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Thanks. I plan on ordering all this tomorrow so hopefully this will be my last question- What is the LNBF and BBC? I'm a complete novice here. I don't want to order something and then find out the model I orders is not compatible with my dish/receiver. I'll probably order both of those from...

Thanks for the advice. Does solidsignal do the activation or will I have to go through directv for that? Also, are there any specific dish types that I need or should any directv dish be alright? edit- I just went and looked at that solidsignal site. Would it be easier if I just called them...

Could I just order a normal HD Receiver (no DVR) instead of the Genie or would that screw this up? I'd save myself about $100 (DVR is $99 and I'm guessing the Genie is $200+). I really don't need Genie or DVR features at my lake, basically the only thing I'll be using it for is live sports...

Was just looking on amazon, could I just buy a satellite dish from there and have a 3rd party do the install at my cabin and then order a receiver from directv? This might be edging the border on "stacking," but since I won't be using them at the same time I think it's alright. Would basically...

Yea I won't be using them at the same time. So can you explain how to go about this like I'm a 10 year old? First step is to get a physical satellite dish installed at my cabin. I'm thinking I'll just have directv do this, I wouldn't have any idea how to do it myself and don't know who else...

I like the sound of that, but how would my cabin get reception without a physical satellite dish? Or would I still need to get that installed? FYI- my cabin is located about an hour away from my house in the same state

Hi everyone. I'm currently a DirecTV subscriber and strongly considering getting DirecTV up at my cabin. Before I go forward with this, I wanted to make sure there isn't a simpler/more cost effective way to do this than just getting another satellite installed and essentially paying for 2...