Wineguard pathway x2 question

With the Pathway and Dish, the "2 TV" setup will point the antenna to 72 ONLY. "Nearly" all of the Dish programming is available from this 1 satellite so both TV's can watch different channels "as long as" they are not wanting to watch ANY Network TV programming. The Networks are not available on 72.
My personal recommendation is that you NOT use the 2 TV option and simply select the Western Arc option. This will give you 110, 119 and 129 with the restriction that both TV's can watch different channels but the channels must be coming from the same satellite. So, the locals are likely on 129 in HD so both TV users can watch nearly any channel broadcast in HD as that is where the majority of Dish HD programming is broadcast.
So, unless you want to buy a Trav'ler which does have multiple LNB's (I assume you now understand that ALL dome style antennas have only 1 LNB) you will either have to use the 72 option for the most of your TV watching and then change the programming back and forth to watch Networks or use WA only and just be aware that you might, occasionally, have a TV tuner conflict which is much easier to deal with.

Okay......no, we did not try setting up both tvs as one tv...will try that later.

As for a comment that struck me as saying "well, gee...that's the way it is"....I don't accept that when something is advertised one way but in reality is another. If I buy something that says it's blue and I get red instead, NO..not acceptable.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
With the Pathway and Dish, the "2 TV" setup will point the antenna to 72 ONLY. "Nearly" all of the Dish programming is available from this 1 satellite so both TV's can watch different channels "as long as" they are not wanting to watch ANY Network TV programming. The Networks are not available on 72.
My personal recommendation is that you NOT use the 2 TV option and simply select the Western Arc option. This will give you 110, 119 and 129 with the restriction that both TV's can watch different channels but the channels must be coming from the same satellite. So, the locals are likely on 129 in HD so both TV users can watch nearly any channel broadcast in HD as that is where the majority of Dish HD programming is broadcast.
So, unless you want to buy a Trav'ler which does have multiple LNB's (I assume you now understand that ALL dome style antennas have only 1 LNB) you will either have to use the 72 option for the most of your TV watching and then change the programming back and forth to watch Networks or use WA only and just be aware that you might, occasionally, have a TV tuner conflict which is much easier to deal with.

I sympathize with the original poster. Having read this entire thread, I am SO happy that DH and I went with the Trav'ler with Directv HD and Distance Networks. We had considered switching to Dish and the Pathway when we upgraded to HD when our roof mounted dome bit the dust. After reading this thread I know so much more than I knew when reading Pathway website FAQs. The Trav'ler cost so much more that it made me uneasy that the Pathway could do all that it claimed to do.

If a salesman told the op, it had two LNBs
Then he is at fault
If the op took it for granted there is two lnbs because the material said watch two channels at the same time
They failed to fully investigate and ask questions
And neither of these situations have anything to do with eastern arc vs western arc time change and setup, where I said
"It is what it is"
Because they lost 10 minutes Changing arcs to watch the locals, after watching the eastern arc for early programming

I looked at their web page and read the FAQ's. It clearly states in the FAQ that you can watch two different channels on two TV's but they must be on the same satelite.

If this is not acceptable then return it and spend the extra money to get the functionality you desire.