Don't make me call Customer Service

[Stuart Sweet]

I'm hoping that the collective wisdom out there can help me before I have to go into Customer Service Purgatory.

I live 55 miles outside of Los Angeles, and I currently receive LA local channels in standard definition. I have the 3 LNB dish because I wanted to be ready for HD, and I was told 3 years ago that this dish would be HD ready.

I'm getting the system ready for HD now in anticipation of the new HR20, and I need to know the following:

1) Do I need to put in this 5 LNB dish I've heard about? I hope not, the WAF on that dish is a problem.

2) What satellites and transponders do I need to see to get everything I want (SD locals which are not broadcast in HD, HD locals, HD and SD satellite programming)

I'm sure that some would consider this a bit of a noob question, but I sure would appreciate some input. Thanks.

[Earl Bonovich]

1) Yes, you will need the 5LNB dish. The dish isn't "that much" bigger... unless you are mounting it outside your bedroom window... after a few days... you don't even realize that it is a different dish.

2) All 5 Sats... 99, 103, 101, 110, 119 (right now only 1 of the 99, 103 are active, but sometime next year you will need both)