Best satellite option for full timing

[luvdoggiez]

Hi there everyone,

DW and I live full time in our RV. We have a home base in Sacramento area, but we travel frequently, and sometimes we want to watch TV when we are staying at a camp ground. We've found that DirecTv and Uverse DVR's don't work when we are on the road. For DirecTv, I found that setting up the tripod Satellite dish a pain to set up when we are on the road. The dome on our 2003 Allegro bus no longer functions. We are able to watch OTA when we are at Campgrounds, but sometimes we stay places that don't have any OTA service and no cable.

We had DISH years ago when we lived in a house, but had not tried them yet.

We'd welcome your thoughts on what equipment configuration and subscription has worked the best for you when being on the road.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this subject.

Safe Travels

Eric and Carol

[CA_Traveler]

There are thousands of posts of DTV vs Dish and it's like a girlfriend - everyone has their favorite.

We use DTV with a HR44 receiver that we use at home and move it to the RV when traveling. Works great as all of the recordings are available.

We have the RF Mogul dish which is field serviceable unlike Winegard.

BTW it sounds like you mostly stay within the DTV SF/Sac spot beam so less local changes.

[goducks10]

Was a long time DTV viewer. Switched to Dish for the HD portables. Mostly happy. Love the RV part of Dish but the home version is just okay. I hate the home versions software or whatever runs the system. Too much lag time when doing some viewing changes.
Out in the RV it's great since our X2 and 211 work fine together. I did add a hard drive for recording and pausing and that too works fine.
Picture is great and setup is easy.
I also installed the Dish Pointer Pro app for my phone. Helps when setting up in areas with trees.

[TechWriter]

For "some time" TV watching, I'd recommend a Pathway X2 with a Wally receiver. You can turn a Wally into a limited DVR by connecting it to a hard drive.

For more TV options as a full timer, I'd suggest a Winegard DISH Travler rooftop automatic dish with a Hopper 3 DVR.

There are several programming options from DISH. Depends on your needs.

[BB_TX]

We have had Dish at home and the RV for many years. Very happy with both. A number of automatic satellite antennas available with Dish.

[rk911]

DISH Network. 3-yrs in and very happy with our choice.