Is Dish 300 same as original Directv dish?

[bertbarndoor]

Hi, I am probably going to go with a Dish HD setup, but I live in the northeast so I will require two dishes. I was told that a Dish300 will do the trick for HD pointed at the 61.5 bird. I have an existing regular Directv dual LNB already installed.

I read on a website that the Dish300 and the Directv dishes and LNBs were interchangable??? Can someone confirm? Can I just repoint the Directv dish and use the existing Directv LNB and run a cable from that to the DPP twin input on the Dish 500 that I will have for the 110 & 119?

Thanks!?

 

[Mr Tony]

A Dish300 and a DirecTV dish are pretty much the same.
But in reading the end of your post, it won’t work.
DirecTV LNB’s are Legacy. Dish Network older LNB’s are Legacy also
You mention a DishProPlus Twin on 110/119. You cannot mix Legacy & DishPro/DishProPlus LNB’s/switches. You would need to put a DishPro LNB on the 2nd dish.

 

[bertbarndoor]

A Dish300 and a DirecTV dish are pretty much the same.
But in reading the end of your post, it won’t work.
DirecTV LNB’s are Legacy. Dish Network older LNB’s are Legacy also
You mention a DishProPlus Twin on 110/119. You cannot mix Legacy & DishPro/DishProPlus LNB’s/switches. You would need to put a DishPro LNB on the 2nd dish.

And I'm going to guess that the DP LNB on the directv dish/arm won't fit?

 

[dfergie]

Nope, D* has rectangular mounts, E* has "D" Shaped mounts...

 

[boba]

Bertbarndoor Directv dishes sold by Hughes usually had a "D" tube arm on them they were built by the same company that DISH was using. Most Directv dishes were rectangular tubes and without modification will not hold an E* LNB.