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Gemstone · 02-20-2009, 01:36 PM

Well, OK....now that we have the nice HD ready TV in place, it's time to upgrade DirecTV with a HD receiver, and HD package in order to get the full benefit out of the TV. So.... the guy comes out today and says he'll need to replace the ends of the RG6 cables that were pre-wired from the factory. Said the old connectors will work, but will eventually fail...seems there is too much bandwidth on HD to allow the old 2005/2006 vintage connectors to function well. Anyone else been informed of this ? Did the installer change out the cable ends when you upgraded to HD ? The dish will also need to be changed out to a 3 LNB dish, that according to him can be a booger to get lined up....anyone want to chime in on aiming and finding the satellites with a HD dish ? Anyway, he had to put the order on hold, as he did not have the new ground platform that holds the new dish...seems it's made of channel iron, and requires 8 concrete block to keep it in place!

Regards
Gemstone

02-20-2009, 01:36 PM	#19
Gemstone Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boydton, VA Posts: 443	Well, OK....now that we have the nice HD ready TV in place, it's time to upgrade DirecTV with a HD receiver, and HD package in order to get the full benefit out of the TV. So.... the guy comes out today and says he'll need to replace the ends of the RG6 cables that were pre-wired from the factory. Said the old connectors will work, but will eventually fail...seems there is too much bandwidth on HD to allow the old 2005/2006 vintage connectors to function well. Anyone else been informed of this ? Did the installer change out the cable ends when you upgraded to HD ? The dish will also need to be changed out to a 3 LNB dish, that according to him can be a booger to get lined up....anyone want to chime in on aiming and finding the satellites with a HD dish ? Anyway, he had to put the order on hold, as he did not have the new ground platform that holds the new dish...seems it's made of channel iron, and requires 8 concrete block to keep it in place! Regards Gemstone __________________ No longer on the road.