Thanks.
Mike
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Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Broken DirecTV dish, what to replace it with?
Once upon a time Mike Thomas shaped the electrons to say...
> Why five LNBs? I would have expected two for each room (since there are
two
> tuners) for a total of four. Is the fifth for HD locals (and if so,
wouldn't
> I need one for each room, totaling six)?
Doesn't work like that - LNBs are shared between rooms, a 3LNB dish
can handle 2 dual-tuner units, actually it can handle many dual-tuner
units, with enough ports on a multiswitch.
I forget - I think each LNB handles a different satellite locations,
and for a long time they were installing 3LNB dishes, but with the HD
installs they seem to be installing 5LNB dishes now - could be because
of the new birds they're putting up.
It isn't like there is one LNB tied to a tuner, one LNB can pull in
multiple channels at a time, but it is something to do with either the
signal or the position, I'd have to look it up to remember.
-MZ
