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Posted by Mark Lloyd on October 10, 2007, 11:13 am
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>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?.
>> Thanks very much!
>> Frank
>>
>>
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>> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>
>
>The 5-LNB antennas are used to access the two new satellites but I don't
>know if these are to be used for HD exclusively.
IIRC, according to the Lyngsat site the only non-HD channels using the
new sats are locals for Alaska and Hawaii.
> One quirk is that the
>new antenna weighs at least twice what the old ones did and presents a
>lot more wind load than the old ones because of their greater area.
BTW, maybe you know the dish itself isn't an antenna but a reflector.
The actual antennas are little things located in the LNBs.
> And
>to top it off DirecTV won't just let you have an antenna to install
>yourself as they did with the old ones -- they send out a technician for
>a no-fee install. There is a big backlog, at least in my area, and the
>closest appointment I could get was 45+ days from the request.
>
>As chance would have it my installation call was this morning and it
>took the tech at least two hours to get the antenna in with the larger
>mount and bracing. I had installed a pair of new cables myself when I
>bought the new HD DVR receiver so that didn't come into it. The
>technician did have quite a time getting a good aim on the antenna. His
>default aiming settings resulted in a really good signal on the 101
>satellite which is used for setup but as he was "fine tuning" the aim
>the antenna flopped because he didn't have the elevation and azimuth
>(and maybe rotation) bolts tight enough and it took a long time to get
>back to where he was. But it was probably worth it for the new HD
>standard-package channels.
--
76 days until the winter solstice celebration
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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