I'm hoping that some of you can offer some advice with the little bit of vague information that I have. Forgive me for my ignorance. While I consider myself to be a pretty smart guy (or ass as my wife would label me), I know nothing about Satellites.
I have a Dish 500 on my house paired with a, single box/dual TV, DVR receiver.
My wife's Aunt gave us a Dish net. satellite. When my wife brought it home I could tell by glancing at it, as I ran out the door to work, that it was an old model Dish. It only has the single "bulb" on the end of the arm where as most I see have two. (Is the second for local channels?) It also is not labeled as a DISH 500.
Will this dish work with my current receiver?
If not, I see on craigslist that a person is selling a dish 500 with a single box receiver for $15. What is involved in getting that receiver adding onto my account?
Thanks for not laughing at me....... aloud at least.....
that single LNB will only hit one sat at a time, the Dish 500 will hit two. don't know about use of either with a dual receiver however. I would go ahead and buy that Dish 500 with receiver for $15 bucks but be sure the card is with it and BE SURE TO VERIFY with dish that that receiver doesn't owe $30,000 for back services. but just the dish with LNBs is worth that $15.
bumpy
my very limited experience, is that a single lnb has slightly better signal reception on any given Sat, than the (2) LNB dish, so in bad weather or iffy conditions, the single will sometime get a picture when the dual won't
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