Satellite Domes and Rain--Grrrr

[Cary and Don]

Directv with the full package, HD, and DVR is $125 a month. They package it so that if you want local channels, HBO or Showtime, you just about have to take the full package.

Don and Cary
1973 05 Eagle
GMC 4107
Neoplan AN340

[bevans6]

My satellite tv with local channels, no HD and no dvr but lots of timeshifting - same show, same network, three different timezones - is $68 canuck bucks a month.  I have no idea if that is good or not, I didn't comparison shop.  I need my F1, Nascar, and Rachael Ray...  If it wasn't for Rachael I'd probably starve...   

Brian

[PP]

Dish Bronze 120 with locals = $44.95/mo. no contract. They run specials all the time for $29.95/mo for the first 6 months if you agree to a year. HTH Will

[NJT5047]

If you don't have HD satellite, a standard 18" portable dish is a sure cure for most of what ails domes.  Even a heavy dew has been known to degrade sat signals thru domes.  
I'll often park under trees and need the portable dish anyway.  They are almost free on ebay.  
Setting up an HD dish is too much trouble for me...might not be for you.  
The only time I lose a signal with the portable dish is when someone bumps into it, or a heavy thunderstorm gets between the dish and sat.  That'll de-razz it.   Rain won't have any effect on a portable dish.  
A portable can almost always be set up with a good signal even in trees if you got some time to dink with it.  
I hang my wife's bluetooth on the TV, turn on the signal strength feature in the sat setup menu, walk outside and usually takes a minute to lock the sat.  The bluetooth allows instant, hands-free listening without my wife trying to interpret what's happening.   I've replaced all the nuts on the az and elevation adjusters with big thumb nuts.  This makes a tool-free setup.  
The only trick is to level it accurately and anchor it once you settle on a location.  
I set the portable dish up and it sat there for 6 days at the Red, White and Blue festival in Morganton, NC.  Wasn't even anchored.  
JR

[jjrbus]

I hang my wife's bluetooth on the TV, turn on the signal strength feature in the sat setup menu, walk outside and usually takes a minute to lock the sat.  The bluetooth allows instant, hands-free listening without my wife trying to interpret what's happening.

Pure genius!