'm starting to see others use.. Thank you others).
So if you have a roof mount, also get a portable, and put an A/B switch in the LNB lead to the recever,, A goes to the roof mount up Above.. B goes to a connector down Below, either a Bulkhead (Through wall) connector, or a ground Block in the Basement or in my case a dual ground Block on the Brake Bell crank Bracket.
Beyond that it is all packages and price, and I can not advise you there.. I want to get just network and perhaps one or two "Cable/Sat" channels but alas, they make me buy like 40 stations, 35 of which I could care less about .. This is a rip off.
Consider Over the air TV, Most of the time I have over 2 dozen stations including all the ones I want. No problem.
