5 LNB dish -- rumor or fact?

[SummitAdvantageRetailer]

I saw a directv installer installing a huge directv dish at a neighbor's house. It looked a lot bigger than my 18x24 triple LNB dish. I asked him what that was and he said it is for foreign programming through DirecTV. Anybody know what kind of dish that is?

It's a 36" wide dish that was round at first but now elliptical. It captures 95 and 101 satellite signals. It's about as big as E*'s SuperDISH'es.

 

[Hart5150]

 

[hancox]

WOW - first pic I've seen, assuming it's legit

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Thanks Hart5050!

I find it interesting that they are picking up 110 / 119 with 1 LNB and 97 / 101 with another LNB.

 

[Neutron]

I don't see a pic....

 

[Curtis0620]

Thanks Hart5050!

I find it interesting that they are picking up 110 / 119 with 1 LNB and 97 / 101 with another LNB.

Especially when it should be picking up 99.

 

[hancox]

Me too - would think it's actually:

97/103 101 110/119

 

[Neutron]

Can someone post the picture here? DBSTalk still has our IP blocked here at work and I can't get around it due to the firewall.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Actually I am told this is a picture of an OLD prototype. Not the real deal.

 

[jabroni]

Actually I am told this is a picture of an OLD prototype. Not the real deal.

Good. Because that is the ugliest looking thing I have ever seen.

Hard to get that monstrosity past the aesthetics committee....

 

[Smthkd]

Me too - would think it's actually:

97/103 101 110/119

If you look closely you will see that the writting acutally say 99 and not 97! The top of the nine seems to be faded and somone tried to draw back over it, probably in MSPaint but screwd the number up!

 

[hancox]

makes sense - seemed to remember the Spaceway being destined for 99

 

[charper1]

Good. Because that is the ugliest looking thing I have ever seen.

Hard to get that monstrosity past the aesthetics committee....

As long as it remains at, or under the legal size as stated by the FCC/OTARD no HOA or "committee" can reject it. DBS companies are well aware of what the legalities are.

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html#links

http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971554.txt

 

[rockaway1836]

As long as it remains under the legal size as stated by the FCC no HOA or "committee" can reject it. DBS companies are well aware of what the legalities are.

Ageed! But he's right, it's one fugly looking beast!

 

[charper1]

Ageed! But he's right, it's one fugly looking beast!

Guess you have never had a BUD? I love & use mine till this day and wish they would make a comeback no that there are way to see most of the relevant birds at once AND that they can service separate rooms at once as well too.

 

[jabroni]

As long as it remains at, or under the legal size as stated by the FCC/OTARD no HOA or "committee" can reject it. DBS companies are well aware of what the legalities are.

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html#links

http://ftp.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1997/da971554.txt

Sure, I am aware of all that.

Sure, I have had the BUD before, but we now line in condos and my WIFE is the aesthetics committee. Luckily, I rule her with an iron fist...ha ha.

 

[ram1220]

If I want to continue to receive my HD locals over the air like I do now, will I need to put up the new 5lnb dish? I don't want HD locals over the dish. I don't want DirecTV messing with compression on my local channels. Thanks.

Bob

 

[charper1]

OTA will NOT be affected by any of this.

Some or most of the new (non-LIL HD) will more than likely be on in new MPEG4 scheme or at least on the new birds, so you would still need the new dish anyway. Maybe Longhorn, Scott or Robert can explain it better, but moving to the new dish and MPEG4 should improve what you see now (that is the speculation). Any DirecTV LIL service PQ is still largely predicated on how and at whatever quality your affiliates deliver them to DirecTV; DirecTV only handles the re-transmission, not the origination, but if you only do locals OTA then that wont matter.

 

[LonghornXP]

OTA will NOT be affected by any of this.

Some or most of the new (non-LIL HD) will more than likely be on in new MPEG4 scheme or at least on the new birds, so you would still need the new dish anyway. Maybe Longhorn, Scott or Robert can explain it better, but moving to the new dish and MPEG4 should improve what you see now (that is the speculation). Any DirecTV LIL service PQ is still largely predicated on how and at whatever quality your affiliates deliver them to DirecTV; DirecTV only handles the re-transmission, not the origination, but if you only do locals OTA then that wont matter.

The new dish itself should improve reception during normal rain fade events. Now make note that I said it should because these dishes have never really been tested for mass video TV services. Oh and the Dish pictures that were posted by the so called contact over at DBSTalk are 100% fake. This guy just threw an extra LNB onto an existing triple LNB type dish. The new five LNB dish has all 5 LNBs in one housing. Also the dish that was posted isn't smaller but a different type of shape compared to the real dish.

 

[Smthkd]

..... Oh and the Dish pictures that were posted by the so called contact over at DBSTalk are 100% fake. This guy just threw an extra LNB onto an existing triple LNB type dish. The new five LNB dish has all 5 LNBs in one housing. Also the dish that was posted isn't smaller but a different type of shape compared to the real dish.

i guess that explains why it looked thrown together like spare pipes from the junkyard! Well, just to let you know, I was only passing the info on to get others input and Im glad I did because frankly I didn't like the way this thing looked. I felt like this was the Olgar (shrek) of satellite dish's!