Signing up to Dish(Help)

[GaryZ06]

Hey guys I used to have Voom a while ago but have since been with Comcast.....Today they took away 2 HD channels and now I only have 4 HD channels....This is unacceptable to me so I decided to get Dish....But I want to ask some questions before I call....I will be getting either the Top 200 or Top 250 ....I have check out what the extra 50 channels are anyway also will be getting the 27 HD channels...I will also be getting the HD-DVR also but noticed there are different types of dishes.One picks up like 3 different satellites.....Is there anything else I should know or ask or can anyone add(suggestions)? Thanks for your help

 

[tsduke]

Your location will dictate the dish you get. Where are you locate?

 

[gdarwin]

Location: Pembroke Pines, Florida

 

[Claude Greiner]

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[jibaro29]

I hope you are ready to have a second dish on your roof. Unless you only want HD. Maybe you know this but with a good OTA Hd antenna you can get as many as 44 + channels. A third of them are HD. That is how many I get. I live in Lake Worth.

 

[GaryZ06]

I hope you are ready to have a second dish on your roof. Unless you only want HD. Maybe you know this but with a good OTA Hd antenna you can get as many as 44 + channels. A third of them are HD. That is how many I get. I live in Lake Worth.

A second dish doesn't bother me....But isn't there 1 dish that does both?

 

[jibaro29]

I do not think so. It the 40 deg. rule. 61.5 its just to far east for us to be get it along with 119 and 110 on one dish. 129 would be ideal but it is not aimed at Florida. So, for now we are stock with dishes.

 

[GaryZ06]

I just called them and they told me I will only need 1 Dish...the 500

 

[DWS44]

They lied...a single 500 won't get 61.5 or 129, since it will be pointed at 110 & 119 for all the SD programming, and only a small handful of the HD channels.

 

[jibaro29]

Gary,

Are you only looking to get 61.5 (Voom package)?

 

[GaryZ06]

Gary,

Are you only looking to get 61.5 (Voom package)?

Yes

 

[GaryZ06]

They lied...a single 500 won't get 61.5 or 129, since it will be pointed at 110 & 119 for all the SD programming, and only a small handful of the HD channels.

I am sure the girl really didn't know but the installer should know...So that means I need a 2nd Dish?. Go Mets

 

[tsduke]

I thought at least AT100 was required to get Dish HD.

 

[jibaro29]

So.... a 500 dish it is.

 

[GaryZ06]

So which is it....a 500 ot AT100 or both?

 

[tsduke]

So which is it....a 500 ot AT100 or both?

What I'm saying is I thought the AT100 channel package was required to get the HD pack.

 

[GaryZ06]

What I'm saying is I thought the AT100 channel package was required to get the HD pack.

I'm getting the AT200.....does this make a difference in what dish I get?

 

[tsduke]

In order to get the AT200 you will need a dish pointing at 110 & 119.

For HD you will need a 2nd dish pointing at 61.5.

 

[GaryZ06]

In order to get the AT200 you will need a dish pointing at 110 & 119.

For HD you will need a 2nd dish pointing at 61.5.

Cool....I am sure when the installer comes over this Sunday morning he will install them both...Thanks

 

[GaryZ06]

Update....not that anyone cares(lol) But I am getting the AT 200 with the HD package(27 HD + local HD) in 2 rooms one with a 622 HD-DVR and the other room gets a HD 211 receiver...These will be hooked up to 2 Panny plasma's...One a 50 inch and the other is a 58 1080P(getting in a few weeks)The HD should look killer.....Thanks for all the help....