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Is This DirecTv Dish Compatible with My Receiver? frank1492 10-08-2007
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Posted by frank1492 on October 8, 2007, 9:52 pm
I am considering purchase of a DirecTv dish, described as follows on
EBay:

NEW Direct TV HD TRIPLE LNB Satellite Dish DirecTV FTA

I currently have a SD DirecTv subscription and use one of the early
RCA receivers.

Is there any reason why I could not substitute this dish for my
current dish, which is an early single LNB model? I assume there
is backward compatibility of this dish with my equipment, but
just wanted to be sure.

Thanks very much for your help!
Frank

Posted by on October 8, 2007, 10:10 pm

> I am considering purchase of a DirecTv dish, described as follows on
> EBay:
>
> NEW Direct TV HD TRIPLE LNB Satellite Dish DirecTV FTA
>
> I currently have a SD DirecTv subscription and use one of the early
> RCA receivers.
>
> Is there any reason why I could not substitute this dish for my
> current dish, which is an early single LNB model? I assume there
> is backward compatibility of this dish with my equipment, but
> just wanted to be sure.
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
> Frank


Why would you want too?
Are you planning on going with a HD rec soon?



Posted by John McGaw on October 8, 2007, 10:11 pm
frank1492 wrote:
> I am considering purchase of a DirecTv dish, described as follows on
> EBay:
>
> NEW Direct TV HD TRIPLE LNB Satellite Dish DirecTV FTA
>
> I currently have a SD DirecTv subscription and use one of the early
> RCA receivers.
>
> Is there any reason why I could not substitute this dish for my
> current dish, which is an early single LNB model? I assume there
> is backward compatibility of this dish with my equipment, but
> just wanted to be sure.
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
> Frank

It is probably compatible but you should consider that the current line
of DirecTV dishes are 5-LNB slimline units and the older antennas won't
work for their newest satellites which are being put into operation this
month.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

Posted by frank1492 on October 8, 2007, 10:32 pm
I need this dish for a second vacation house that I have. I will
shuttle the receiver back and forth between houses.
Are these 5-LNB units to be used excusively to receive HD
programming or for more SD? I guess what I should do is get
the 5-LNB dish for my principal residence, since I may go to HD
some day and am there the lion's share of the time. I would
then move my old dish to Maine as it will be used rarely. Does
that make sense?.
Thanks very much!
Frank





wrote:

>frank1492 wrote:
>> I am considering purchase of a DirecTv dish, described as follows on
>> EBay:
>>
>> NEW Direct TV HD TRIPLE LNB Satellite Dish DirecTV FTA
>>
>> I currently have a SD DirecTv subscription and use one of the early
>> RCA receivers.
>>
>> Is there any reason why I could not substitute this dish for my
>> current dish, which is an early single LNB model? I assume there
>> is backward compatibility of this dish with my equipment, but
>> just wanted to be sure.
>>
>> Thanks very much for your help!
>> Frank
>
>It is probably compatible but you should consider that the current line
>of DirecTV dishes are 5-LNB slimline units and the older antennas won't
>work for their newest satellites which are being put into operation this
>month.


Posted by Mortimer Schnerd, RN on October 9, 2007, 8:37 am
frank1492 wrote:
> I need this dish for a second vacation house that I have. I will
> shuttle the receiver back and forth between houses.
> Are these 5-LNB units to be used excusively to receive HD
> programming or for more SD? I guess what I should do is get
> the 5-LNB dish for my principal residence, since I may go to HD
> some day and am there the lion's share of the time. I would
> then move my old dish to Maine as it will be used rarely. Does
> that make sense?.


Makes sense to me. Why would you want to have to go up the ladder again to
place a dish when you inevitably upgrade at some point in the future?
Considering the small difference in cost, I'd put up the better dish now and
save myself the trouble later.

I think it's just a matter of time before TV is all high definition anyway.
People used to talk about color TV the same way they talk about HD today... and
look how that took off!



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com



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