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Old 05-13-2015, 10:22 AM   #1
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I have a Tracvision KVH R5SL - Should I upgrade or replace?

I currently have no receiver but I'm wondering what my options are and what it will cost. Seems like everyone is going with a Winegard but I don't know which one to get or if I should consider another brand. The bottom line is I currently only have the original 720p TVs but I want ease of use...I just want to turn on the TV and watch it.
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I have the same dilemma. Depends on how much value you place on having HD. Mine performs very well, just no HD. If you want a receiver for it, new H24's can be purchased. I got mine at PPL. It only cost 6.50 / mo to add to my DirectTV account. I concluded that I would go with it for a year before making a decision.
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Well, at some point I'm guessing I will be upgrading to the latest HD TV - either 1080p or whatever comes out next so I'm leaning toward the HD version of a dish.
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Well, at some point I'm guessing I will be upgrading to the latest HD TV - either 1080p or whatever comes out next so I'm leaning toward the HD version of a dish.
Your present dome antenna is capable of HD if you are using DISH Network. NO DOME antenna will receive DirecTV HD, you need a open face type antenna with multiple LNB's for that.

The first thing to decide is which service you are going to use DISH Network or DirecTV. Your current KVH unit will work with either, just not HD with DirecTV.
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I have same dome. Have it hooked up to older dish hd receiver and it works well. Plugged in external hard drive for dvr. That dome can only get Hd on dish network. They can be purchased at Amazon and eBay. Dish no longer provides them. Call dish and they will activate. If I was starting from scratch I would go direct tv and wine guard. Good luck JD
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Ok so my KV5 will only allow me to get HD with Dish and I will not have DVR capability...upgrading allows me to chose Dish or Direct HD and I get DVR capabilities...Correct?
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Ok so my KV5 will only allow me to get HD with Dish and I will not have DVR capability...upgrading allows me to chose Dish or Direct HD and I get DVR capabilities...Correct?
There are tons of options. I have kv5, dish,dvr capability. Bought coach last summer. Borrowed friends direct receiver., no worky . Bought dish on Amazon I have an external 500 gig hard drive hooked usb into reciever. One time $40 with dish for dvr capability. I can't remember what reciever I have will update when I figure it out. Good luck. JD
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Dish reciever vip 211k. Good luck JD
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Ok so my KV5 will only allow me to get HD with Dish and I will not have DVR capability...upgrading allows me to chose Dish or Direct HD and I get DVR capabilities...Correct?
Yes, only if you upgrade to a Winegard Trav'ller antenna. Even then you will need to decide which service you want because the Trav'ller comes in two different configurations, one for DISH, and one for DirecTV.


As explained in the previous post, with your present antenna and DISH you can add a hard drive via a usb port to the 211K or the 211Z receivers and have dvr capabilities and HD.
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I had Trac Star, about 8 years old. The previous owner used Direct TV. According to the manual it should work with Dish too. I tried and tried, but finally gave up - bought a Wineguard Road Trip In-motion new on eBay for around $900. I took the Trac Star off. Now I'm in the process of mounting and hooking it up.
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