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TV Ground Dishes

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Last Changed 6/9/2009

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

Dish 300 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.

DishPro 500

Dish 500 Pro 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

Dish 1000 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

Dish 1000.2 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

Dish 1000.2 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

Dish Superdish 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

DirectV Dish 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.

Disclaimer: The information in this site is a collection of data we derived from the vendors and from our personal experiences.  This information is meant as a learning guide for you to  make your own decisions  Best practices and code should always be followed.  The recommendations we make are from our personal experiences and we do not receive any compensation for those recommendations.