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nambooooo
03-03-2012, 05:42 PM
Hello everybody, I'm new to all this testing thing, I did my homework for the last couple of weeks, but still have some questions/doubts, so please bear with me here.

I live in north-east US and am confused as of what kind of dish to get for DN.
I should be getting my nFusion HD any day now, and also have Dish 500 with dual DishPro LNBs (? hope it sounds right?)
but would like to also get 129 for HD.
Should I get another dish like 1000.2 or 1000.4, or can I modify (get an extra LNB?) my Dish 500 to get all - 110, 119, 129?
Also, as I understand, this are the sats for the western arc, and most talked about, but shouldn't I be aiming for the eastern arc?
I saw some 1000.4 on ebay, some are for eastern some for western, so I wouldn't want to mix it up.

To sum it up, I'd like to get all the regular + HD DN channels (don't care at all for locals). + BEV at the same time would be awesome, but I wouldn't go that far, I live in an apartment on the 3rd floor, and my balcony wouldn't hold a much larger dish, or 2 dishes for that matter.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

bkr™
03-03-2012, 08:06 PM
The 1000.4 eastern arc dish is for 61.5°w, 72.7°w, and 77°w. You would need a P$ that supports those sats. The 1000.2 western dish is for 110°w, 119°w, and 129°w. Both these dish have an extra input for adding another lnb on a separate dish for 91°w for bev.

nambooooo
03-03-2012, 08:16 PM
Thanks bkr.
According to dishpointer, I have clear access to both eastern & western arcs. Western might even be a better choice if looking from this point.
I was planning to go with P$, aren't western arc sats more popular with P$ anyway?

bkr™
03-03-2012, 09:28 PM
Yes that seems to be.