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Originally Posted by RagingRobert
Thanks for that...so what's the best way/dish to use? Recording stuff is not that important for us unless we're planning on moving into our RV I just want access to some sports/news/shows with a good picture on those rainy nights for long weekends and our planned two week trip later this summer. I heard about those helmut like looking dishes...man they're expensive and I'm assuming you need a monthly plan. I might have to get by with the roof antenna and a radio for news
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You can get a portable dish and receiver bundle for about $300-500 depending on the dish you choose. These are the dishes that will find the satellites automatically once you place them on a level surface pointing approximately south. I just bought a Winegard Pathway X2 (supposed to be the best reception) and DISH Wally receiver from these guys:
http://www.tvformyrv.com/portable-satellite/ based on lots of positive recommendations in RV forums. They're nice people and significantly cheaper than buying from the DISH affiliated "DISH For My RV" site.
For the programming you have the option of paying $7/month if you already have DISH service at home, or you can do a pay-as-you-go option. We have DISH at home, and when we're not on the road, the Wally will be connected to a fixed DISH antenna at the house, so the $7/mo made more sense for us.
The external hard drive not only gives you recording capability, but also allows the "pause live TV" ability that we're addicted to at home, so gotta have that