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Shipper
Explorer
Nov 02, 2014

Would you change from DirecTV to Dish to get HD?

Has anyone had both Dish & DirecTV using the same Winegard dome satellite antenna? I've been a DirecTV subscriber for several years, but noticed a considerable difference in the picture quality with a friend using the Winegard Traveler antenna with DirecTV and receiving an HD signal instead of my digital only reception using my Winegard dome. I know that I could change the tabs on the dome and receive HD with Dish. Is the picture as good as the Traveler HD? Would you change for the difference? Thanks for any replies!
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  • Bill_Satellite's avatar
    Bill_Satellite
    Explorer II
    Nov 02, 2014
    Do you use a DVR or more than one receiver? If you don't, would you like to? If it were me (and it's not!) I would keep DTV and dump the dome for a Trav'ler. If you don't mind no DVR and only one receiver (and the other dome issues) then you will get excellent HD with Dish and a dome.
  • Shipper's avatar
    Shipper
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    Bill.Satellite wrote:
    Do you use a DVR or more than one receiver? If you don't, would you like to? If it were me (and it's not!) I would keep DTV and dump the dome for a Trav'ler. If you don't mind no DVR and only one receiver (and the other dome issues) then you will get excellent HD with Dish and a dome.

    Although my RV is a 2014 it wasn't wired with the extra wire that Traveler needs. I currently only use one receiver, but DW wants a DVR. I should be able to do that with either DirecTV or Dish, but Dish would give me HD.
  • Oasisbob's avatar
    Oasisbob
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    It's just television. When camping we watch one movie a night. Too much other fun stuff to do. I would not
  • docj's avatar
    docj
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    Shipper wrote:

    Although my RV is a 2014 it wasn't wired with the extra wire that Traveler needs. I currently only use one receiver, but DW wants a DVR. I should be able to do that with either DirecTV or Dish, but Dish would give me HD.


    With DirecTV's SWM (single wire multiswitch) system these days you only need a single coax running from your satellite antenna to your receiver. So your RV will already have what you need in order to run a DVR. We have a Genie HR44 with 5 tuners, all running off of one coax from the dish to the receiver/DVR.
  • az99's avatar
    az99
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    If you are willing to spend that much money to watch commercials, I would also recommend the Travler and stay with DTV.
  • jrp's avatar
    jrp
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    stay with SD; HD is just not worth all the hassle of changing antenna, changing recvr's & added complexity. HD doesn't change the news or the outcome of your favorite game, the idiots on the network look the same, its just TV.
  • FrankShore's avatar
    FrankShore
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    jrp wrote:
    stay with SD; HD is just not worth all the hassle of changing antenna, changing recvr's & added complexity. HD doesn't change the news or the outcome of your favorite game, the idiots on the network look the same, its just TV.

    Couldn't agree more!
  • joebedford's avatar
    joebedford
    Nomad II
    Nov 02, 2014
    Go with HD. I hate having to watch SD now that I'm used to the vastly superior HD picture.
  • Us_out_West's avatar
    Us_out_West
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    If your tv's are HD why not have a service that lets you view HD?

    Our tv's are HD and DISH was/is the best choice...in our opinion.
  • We_Cant_Wait's avatar
    We_Cant_Wait
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2014
    In our case when we go full time we are going to change from the Winegard Dome to the Winegard Travelr dish, not for the HD channels per say but, for the bigger dish, less interference from weather, better overall reception, AND the ability to use a DVR, capable of supporting 2 TV's at the same time, watching different programs.

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