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Crosley · 06-22-2021, 07:58 PM

We have used Direct TV SAT service for years. It suits us well. We do not stream movies or TV shows.

Since we are going full time on the road for 1 year or so... My wife made the call to Direct TV (ATT now) about the home DirecTV DVR box to the RV or what we need from Direct TV.

The nice fellow on the phone (over seas)... Did not know what an RV is. He certainly did not understand Toy Hauler or Trailer either. He had NO knowledge of an RV package from DirecTV and he needed to talk to a supervisor and would call my wife back. He did call back, ask more questions. Then he called back again with very little information.

Where we stand now is likely cancel Direct TV when we move out of the house (soon) and look at Dish RV service or perhaps streaming. Our RV does not have any receiver or Wingard type receiver on it. We will need all the parts.

Diesel-Lover · 06-22-2021, 09:43 PM

Crosley,

Direct TV and Dish both had a second receiver for RV for a reduced cost though your "local channels would remain the same in your RV but since you are leaving the house itself then you may just as well move to an unlimited cell data plan and stream. FMCA has some neat deals for setting up a cell powerd RV internet! Streaming at most campgrounds is a tough task due to bandwidth, but if you download at off-peak times and then watch later it keeps you from watching the vortex and removes the delays. We dumped the Dish/Direct TV type services a while back and moved to streaming a few years back. Investing in a mobile satellite tracker etc is costly and you still need the internet any way so why not use the cellular network for both. They say starlink is going to be a good solution if there are no trees in the way as in boon docking in AZ!

georgelesley · 06-23-2021, 05:27 AM

When we fulltimed we used dish. Since you will have only one location I assume, you will only need one receiver on your account. Having had dish for 20 years, I recommend getting a hopper 3 with a bedroom joey. That should be all you need as a receiver. For a dish we used a manual set up and aim, but we find the Winegard traveller works very well. Just call and change your locals as needed for no charge.

The carry out dome automatic dishes will not work with the hopper 3 but cost less.

barmcd · 06-23-2021, 08:03 AM

DirecTV seems to have a love/hate relationship with RVs. On one hand, we pay $5 a month to add the MH, but they don’t want to provide any other service for it. You are on your own to choose and install the equipment. They do not supply anything except a receiver. Assuming you want HD service, you will have to go with Winegard or RF Mogul for an RV specific dish. You could also take your current dish with you if you aren’t moving much. You would have to manually site the dish, but it’s not hard.

groveln · 06-23-2021, 11:47 AM

barmcd..Why are you paying $5.00 a month extra for your Directv receiver?..are you getting something with it that I'm not aware of..reason I ask is once I installed my Winegard Trav'ler 9 years ago on my coach I just took one of the receiver's from the house plug & play. Such when I leave my area I eventually lose my local channels but if I need to know what the news is at home I can use the internet..otherwise my OTA will get the locals where I'm at.

Alan_Hepburn · 06-23-2021, 11:52 AM

We've had DirecTV since about 1995 and have never had an issue with moving the receivers between the house and the RV. Currently we have a Genie and a mini-genie in the house, and when we travel we move both into the RV. The RV has an old KVH R4 dome on the roof, which I have converted to a SWM system and the Genie and mini-genie work well, although they can only receive SD signals due to the age of the dome. This setup has gone coast-to-coast and border-to-border over the years with no issues, admittedly we do lose our local channels when we go more than about 400 miles from home, but then we rarely watch local channels anyway.

In the next couple of months we're replacing the KVH dome with an RF Mogul Eagle dish so we'll be able to get HD signals in the RV.

barmcd · 06-23-2021, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by groveln

barmcd..Why are you paying $5.00 a month extra for your Directv receiver?..are you getting something with it that I'm not aware of..reason I ask is once I installed my Winegard Trav'ler 9 years ago on my coach I just took one of the receiver's from the house plug & play. Such when I leave my area I eventually lose my local channels but if I need to know what the news is at home I can use the internet..otherwise my OTA will get the locals where I'm at.

I have a receiver just for the coach.

bigchick · 06-24-2021, 08:19 AM

we have direct tv at home and we simply move the receiver (hr44), mini receivers, and the wireless bridge to the trailer when we travel. we never tell direct tv about the moves. yes we loose the locals but between wither park cable or OTA channels we get them when we want then wherever we are.

Mr_D · 06-24-2021, 08:30 AM

When we had Direct at home we just took the receivers to the MH when we left. Then I switched to Dish with a Hopper3 and 2 wireless Joey's and changed to an RF Mogul controller and dish so I take the home equip with me. I do lose the locals but not a real problem.

BCam · 06-24-2021, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Crosley

We have used Direct TV SAT service for years. It suits us well. We do not stream movies or TV shows.

This isn't a dig, I'm just curious. What do you watch? Streaming is pretty much all we do on our DirecTV here at home other than recording the nightly news programs and a few others. We almost never watch anything "live".

Crosley · 06-25-2021, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BCam

This isn't a dig, I'm just curious. What do you watch? Streaming is pretty much all we do on our DirecTV here at home other than recording the nightly news programs and a few others. We almost never watch anything "live".

I understand. We have created list of TV shows we watch. None of the streaming options fit the list well. I guess a choice will need to be made. We do not buy movies on DirecTV.. When the "industry" put the 72 hour erase time limit in place, we stopped buying movies thru DirecTV. We just wait till the movie arrives on regular channel view.

My wife is the main TV watcher. Most of the shows are recorded on the DVR. She likes those crime investigation type shows. Same in reading material. We do not watch much local TV shows or live news (too scripted).

We both enjoy a few of the home improvement shows. The heavily scripted shows where only the type of lumber change or the "talent" stands in a different spot: we turn those off.

Crosley · 06-28-2021, 10:03 PM

I got off easy, for now... Wife says most of her shows are ending for the summer. No need for a purchase or sign up of new TV type service. We will have internet, maybe that will lead her some path not explored yet? Thanks

Diesel-Lover · 06-28-2021, 10:17 PM

Many of the TV brands now offer a pile of free channels (streamed via internet). Been binge-watching Colombo, Texas Ranger, Five O, a little bit of bay watch but that gets old fast now!

LG, Samsung and Vizio have these free channels! Dunno about the rest of the brands.

BCam · 06-29-2021, 11:33 PM

The Roku channel (free with Roku device or Roku TV) has some older shows we've been watching, Barney Miller, The Rockford Files, Quantum Leap, Crossing Jordan, etc. They have commercials that you can't fast forward, but they're not terribly intrusive (we mute the sound until they're over). I forgot how good Barney Miller was.