I'm new to this so please have patience. I've read the FAQ but it seems that I'm so new that even that is confusing.
Here is my situation:
A couple years ago I dropped Comcast cable and signed up for Dish Network. The installer came out and mounted two Dish Network 500s on the side of our house. One was for the general channels and one was specifically aimed so my wife could receive a Japanese channel (extra $25 per month for this one channel!).
After a few months with Dish network we weren't satisfied with the price, reception (outages), or fact that it wasn't flexible as far as adding TVs, computers, etc... We decided to drop it and pay the cancellation fee. I shipped back the receivers from inside the house but they left the dishes on the side of my house.
In place of cable and dish, I mounted a large antenna in my attic, plugged in a signal amplifier and routed that signal throughout the house. For more than a year now we've been satisfied receiving FREE OTA HDTV. I have HDTVs in the living room (HTPC), family room(Sony HDTV), garage, and bedroom(computer). No complaints there!
At this point in time I don't think I will get sucked in and want to mount a larger dish with motor but if I can spend just a hundred bucks or so to buy a receiver and add some decent channels to one TV in my house, I'll do it.
In my ideal world, maybe I could intercept a few major channels from the midwest and catch a Wisconsin Badger game once in a while. Or maybe my wife could find a channel that offered a little Japanese programing. What do you think?
My questions are:
If I purchase my own satellite receiver, can I just plug in the cable from the two dishes that remain on the side of my house and get something to display on my Sony HDTV in the family room?
If so, what can I hope for? The dishes are both Dish Network 500s. One has a DP plus LNB and the other a DP.
Here is my situation:
A couple years ago I dropped Comcast cable and signed up for Dish Network. The installer came out and mounted two Dish Network 500s on the side of our house. One was for the general channels and one was specifically aimed so my wife could receive a Japanese channel (extra $25 per month for this one channel!).
After a few months with Dish network we weren't satisfied with the price, reception (outages), or fact that it wasn't flexible as far as adding TVs, computers, etc... We decided to drop it and pay the cancellation fee. I shipped back the receivers from inside the house but they left the dishes on the side of my house.
In place of cable and dish, I mounted a large antenna in my attic, plugged in a signal amplifier and routed that signal throughout the house. For more than a year now we've been satisfied receiving FREE OTA HDTV. I have HDTVs in the living room (HTPC), family room(Sony HDTV), garage, and bedroom(computer). No complaints there!
At this point in time I don't think I will get sucked in and want to mount a larger dish with motor but if I can spend just a hundred bucks or so to buy a receiver and add some decent channels to one TV in my house, I'll do it.
In my ideal world, maybe I could intercept a few major channels from the midwest and catch a Wisconsin Badger game once in a while. Or maybe my wife could find a channel that offered a little Japanese programing. What do you think?
My questions are:
If I purchase my own satellite receiver, can I just plug in the cable from the two dishes that remain on the side of my house and get something to display on my Sony HDTV in the family room?
If so, what can I hope for? The dishes are both Dish Network 500s. One has a DP plus LNB and the other a DP.