duo reciver question

[Anthony20]

Hi all,

I'm from the UK, but my Grandparents live in Florida and they've asked me to help them switch their tv provider over to a cheaper option when i go and visit them tomorrow (they are currently with cable, but the offer they have expires this month and the price goes up to somthing like $65 with hardly any channels). All they basicly want is the cheapest provider as they hardly watch any TV .

I've been looking around and Dish seems to to be the cheapest available at the moment.

I'm wondering if anyone could explain to me how these duo recivers connect to two tv's? I'm guessing that a wire will need to go from the reciver in one room to the 2nd tv in the other room? Is this somthing that the installer does for you? and do they charge for this?

Thanks for any infomation you can give me!

Anthony.

 

[TheKrell]

OTA is by far the cheapest. With all the subchannels in use supplementing TV stations these days, your grandparents may find they have enough choices with that alone. Some of us supplement that with Netflix for movies.

With the Welcome Pack going away, Dish Family is the cheapest at $24.99/mo. Locals via satellite may boost that another $5 starting June 3, but don't quote me on that.

TV2 outputs include composite and RF. Usually the installer runs a separate coax (RF) for the 2nd TV, or else use the dish antenna coax to backfeed it. Depends on the customer's needs.

 

[eacalhoun]

With the Welcome Pack going away, Dish Family is the cheapest at $24.99/mo. Locals via satellite may boost that another $5 starting June 3, but don't quote me on that.

DISH Family is going away, too. Today is its last day as a "new" subscription. I believe subscribers can keep it after today, until they change to a different base package.