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SuperDaddy
12-06-07, 06:05 PM
Recently had DirecTv installed after switching to Cable for a few years. My old DirecTv dish was pretty small. It attached to the fascia of our old house and wasn't very noticeable.

We moved to our current house and had DirecTv installed a few days ago. I am glad to be back with DirecTv but this newer dish set-up is HUGE. My god, it stands about 4-5 feet tall. The dish is wider, the stand is taller, and there are support braces forming a tripod base. What's the deal? I have an HDDVR and 1 regular receiver. There are three LNBs connected, with what looks like room for a few more. Is this part of the reason why its such a big dish? Are there more than one type of dish now? Is it possible to get a smaller set-up?

Signing off from a NASA Base Station........SuperDaddy
litzdog911
12-06-07, 06:24 PM
It's actually pretty small for a dish considering it's receiving signals from five different satellites. And, no, there's nothing smaller if you want to receive the new HiDef channels.
K4SMX
12-06-07, 08:10 PM
Actually, many of us in Florida would go for one twice that size - to reduce occasional "rain fade."
Matt9876
12-06-07, 08:34 PM
I'm just glad the slimline is on the roof rather than the sidecar.

Matt



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Stuart Sweet
12-07-07, 07:48 AM
They're actually fairly close to the same dimension but the rounder look of the dish and the integrated head make it look a little better. Although I like the AT9/sidecar, it looks geekier.
kstefanec
12-07-07, 12:18 PM
Slimline is just fine!
glennb
12-07-07, 01:32 PM
Neither one of them is really 4-5 feet tall.

There's actually 5 LNBs.
davring
12-07-07, 01:42 PM
My fathers dish is pole mounted with the base of the factory arm attached to the pole near the ground, must be close to 5 ft tall. If they would have put the dish base, without the arm, on the pole it would be much shorter.
glennb
12-07-07, 03:06 PM
The height of the slimline dish(the dish part itself) is approx. 25.5 inches. I really doubt the rest of it is approx. 3 feet more.
jhillestad
12-07-07, 04:22 PM
Thats nothing... I still have my 8 foot C band satellite dish in my back yard ! Trust me the Slimline is small in comparison!

But the old C band days will never be beat! the wildfeeds were endless and fun to watch.. back them I could watch any football game from the truck at the stadium with zero commercials and no Sunday ticket subscription! Ahhhh the good old days...
crankin
12-08-07, 07:31 PM
What is a LNB anyways?
simonkodousek
12-08-07, 07:51 PM
My neighbors used to have a Dish 1000.2, but stopped their service with Dish to get more HD channels on DirecTV, and now they have a Slimline. It looks as if it is two times the size of the 1000.2!! Frankly, it looks terrible considering that they have a one story house and it is mounted smack dab in the center of the left wall. To make matters worse, they have a HUGE mast installed (not the one that comes with the dish.) Luckily, it isn't that noticeable from my side, but still...
K4SMX
12-08-07, 09:32 PM
...... Frankly, it looks terrible considering that they have a one story house and it is mounted smack dab in the center of the left wall. To make matters worse, they have a HUGE mast installed (not the one that comes with the dish.) Luckily, it isn't that noticeable from my side, but still...
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narcolept
12-08-07, 10:36 PM
What is a LNB anyways?

http://www.dbstalk.com/acronyms.htm

An LNB is a low noise block converter, which is, for lack of a more technical term, the little "nubby" things sticking off of the arm of the dish. They actually receive the signal when it bounces off the dish. Between my explanation and the acronyms page, you should be able to find out everything you ever need to know about LNBs from some google.
justice2
12-08-07, 11:12 PM
Relax guys, I have to have a 40 foot tower and a 8 foot antenna just to get OTA network HD. Believe me the Slimline is barely noticeable in comparison
248 F1
12-09-07, 12:22 PM
But the old C band days will never be beat! the wildfeeds were endless and fun to watch.. back them I could watch any football game from the truck at the stadium with zero commercials and no Sunday ticket subscription! Ahhhh the good old days...

:biggthump How true. ....and listen to the announcers raw audio feeds uncut, and the cameramen "scanning" and zooming in on the crowds.

8'?, .. I needed a 10!