install hint for sat hd

[jamiecid]

just received my new sammy hl67a750, love it, but when dish net made install notice poor or no signal from sat 129 . make them use 2 dishes. these people and direct tv are trying to recieve signals from 3 sats that 20 degrees apart in the belt from 1 dish. also noticed not as many broadcasts are in h.d as i thought and even some who are are using every format under the sun. i assumed h.d. meant 16/9 noooooo. i got h.d. 4/3/ 16/9 and wierd combinations bigger than 4/3 but not as big as 16/9. so if the quality is ex than i stretch, if its not it makes me hot! but i will say this, my led/dlp 67" has a picture on high quality broadcasts (disc, espn, local news,races,the newer tv shows etc) every bit as good as the 6000-7000 dollar lcd/pd set at 1900 bucks!

 

[Audioholics]

Glad you're happy. SO multiple dishes helps grab different satellites, huh? Did he end up using some kind of combiner to recombine the signals? I am not familiar with how they dial in satellite.

Welcome to the world of HD - you only get HD on HD channels when the source was shot in HD to begin with. More and more content it going this way, so it keeps getting better.

 

[jamiecid]

2 sats

yes he did but its the same junction box they all already use each lnb has its own coax and they join just below the sats before going into your house and the reciever. thanks!

 

[Bryce_H]

I only have one dish (on a post in the backyard) for both SD and HD (and I get every HD channel Dish Network has) - granted when I added HD I needed a new dish, but it is still only one dish. All my signals are 80+. Wierd that you have 2

 

[Hi Ho]

The two dish thing is mainly a northwest phenomenon as far as I know. I see Jamiecid is in Washington like me. I also have Dish and they installed two dishes to catch all the satellites. We have to use sat 129 and our geographical location makes two dishes the optimal method.

I think at least having the option of two dishes would be a good thing for DirecTV to consider. I had called DirecTV first and the guy who came out said it couldn't be done because of obstacles (trees). DirecTV uses a single dish to catch five satellites. My Dish install has been up and running for over 7 months now and I have not had a single problem.

 

[bandphan]

Doesnt dish us use two dishes cause one is now aimed at the old VOOM sat?

 

[annunaki]

All of my signals with Dish network are above 95 or higher. I am in Wisconsin however.