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Last Changed 6/9/2009
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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.
The 300 is no longer available. |
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The DishPro 500 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. |
DishPro 1000 |
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The DishPro 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. |
DishPro 1000.2 |
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The DishPro 1000.2 is the replacement for the DishPro 1000 with a one
piece triple LNBF head which locks onto satellites 110º, 119º, and
129º. This will give you the basic DishTV channels and the HDTV
channels. |
DishPro 1000.4 |
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The DishPro 1000.4 is for use with the DishTV Eastern Arc set of
satellites 61.5, 72.7º, and 77º. It looks like a DishPro1000.2
with a different LNBF head. This dish and the Eastern
Arc is for use on the Eastern United States. Most RVers will
not use the Eastern Arc. The receiver needs a different smart
card to use the Eastern Arc so you are not able to switch back and
forth. |
Other Dish dishes |
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There are a couple of other dishes from DishTV like the
SuperDish and the DishPro 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,
4 or 5.
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.
The latest DirecTV dish is three headed AU9-SL3 for 99º, 101º and
103º and includes all the HDTV channels. |
