Is III LNB Dish Needed for HD?

[tnt75]

Do I have to buy the III LNB dish for HD or can I just use dual and not get Showtime?

[AJ2086]

Yes. If you want more than 4 TV's hooked up dont get a Phase 3 dish, get an elipticle dish without and itnegrated multi switch.

[ClearCom]

DTV makes a kit to allow you to upgrade the 2 sat to a 3 sat. It incorporates an LNB, switch and hardware. Cost is around $70.
Instead of a multiswitch, DTV uses a 22khz tone to designate which LNB to use.

[minorthr]

you can use more then four tvs with the 18x20 phase 3 dish you need to run the 4 lines coming from the dish to a cascading mutli switch. Cascading switches are more expensive then a regular switch but they will allow you to hook up more then 4 tvs with a phase 3 dish