Confused and even more Confused

[Overtaxed]

If you want to stream live TV: Starlink
If you want to get regular broadcast TV: Dish/DirectTV Trav'ler or RoadTrip T4

Those are, AFAIK, the two best solutions available today. IMHO, I'd go with Starlink and a Youtube.TV subscription, it covers both use cases (Internet and TV) with one device. But if you really love standard TV (not streaming), the Dish solution is very good, just expensive!

 

[Second Chance]

If you want to stream live TV: Starlink
If you want to get regular broadcast TV: Dish/DirectTV Trav'ler or RoadTrip T4

Those are, AFAIK, the two best solutions available today. IMHO, I'd go with Starlink and a Youtube.TV subscription, it covers both use cases (Internet and TV) with one device. But if you really love standard TV (not streaming), the Dish solution is very good, just expensive!

Just a note: the Winegard Trav'ler is a western arc Dish Network solution only (unless you replace a board and the LNB to make it an eastern-only antenna). The Winegard Pathway X2, a portable automatic Dish Network antenna, will work on both Dish's eastern and western arc satellites.

Rob

 

[Ellen and Jerry]

We have DISH at home. We just added another receiver to our account that travels in the RV. I think it's only like $10 extra a month.

Can't help with specifics of what to add in your circumstances.

We also travel with lots of DVDs to watch in those parks where we don't have a"satellite friendly" site.

Same here..

 

[MichaelL]

We have had T-Mobile cell phone service for a few years, so last year we changed our internet service to T-Mobile home internet which also uses cell service. We take the T-Mobile router with us when we camp and it has so far worked out great. Just plug it in to shore power and we get everything we gat at home. This of course all depends on cell service, but so far we have never had a problem.

 

[mrffrank440]

Excellent point on downloading movies too. Forgot to mention that. We downloaded lots of shows and movies to our iPhones, and played them on the TV with an HDMI adapter; worked great.

This is what we do. It is the most cost effective, since we download while at home using our WiFi and broadcast to our TV with an HDMI adapter.

 

[RV2600RB]

Scanning channels wherever we are camped has always given us about 20 channels with the ota antenna? Maybe not the specific football game you want?

X2. We have a Wineguard 360 antenna. We also carry DVDs.
Just can’t justify the extra monthly cost for a Dish receiver in the rv.
Rich

 

[huntindog]

It's not that much. I have 3 of them in My Momentum. Paid 60.00 each for the boxes, IIRC they are the "Joey" model. It is 5.00 a month per box only when you turn it on. When you do not use it, there is no charge. You turn them on with the app on your phone

 

[CedarCreekWoody]

It's not that much. I have 3 of them in My Momentum. Paid 60.00 each for the boxes, IIRC they are the "Joey" model. It is 5.00 a month per box only when you turn it on. When you do not use it, there is no charge. You turn them on with the app on your phone

I believe this is the rate IF you have Dish satellite service at home. But if you don't have it at home the rate is more like $50-60 per month. For this reason we only use it on long trips. I usually find my cell phone hot spot and OTA to cover our needs on short trips.

 

[phalconfixer]

We maintain unlimited data with T-Moble and a YouTube membership coupled with a smart TV. The cell service is pretty spotty in a couple of state parks we visit so I added a cell booster and based on our use last week I'd rate it at 60% improvement. The picture is improved but there is still a bit of buffering. We'll get out to a few more state parks this year and I hope to better gage the booster's performance then.

Jim

 

[RV2600RB]

It's not that much. I have 3 of them in My Momentum. Paid 60.00 each for the boxes, IIRC they are the "Joey" model. It is 5.00 a month per box only when you turn it on. When you do not use it, there is no charge. You turn them on with the app on your phone

I’m curious as to how the Joeys work in your RV without a Hopper? Have you figured out a work around?
Rich

 

[huntindog]

I’m curious as to how the Joeys work in your RV without a Hopper? Have you figured out a work around?
Rich

I do not have a Hopper at home. The Wallys work just fine as stand alone boxes.

For many years I took our home box, a VIP222K and put it in the RV. It was free. but wiring workarounds were needed for the second TV. That was a pain though and I was getting tired of doing it. When dish came out with the on the go program, I went with it. The Wallys are plug an play, and the RV is now always ready. I have 3 joeys, but I do not have to turn them all on. They only charge the 5.00 for the ones in use.

 

[huntindog]

I believe this is the rate IF you have Dish satellite service at home. But if you don't have it at home the rate is more like $50-60 per month. For this reason we only use it on long trips. I usually find my cell phone hot spot and OTA to cover our needs on short trips.

Of course you would need to have dish at home... I know of no sattellite service that can be had for 5.00 a month.

But, if you have Dish at home, and an automatic sattellite finding dish on the RV, you will have the same service boondocking as you do at home. No phone service needed.
I have the western arc Traveler. I have been as far east as Michigan, and it worked fine.

 

[OshawaDave]

Excellent point on downloading movies too. Forgot to mention that. We downloaded lots of shows and movies to our iPhones, and played them on the TV with an HDMI adapter; worked great.

Us too. It works well for us.

 

[huntindog]

I was just in the RV. I was mistaken, I do not have Joeys. They are Wallys.