I inquired about having a SWM Slimline 3 installed on my motor home. I wanted to keep my Kingdome for the time being and the installer told me that it would be useless in a couple of months, because the 101, SD satellite was going off line. He wanted to just replace the dome and charge me about $800 to do it. Easy job with the power and coax already there.That 101 being shut down was news to me so I called DTV and the technical support lady didn't know anything about this. Of coarse they only know what they're programmed to know.I called an installer, I knew, from south Georgia. He said it was news to him also.I'm pretty sure this is BS, but I know someone here will know the truth.

It would not surprise me at some point. There are areas where SD locals are not available only HD. The customers in those areas have the full array dish and HD receiver even if they have a SD TV. When I first encountered this in 2012 I wondered about the future of SD. That was one reason why I upgraded to the SWM RF Mogul dish. The second reason was the MH TV is HD at 720 and the home TV is 1080. Another possible factor is the 4K TV's. Perhaps if they drop SD they could transmit more 4D channels???

That Solid Signal blog has a guess of 2019 for DTV to drop SD.

Here it is,Directv and Satellite 101

Internet works much better than the phone.

End to 101 service from DIRECTV? | Good Sam Community

Chuck_thehammer
Explorer
Feb 06, 2016
ERROR.
Chuck_thehammer
Explorer
Feb 06, 2016
beachcomber_1 wrote:
Makes no sense to me to spend a fortune for TV in the rv. Forced to HD and the larger dish or a self aligning and bye bye sat.

you are correct.. I won't spend the money for a tri-pod for my Directv HD dish.(manual aligning).. home made stand.

but "They" said the same thing about auto leveling rigs. ;). LOL.

or Hot water.
beachcomber_1
Explorer
Feb 06, 2016
Makes no sense to me to spend a fortune for TV in the rv. Forced to HD and the larger dish or a self aligning and bye bye sat.
TyroneandGladys
Explorer
Jan 30, 2016
tarnold wrote:
Help me understand this about SD. In my stick house, I have 2 HD and 1 SD receiver from Direct. I'm soon to get a portable sat and know that I can only receive SD with a portable from Direct. I had planned on using the Current SD as my portable receiver for the portable dish. Is this thread indicating that my soon to be portable dish be obsolete?

Yes and No.
If you go with the King Quest portable it is set up for Direct TV SD only however you can add a UC 1000 controller that will allow the King Quest to receive Dish HD.
2oldman
Explorer II
Jan 30, 2016
tarnold wrote:
I'm soon to get a portable sat and know that I can only receive SD with a portable from Direct.
Learn to aim a Slimline and Hd is yours!
CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Jan 29, 2016
tarnold wrote:
Help me understand this about SD. In my stick house, I have 2 HD and 1 SD receiver from Direct. I'm soon to get a portable sat and know that I can only receive SD with a portable from Direct. I had planned on using the Current SD as my portable receiver for the portable dish. Is this thread indicating that my soon to be portable dish be obsolete?
No one on this thread knows. The guess from Solid Signal per the above link is SD will end in 2019.

Per my post above there are already some areas in the US for which there are NO SD locals only HD locals.
Ed_Gee
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2016
tarnold wrote:
Help me understand this about SD. In my stick house, I have 2 HD and 1 SD receiver from Direct. I'm soon to get a portable sat and know that I can only receive SD with a portable from Direct. I had planned on using the Current SD as my portable receiver for the portable dish. Is this thread indicating that my soon to be portable dish be obsolete?

NO!
tarnold
Explorer
Jan 29, 2016
Help me understand this about SD. In my stick house, I have 2 HD and 1 SD receiver from Direct. I'm soon to get a portable sat and know that I can only receive SD with a portable from Direct. I had planned on using the Current SD as my portable receiver for the portable dish. Is this thread indicating that my soon to be portable dish be obsolete?
Ed_Gee
Explorer II
Jan 29, 2016
I wonder if that clueless Kingdome installer was confused about the upcoming encoding changes DISH Network is making to their satellite transmissions? These changes will make some older model King Domes possibly useless for DISH Network reception. That said, the original poster has DirecTV so shouldn't be any problem in the future with his King Dome.
KA4EBU
Explorer
Jan 29, 2016
Remember ATT, one of the worst companies for customer service bought Directv - so who really knows.

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