RV Satellite choices--Direct or Dish

philnoah wrote:
Have read many controversial comments about Dish Network and them not honoring the requested local stations at where one is going.
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We have a portable Dish setup; a VIP211k receiver and a Tailgater antenna. We bought this in Quartzite during the Winter 2014 tent show. We use the Pay-as-you-go subscription and pay for about 4 months per year.

Local programming is a breeze. When we arrive at a new location, we power up the system to see if we get local channels. If not, we call and tell them we have moved, along with our current ZIP code. We get the ZIP code from the where-am-I feature of our Garmin GPS. About 15 minutes after that we use the menu system to erase the prior locals and rescan for the new locals. The VIP211k merges the program Guide right in with the satellite stations. Be sure to get the 'k' and not the 'z' receiver as it has both the satellite and the OTA tuners, plus the ability to add an external portable hard drive. You can record one while watching from the other tuner, or record from both.

HTH;
John