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Last changes 2/11/2007 |
In general, ground dishes are dishes that you receive from the satellite TV provider
and are mounted onto some type of tripod or other mount. Also, the more
LNBFs (Low Noise Blocking Filter) in the head, the larger the dish will physically be. |
Dish 300 |
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The Dish 300 comes from DishTV and has a single LNBF that came
aimed at only one satellite. This dish is not used much anymore
because DishTV needs at least two satellites to provide the basic
channels. |
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The Dish 500 Pro comes from DishTV and has a dual LNBF head which locks onto satellites 110º and 119º.
These two satellites provide all the basic DishTV channels. |
Dish 1000 |
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The Dish 1000 comes from DishTV had has a triple LNBF head which locks onto satellites 110º, 119º, and 129º.
This will give you the basic DishTV channels and the HDTV channels. |
Other Dish dishes |
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There are a couple of other dishes from DishTV like the SuperDish and the Dish 1000+ which pull in different satellites.
The different satellites are needed for “local channels.”
Since “local channels” is a function of home installations, we will not cover them here. |
DirecTV Dishes |
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DirecTV dished are not some much referred to my model numbers like DishTV, but just by
the number of LNBFs the dish has, 1, 2, 3 or 4.
The number of LNBFs indicates the number of satellites tat can be locked onto.
A dual LNBF will handle the basic channels on satellites 101º and 119º.
A triple LNBF will add HDTV to the basic channels using satellites 101º, 110º and 119º.
A fourth LNBF is generally for “local channels.”
DirecTV now has a dish with 5 LNBFs. |
