Traveling with Direct TV

Not a Clue wrote:

Mike@Asheville wrote:
Hi folks, we are preparing for our first MH. I've read numerous posts on Dish vs Direct TV, etc. I'm still uncertain about one issue so I'm looking help here. We ordered our MH with the Traveler satellite. We are out for about 3 months at a time. If we change from cable tv to direct tv at home can we hook our home box up to our MH on the road at no extra charge? I understand we will not be able to get local networks while traveling.

Are there other issues I need to consider?

Thanks all.

You are saying you ordered a Traveler satellite with your motorhome. Which one did you get? Dish or Direct? That might make your decision for you. You can't switch they are different dishes.

This is not necessarily true. If a Trav'ler is factory installed it should be a Trav'ler for DirecTV. The reason for this is that the DirecTV version can be easily converted to Dish if that's the service the new owner has or chooses.
You can't go from a Dish Trav'ler to DirecTV HD but the change from DirecTV to Dish is just an antenna/LNB swap and a quick change in the controller setup.