I was at a large well know TV and audio store here in Portland Oregon and spoke with the owner about a portable automatic dish that picks up Direct TV HD and he told me that his Cube works just find. I was told at Camping World that there is no portable dish that will pick up Direct TV HD and that I had to get one that mounts to the roof of the RV. I am wanting a portable as we are in the trees quite a bit.

Have you researched it other than asking here?

No it does not. You need an oval dish and the correct lb plus.

2oldman wrote:Have you researched it other than asking here?No I haven't. I wonder why this guy who knows this stuff would tell me it worked? He doesn't sell it.

tvfrfireman wrote:I was at a large well know TV and audio store here in Portland Oregon and spoke with the owner about a portable automatic dish that picks up Direct TV HD and he told me that his Cube works just find. I was told at Camping World that there is no portable dish that will pick up Direct TV HD and that I had to get one that mounts to the roof of the RV. I am wanting a portable as we are in the trees quite a bit.Have you considered a tailgater with Dishnetwork? A friend of mine has one and it seems to work well.

tvfrfireman wrote: I wonder why this guy who knows this stuff would tell me it worked? He doesn't sell it.Hmm.. he's trying to appear smart? That's the beauty of the internet, we can check this stuff out.

Will the "Cube" pick up Direct TV HD? | Good Sam Community

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Popsie
Explorer
May 24, 2013
The Tracvision HD7 is advertised as picking up both Ku and Ka programming from DirecTV which includes High Definition programming (note the model name).

See coverage map below -- why they don't sell this for RVs I don't know, but it looks like one could purchase it for your "boat" and use it on your "land boat".
2chiefsRus
Explorer
May 24, 2013
tvfrfireman wrote:
I was at a large well know TV and audio store here in Portland Oregon and spoke with the owner about a portable automatic dish that picks up Direct TV HD and he told me that his Cube works just find. I was told at Camping World that there is no portable dish that will pick up Direct TV HD and that I had to get one that mounts to the roof of the RV. I am wanting a portable as we are in the trees quite a bit.

Maybe he uses a Cube with an HD receiver and just can't tell the difference so he thinks it is an HD signal.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 24, 2013
No dome style antenna from any manufacturer can pick up the DirecTV HD programming. I suspect he was thinking about Dish Network where the domes can receive the HD programming.
The domes contain only 1 LNB and that LNB can only receive programming broadcast on the KU bands. The DirecTV HD programming is broadcast from 2 KA band satellites.
2oldman
Explorer II
May 24, 2013
tvfrfireman wrote:
I wonder why this guy who knows this stuff would tell me it worked? He doesn't sell it.
Hmm.. he's trying to appear smart? That's the beauty of the internet, we can check this stuff out.
powderman426
Explorer
May 24, 2013
tvfrfireman wrote:
I was at a large well know TV and audio store here in Portland Oregon and spoke with the owner about a portable automatic dish that picks up Direct TV HD and he told me that his Cube works just find. I was told at Camping World that there is no portable dish that will pick up Direct TV HD and that I had to get one that mounts to the roof of the RV. I am wanting a portable as we are in the trees quite a bit.

Have you considered a tailgater with Dishnetwork? A friend of mine has one and it seems to work well.
tvfrfireman
Explorer
May 24, 2013
2oldman wrote:
Have you researched it other than asking here?

No I haven't. I wonder why this guy who knows this stuff would tell me it worked? He doesn't sell it.
donn0128
Explorer II
May 24, 2013
No it does not. You need an oval dish and the correct lb plus.
2oldman
Explorer II
May 24, 2013
Have you researched it other than asking here?

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