BajaNomad - Satillite TV in Mexico Which ONE WORKS

Satillite TV in Mexico Which ONE WORKS

Steve&Debby - 2-7-2008 at 11:16 PM

We have Dish Network in our motorhome,we were told by dish that we would get all of our regular programing that we had at home excepy for our local stations.After spending $500.00 on two dvr receivers we take off for Mulege.When we got to Estero beach the only thing we could get was US government anti terrorisam programing on three stations and one Chinese or Japannese station.That got old real fast :fire:

What is the best satillite system to get for Mexico :?:

[Edited on 2-8-2008 by Steve&

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Bajabus - 2-7-2008 at 11:55 PM

it will work there but you are right around the cutoff point where the smaller dish will not work and you need to upgrade to a 1 meter dish at least. Also how are you pointing your dish? is it on a tripod? How many LNBs are on it? you sure you are pointing to the correct satellites? 119 and or 110.

At a certain point down the penninsula it becomes impossible to get both satellites on the same dish because of the look angle and you need to go to a 2 dish solution with an s21 switch to combine the signals and feed them into the reciever.

I'm not really a TV sat guy...internet over sat is my forte so hopefully someone with more detailed info will step in.

I know the situation for directv is similar

DENNIS - 2-8-2008 at 07:00 AM

The smaller dish should have worked there. I live south of Estero and everybody here has the small dish, for DishTV and DirecTV.

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mulege marv - 2-8-2008 at 07:08 AM

well what i think works the best is the canadian dish "starchoice". i gave up long ago on direct and the others. i have a small dish, good reception, and more than enough channels.

Acuity - 2-8-2008 at 07:21 AM

Starchoice gives you all US networks (E &W), and many other channels. It works well in the far south of the peninsular with the larger of the 2 small parabolic dishes they provide. I can even align the dish myself and get a decent picture. Canadian friends in Cabo get an excellent HD signal with the same dish.

You will need a Canadian address to do it yourself, though

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MrBillM - 2-8-2008 at 09:13 AM

I agree with Dennis on this one. Although the standard dish will be a problem farther down, it shouldn't be at that Latitude.

20 miles below San Felipe, it is possible to finetune a signal in the low 80s or better with standard dishes.

I know people in Gonzaga Bay who are using the standard dish, although it becomes marginal in inclement weather.

Bajabus - 2-8-2008 at 09:39 AM

well there ya go....can you give more details about your setup. Is it one of the auto pointing "M" series TV units from Motosat. Those units can have a dish size anywhere from 18" to 25". Not sure what a standard size dish is.

Dennis do you know?

If the cutoff point is somewhere around mulege - loretto then a few inches can make a difference

Roberto - 2-8-2008 at 10:17 AM

Yes, ditto what the others here are saying. I had a "standard" size dish for years in Bahia de Los Angeles, both DISH and DirecTv were fine on it.

DENNIS - 2-8-2008 at 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by Bajabus
Dennis do you know?

Wish I could help you, Bus......I just watch and pay the bill.

Hook - 2-8-2008 at 02:41 PM

Pomp, how did you go about acquiring dishes that were outside what Direct TV was willing to provide? I assume they want to provide you with the smallest dish possible at your US location. Can you ask them to upgrade you to a 1.8 meter dish? If so, is it extra?

I want as many channels as possible when I'm south of the border because, well, it takes lots of channels to find even a few good programs. :wow:

Pescador - 2-8-2008 at 04:01 PM

I live in San Bruno which is just south of Santa Rosalia and the reception on a 1.2 meter dish is the pits and works sort of early evening and not in the wind, no rain, etc. Went with a 1.8 meter dish that is manufactured in Mexico and now have 256 channels on FTA. Losfrailes is expert here and has a great connection with the dish manfacturer in Mexico.
You can go with the Canadian TV but I was going nuts listening to the political crap from Canada. If Pompano thinks CNN is bad, the Canadian stuff is really the pits.

Hook - 2-8-2008 at 04:20 PM

That settles it, Jim. I'm going FTA.

And if I dont get the Superbowl, March Madness or the World Series, I can always pickle my liver in a bar in San Carlos.

vandenberg - 2-8-2008 at 04:21 PM

And if anyone is interested, I have 2 Direct TV 1 meter dishes with LNB's available. U2U me or let me know on this thread if you're interested.

BCSTech - 2-8-2008 at 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by Hook
That settles it, Jim. I'm going FTA.

Consumer info about FTA. If you're technically adept, or have a reliable dealer who is, then FTA is one way to go. But know this. Dish Network can and will shut off these boxes, sometimes frequently. Someone will need to reload a new crack into the box every time they go down. Sometimes it takes a while for somebody to figure out the new crack and post it online for downloading.

We have seen many customers who were long time users of FTA and got fed up with waiting for their dealer or chasing the "Crack of The Week."

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Disclosure Statement:I'm in the business of selling Dish Network equipment with subscriptions. I have my own subscription to Dish Network. I don't sell FTA/cracked boxes. I own an FTA box and could reprogram it any time I wanted but I don't. No, my FTA box is not for sale. :rolleyes:

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Hook - 2-8-2008 at 07:19 PM

I remember Jens. Ran the little hardware store up on the highway, no?

Phil S - 2-9-2008 at 08:27 AM

While in Nopolo seven years ago, we tried Dish with the smaller standard dish and did no good. Eventually went to the Canadian sat. and worked great. Bummer to be so "hooked" on t.v. I've kicked smokes, & coffee, but for some reason, I find the t.v. a real challenge. Oh yes, and also working on breaking the McDonalds fries addiction.

Pescador - 2-9-2008 at 08:48 AM

Well, if you are going to watch TV you are gonna pay one way or another. On DishNetwork and the others you pay every month for your hookup, on Canadian TV you pay every month and have a Canadian address, on FTA you pay by occasional drops and loss of programming. You just have to decide which way works the best for you. I suspect that if Echo Star would wake up and sell a basic package for $20 that the whole thing would go away, but they have chosen not to do that.
FTA has come to a new level of function now and fixes are generally out within less than 24 hours, so there is some kinda fun cat and mouse game going on that keeps everyone well entertained.

Basic Dish Package

MrBillM - 2-9-2008 at 11:09 AM

Dish Network does, in fact, offer a monthly package priced at $19.99.

Dish Family offers 57 channels, but many are religious, shopping, etc.

Steve&Debby - 2-9-2008 at 11:34 PM

Thanks for all the information everyone.Ok so I need to get 2 meter dish put on my motorhome and then I will be able to get all my programing that I have back in the states,except for local stations :?:

BCSTech - 2-10-2008 at 06:34 AM

A 1.0 meter dish will work all the way down Baja. You just won't have any margin for error when you get south of Loreto. This means your dish needs to be dead on satellite, and some channels on one or two weaker transponders may not come in, especially in the morning hours.

The only locals you can receive throughout Baja from Dish Network are New York. Other alternative is the SF/Atlanta locals package sold through All American Direct.