Hi all. Long time lurker here. I recently switched from E* to Direct (mainly for HD) and have been very happy so far. So happy in fact that while visiting my father, I managed to convince him to switch from Mediacom and upgrade to an HDTV and HD-DVR - which he's been wanting to do for some time anyway.
Aside from the fact that the local Direct installers (Springfield, MO) came out, declared it impossible and left then said it'd be 10 days before they would come re-evaluate leading me to call a local installer (meaning I don't think I'll get the referral plus it cost him an extra $100), the service has been great. Reading along here, I am wondering about his install though. He had 2 dishes installed. My understanding is that one was a 3 LNB and the other was for the locals (? LNB). I called Direct because I knew I had a 5 LNB and wanted to confirm that these 2 dishes were the equivalent of a 5 LNB and was told that yes, it was fine. Is this true?
The second issue I wonder about is that these local installers also installed an aerial antenna and piggybacked the signal on the same coax as the sat signal. It appears that this will become a problem once Sat10 turns on? Unless D* releases some new multiplexer / switches soon enough, he'll need another cable run (me too if I want to fire up an ota)?
Thanks for any advice / info.
Aside from the fact that the local Direct installers (Springfield, MO) came out, declared it impossible and left then said it'd be 10 days before they would come re-evaluate leading me to call a local installer (meaning I don't think I'll get the referral plus it cost him an extra $100), the service has been great. Reading along here, I am wondering about his install though. He had 2 dishes installed. My understanding is that one was a 3 LNB and the other was for the locals (? LNB). I called Direct because I knew I had a 5 LNB and wanted to confirm that these 2 dishes were the equivalent of a 5 LNB and was told that yes, it was fine. Is this true?
The second issue I wonder about is that these local installers also installed an aerial antenna and piggybacked the signal on the same coax as the sat signal. It appears that this will become a problem once Sat10 turns on? Unless D* releases some new multiplexer / switches soon enough, he'll need another cable run (me too if I want to fire up an ota)?
Thanks for any advice / info.