5er, Dish & Hopper
Hi Folks, I currently have an auto sat on the roof of my 5er, when I take the 5er out, I just take the Dish Hopper out of my house and put in in the 5er and everything is good. That being said, I’v...
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lotus_eater wrote:
I'm not really sure how PTAT or DNS works, could someone explain the benefits please?
PTAT (Prime Time Any Time) -- is a DISH Hopper "thing". It's a feature that when enable allows you to record all Prime Time programming every day. This means all CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX programs between 7 - 10 pm CST. Since PTAT just uses one of the Hopper's 3 tuners, so you can use the other 2 tuners to record still more stuff.
DNS (Distant Network Service) -- West Coast and/or East Coast CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX network SD (not HD) programming available for a fee through www.allamericandirect.com. When you sign up, these networks appear on DISH's 900 channels. DNS requires sat 119 which is one of the Western Arc (WA) sats, so if you're in a location where you can't get WA sats, then no DNS.
I have DNS, but am debating whether to keep it because with DISH you can set your "Service Address" to wherever you're camped and get the local stations for that area. If they're in HD, then you get them that way. DNS stations are just SD.
