According to DirecTV I have to have an installer sell me a dish, and they
are scheduling for mid-January right now.
I found the DSA20MA Multi-Satellite Dish (18" x 20" satellite dish, triple
LNB, 4-receiver capability) allegedly in-store at Circuit City (according to
their web site).
Does anyone know what features I will *not* get with this dish compared to
the 5 LNB? The ability to work with my current setup (two SD DVRs with one
tuner each) and the ability to use it with one or two HD DVRs (two tuners
each) is the important thing.
Thanks again,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of MegaZone
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:34 PM
To: [email protected]
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
