5 LNB Dish Question

[Directvlover]

I've noticed some people in my neighborhood have had their 3 lnb dish switched to the 5 lnb....I'm wondering, is there any reason to do this now. HD locals aren't available in our area yet.....am i missing something...is the 5 lnb being used to pick up more channels right now...if so i want to get mine swapped....if not, i guess i'll wait till they begin launching more hd channels. Or is there a good reason i should go ahead and have it swapped?

[JimSpence]

What neighborhood are you in? Maybe they are new customers and DirecTV is installing the 5LNB or your neighbors are thinking ahead.

[Directvlover]

Actually they were existing customers that had the 3 lnb dishes already installed for a year or more...then all of the sudden one day i notice some of them now have the 5 lnb's.

[phox_mulder]

When I was activating my HR10, the CSR said I'd need a 5lnb dish, and I could have it installed for the low, low price of $99.

Knowing better, thanx in part to these forums, I said no,
and bought my own 3lnb after she refused to lower the price.

I previously had a round dish.


phox

[JimSpence]

Actually they were existing customers that had the 3 lnb dishes already installed for a year or more...then all of the sudden one day i notice some of them now have the 5 lnb's.You should ask them to find out why they got the 5LNB dish.

[bigpuma]

I would say there is no reason to upgrade yet. I would wait until there are channels you want to get in Mpeg-4. At that time DirecTV should give you the dish with whichever receiver you get from them.

[HiDefGator]

It could be your neighbors have recently upgraded to HD service. If so they would have gotten the HR20 which comes with the 5 lnb dish.

[wolflord11]

It is Directv thinking in advance.

The 3LNB is being phased out for the 5LNB, so why not just install the newer one now, instead of waiting down the line?