AlGriefer
Well-known member
We ordered a new coach last month at the Monaco Pre-rally and immediately ran into the quandry of what to do about satellite services.
The coach comes standard with a 37" tv in the front, a 22" in the back, two standard DirecTV receivers and an automatic pointing dome.
After thinking about it for quite a bit, I decided to make a number of changes and thought it might be beneficial to share my thoughts with the framily and see if I made any major mistakes.
1. Switched the receivers to DVR's.? I have TiVo now and can't live without it.
2. Switched the front receiver to HD.? The TV is HD capable so it would seem a waste not to use it and the HD DVR also acts as an off the air set top box.? Connected the DVR to the TV via HDMI cable.
3. Switched the dish to the Motosat MHDTV 3 LNB dish with four outputs and connected two outputs to each receiver to allow recording multiple shows.
4. Signed up for DirecTVs Distant Networking Service (DNS) which allows network feeds from both coasts.
5, After doing the about, I signed up for locals online using my current service address.? Not sure if that's supposed to work, but it did.? I now get DNS plus the current locals.
6. I plan to sign up for HD when I take delivery of the coach.? My current locals have HD feeds.
What are your thoughts?? Did I miss anything or do anything particularly stupid?
Al
The coach comes standard with a 37" tv in the front, a 22" in the back, two standard DirecTV receivers and an automatic pointing dome.
After thinking about it for quite a bit, I decided to make a number of changes and thought it might be beneficial to share my thoughts with the framily and see if I made any major mistakes.
1. Switched the receivers to DVR's.? I have TiVo now and can't live without it.
2. Switched the front receiver to HD.? The TV is HD capable so it would seem a waste not to use it and the HD DVR also acts as an off the air set top box.? Connected the DVR to the TV via HDMI cable.
3. Switched the dish to the Motosat MHDTV 3 LNB dish with four outputs and connected two outputs to each receiver to allow recording multiple shows.
4. Signed up for DirecTVs Distant Networking Service (DNS) which allows network feeds from both coasts.
5, After doing the about, I signed up for locals online using my current service address.? Not sure if that's supposed to work, but it did.? I now get DNS plus the current locals.
6. I plan to sign up for HD when I take delivery of the coach.? My current locals have HD feeds.
What are your thoughts?? Did I miss anything or do anything particularly stupid?
Al