If you don’t need HD in that area, then you can just have D* take the SD receiver off your account. They likely won’t want it back, so you’d have to recycle it.
I still use it. I have an hd dish at the house but a separate dish at my pole barn. I just don't need hd in my barn. Just want to know if I really need to switch the receiver out or can I just continue to use it without issues.
If you are in one of the markets that have INFO notices for SD local shutoffs, and watch locals through that box, you will need to switch the receiver out to an HD one to continue watching your local channels.
I think I would call into D* and say, I have a SD recvr and see if they will upgrade you for free ... first, if not, see what they have to offer.
Is all I need to do is change out the receiver to an hd receiver and keep the same small round dish? I don't need hd out there but other posts above seem to say my dish is a problem too.
Depends, do you have the very old Round dish out there, or a SWM dish at the barn ?
Your thinking, maybe he has good internet in the barn ?
Yes. Maybe I need to look at putting a smart TV out there.
It took 25 years to get high speed Internet here. Just got it this past spring. 500gig up and down. Love it. Had DSL 5gig down and .6 up. It's now a whole new ballgame. Already had a cat7 feed to my barn and my mesh system works like a charm.
The Directv app for Roku is excellent. So good in fact that I use it for most of my viewing as long as I'm just watching a single show/event. It's not great for channel surfing, though. I'm about to send back another Geni client.
