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Originally Posted by jimespich

My coach is a 2014 and came with a satellite reciever. Any opinions on whether Dish or Direct is better? Also, what are the costs and do you have to sign a contract? We use our coach 4-5 months a year and don't want to pay for year round. I know these questions are better for the vendor's but I'm interested in opinions from some users. We are the 3rd owners of RV and the satellite reciever has never been used, makes you wonder. Also, our permanent home is a condo that has basic cable as part of our HOA fees, therefore I don't want to use Dish or Direct at home and pay double costs. Any thoughts?

Like a couple others mentioned, (now) the antenna has to be matched to the provider (Dish or Direct TV). I believe there is no longer a universal antenna. We have Direct TV in our home and are supposed to be able to use our smart phone to watch our Direct TV DVR recordings when we go somewhere, but so far that has proven NOT true. I get it on my phone when home, and can connect the phone to the HDMI-1 on the RV TV to watch things, but we get nothing on the phone when we leave in our RV... My wife's parents had Dish in their home and purchased a separate antenna for their RV. Then they took the receiver out of their home to use in the RV when they went out.