My satellite antenna receives HD all the time. Most of the channels from Direct TV seem to be HD these days.
At first there were only a few HD channels and they were mostly transmitted from the 110 ( above the 110 degree longitude at the equator) satellite, but now most of the programs I see on the 101 satellite seem to be in HD as well as much of the over-the-air digital TV. If you can put the dish on a dock there should be no problem. There are dishes with one, two, or three satellite receivers to catch the signals from multiple satellites. But most of the programming from Direct TV is on the 101 satellite. Be sure you don't tell them the rig is on a boat, you will not be able to see local channels. I have no idea why. We get local (low) channels, and the major networks (NBC, CBS, etc), over the air with a normal antenna. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.72N 081 38.40W ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Steer To: [email protected] Sent: 5/21/2008 5:26:49 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? I am at quite dock with Directv HD, not much movement, 38' sportsfisher, works well, no gyro stabilized needed at boat dock. I don't think there are any gyro stabilized yet for HD, antenna too big.. Bill On May 21, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Norman Johnson wrote: A dish on a boat must be gyro stabilized. Mine cost about $2500 (King Dome) plus the DirectTV reciever and monthly subscription. But it does work well now. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.72N 081 38.40W ----- Original Message ----- From: To: [email protected] Sent: 5/20/2008 10:02:36 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] tv antenna? GEt a dish. Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html Bill Steer Pico Metal Products, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph (562) 944-0626 #125 fx (562) 944-1902 =
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