Will an HR20 DVR Work With A 3LNB DISH

[parkim]

Will an HR20 DVR work with a 3 LNB dish?

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[Slick Vic]

the hr20 works with any directv satellite, when u first fire it up, itll ask you to choose a satellite setting. the only con of using a 3lnb is that you are not going to get ur locals in hd when the launch in your area. if thats what ur anticipating, call dtv and get a kaku upgrade (5lnb), youre going to need it for future upgrades with hd. the good news with the 3lnb is that ull still receive the basic hd channels (70-79).

 

[mcbeevee]

Will an HR20 DVR work with a 3 LNB dish?

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My HR20 is hooked to a 3lnb phase III, since we don't have HD locals yet. I would highly recommend having 2 lines from the dish to the HR20. This will make the setups/downloads/recordings much easier.

 

[bonscott87]

Sure it will work with the 3LNB but it won't get any of the new HD channels going up nor your HD locals (if/when available).
No reason not to get the 5LNB dish, they will install it for free. You will need it for the future.