[SebastianBlack]

Please help!!!!!!!!!!! I need to know the different types of dishes Dish uses. I also need the sat's they are aimming at. I knew I could come here because the pros here at DBSTalk.com are my internet Satellite Resource!!!:eek2: :hurah:

 

[BattleZone]

There is the Dish 500 for 119 and 110.

The Dish 1000.2 for 119, 110, and 129.

The Dish 1000.4 for 61.5, 72.7, and 77.

The Dish 500+ for 119, 110, and 118.7.

And the Dish 1000+ for 119, 110, 129, and 118.7.

 

[Jim5506]

Dish 1000 for 110, 119, 129

Dish 300 for 61.5, 148, 129 or any other single satellite except 118.75 and a couple of others.

Then there's the mostly discontinued superdish for 105, 110, 119 or 110, 119, 121 or some such.

 

[mikeinaustin]

i would add lots of folks use dish 500 for 61.5 and other single satellite uses. i don't know if using a 300 instead would give better signal strength than using a 500 (for example, the 61.5 case).

 

[BattleZone]

i would add lots of folks use dish 500 for 61.5 and other single satellite uses.

Absolutely. It is used as a wing dish for 129 or 61.5 for HD, and for 148 for a few of the International packages that haven't been migrated solely to 118.7 yet.

I don't know if using a 300 instead would give better signal strength than using a 500 (for example, the 61.5 case).

A 300 gives you about the same signal strength as a 500 with a Y-adapter. Using the 500 with an I-adapter gets you a few more percentage points, but not a whole lot, due to the fact that the 500 is "defocused" a bit to spread the signal to 2 LNBs. And, AFAIK, the Dish 300 has been out of production for a long time.

 

[rasheed]

Is the max number of satellite positions a box can handle 4? I thought the menus seem it could support more, but the installer would only allow support for four..meaning:

110, 118.7, 119, 129.. he would not let me also keep 148 since he did not know how to combine the signals together for all five locations.

Rasheed

 

[citico]

http://www.dishuser.org/dishes.php

 

[BobaBird]

DishPro receivers can handle up to 5 satellites. Add a DP21 to an output of a DPP44 switch, dual-tuners will need 2 DP21s, 2 DPP44 outputs and 2 lines (can't use the Separator). See http://www.dishuser.org/swconfig.php

Dish is reportedly developing a DPP64, but with the demise of SuperDISH and Sky Angel, it's hard to imagine a need for 6 satellites.

 

[SebastianBlack]

Thanks dudes! You all are a wealth of great information!