Portable HD Dish

[Big Otis]

Hey Guys, New-B here and need a little help..... By the way I've enjoyed the forums so far, very informative.... My question is, I am a huge fan of tailgating and need to put together a good portable dish setup for my Saturday game day tailgating..... Any ideas on where I can purchase a complete portable dish setup? I would like to be able to get all locals and all HD programming that I currently have.... So I guess I will need at least a 3 - 5 LNB dish with tri-pod?

The equipment I currently have is as follows:
DirecTV H20 HD Reciever
21" Flat Screen HD TV

Thanks,
Big Otis

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

While it can be done, its going to be very hard.... Aiming that sucker is not like a regular dish. Because to the KA band frequencies that dish needs to be spot on.

Aiming a Slimline Dish is not for most folks, even pro installers still have a hard time with it as it is that exact.

 

[dfergie]

Welcome to SatelliteGuys!
You can use a Slimline LNB on a Phase III dish to get some of the channels and I understand the newer SWM LNBs will work even better... (like on This dish)

 

[Big Otis]

While it can be done, its going to be very hard.... Aiming that sucker is not like a regular dish. Because to the KA band frequencies that dish needs to be spot on.

Aiming a Slimline Dish is not for most folks, even pro installers still have a hard time with it as it is that exact.

Wheww not good, so what is my best bet here? Do I need to just stay SD with a single or dual LNB with standard dish? Man. I'm at a loss, because I've seen several people running HD at there tailgating setups?

Also, what can I buy to help me with the dish pointing and setup? Forgive me if this sounds stupid or anything but like I said I am a New-B. I just hate the old trial and error method I have been using.

Thanks Guys,

Big Otis

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Check with others to see what they are using. a regular 1LNB dish would be best and would give you the SD versions of the games and is the easiest to setup.

 

[HDinCincy]

Hey Guys, New-B here and need a little help..... By the way I've enjoyed the forums so far, very informative.... My question is, I am a huge fan of tailgating and need to put together a good portable dish setup for my Saturday game day tailgating..... Any ideas on where I can purchase a complete portable dish setup? I would like to be able to get all locals and all HD programming that I currently have.... So I guess I will need at least a 3 - 5 LNB dish with tri-pod?

The equipment I currently have is as follows:
DirecTV H20 HD Reciever
21" Flat Screen HD TV

Thanks,
Big Otis

Big: you can find the newest SL3 on ebay for ~$70 BUT, my experience in 5 yrs. of tailgating is that HD is not worth it. With my 18"round dish and 32" Vizio (you're only doing 21") I get great images. PLUS... most of the time, you're battling some sunlight and the general mayhem (at least around our RV during the tailgate) and it would be a pain. I know Matt says that it's not that hard to align and I trust that for him, that's true. When you go HD you're talking about more wind resistance, a larger mast, a mor difficult alignment effort, etc. etc. I can set mine up and have images in 2 minutes (honest!)
I'm giving you my experience and advice, PARTICULARLY when you're only using a 21" flatscreen. If you get to say, 37-50 inches then yes, do HD. You may be able to see a difference on your setup but you'd have to be close and study it. Have Fun and tip a cold one for me... I know we do!

 

[Big Otis]

Big: you can find the newest SL3 on ebay for ~$70 BUT, my experience in 5 yrs. of tailgating is that HD is not worth it. With my 18"round dish and 32" Vizio (you're only doing 21") I get great images. PLUS... most of the time, you're battling some sunlight and the general mayhem (at least around our RV during the tailgate) and it would be a pain. I know Matt says that it's not that hard to align and I trust that for him, that's true. When you go HD you're talking about more wind resistance, a larger mast, a mor difficult alignment effort, etc. etc. I can set mine up and have images in 2 minutes (honest!)
I'm giving you my experience and advice, PARTICULARLY when you're only using a 21" flatscreen. If you get to say, 37-50 inches then yes, do HD. You may be able to see a difference on your setup but you'd have to be close and study it. Have Fun and tip a cold one for me... I know we do!

Hey Cincy, thanks man.... So with all this said, in your opinion, should I just stay with a single LNB Satandard Definition setup? If so, where can I get one of those SD single LNB dish? And I tell you what, I will tip the first tailgating bud light to you for all your help.

Thanks Man,
Big Otis
Oh yeah, Roll Tide!

 

[HDinCincy]

Hey Cincy, thanks man.... So with all this said, in your opinion, should I just stay with a single LNB Satandard Definition setup? If so, where can I get one of those SD single LNB dish? And I tell you what, I will tip the first tailgating bud light to you for all your help.

Thanks Man,
Big Otis
Oh yeah, Roll Tide!

They're all over ebay for $30 or less. You might try your local craigslist too. I have one but shipping would be more than it's worth. BE SURE you have your mast totally plumb. We all recommend that you do a dry run in your backyard and get all your setting correct so that all you have to do at the tailgate is rotate to your correct compass mark.

 

[wmp1283]

What dish does one need to get local channels in SD?

Is one of the old round single LNB dishes adequate?

Or do you need the 18" oval 3 LNB dish?

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