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Thursday, March 31st, 2022 5:57 PM

King One Pro Satallite for DirecTV

I have a KingOne Pro Satellite disk on my RV.   Do I just need to add an H24 or HR24 DVR device to my current plan to have my DirecTv available when we travel?

ACE - Expert

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21K Messages

3 years ago

Nope, DTV is shutting down the MPEG2 channels rendering that dish obsolete, you have to get a SWM slimline dish on a sled/tripod mount you learn to aim or have an automatically aiming dish installed on the roof.

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9 Messages

3 years ago

First they took away my OAN and now the MPEG-2 which carries the SD.  That (Edited per community guidelines).  Doesn't appear King makes an HD compatible disk so I guess I go with OTA and streaming while traveling.  Bummer 500k rig and the dish is useless before I even try it out.   Live and learn.  I did find it odd that it was SD only capable in this day and age so appears in this case at least King let me down.  Appreciate the response.

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ACE - Expert

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21K Messages

3 years ago

KVH and Winegard make HD dishes

ACE - Expert

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22.9K Messages

3 years ago

Announced about a decade ago, DirecTV would start shutting down the MPEG-2/SD-only feeds beginning April 2019. It should have already completed nationwide, but the pandemic and some internal challenges slowed it down. But it is expected to be done across the board any time now. After all, it has been over a decade since the last SD-only TV was made.

Going forward you will need either a slimline SWM dish on a tripod/sled mount that you self-aim, or the Winegard Trav'ler (DirecTV version of course) for auto acquiring.

Unfortunately most RV setups are older SD-only as people didn't tend to update those. And the dish makers are still selling the older dish/domes as the shutdown is not 100% complete, assumedly so they can clear the older stock.

ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

3 years ago

You'll need a Winegard Trav'ler DirecTV HD dish if you want to mount it on your RV. 

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9 Messages

3 years ago

Thank you everyone.   Writing is on the wall.  Streaming is the way of the future.   Not going to bother adding a new mprg-4 compatible dish and a new DTV reciever, not worth the time or money for 30-60days of use a year.   Sad shame the RV satallite industry is still selling the SD legacy junk and the Coach companies are still buidling to it.   My Coach is a 2020 and it has the useless King One Pro unit.  Guessing it is being put on 2022 as well as we speak.   I need another source for my news anyway given Directv gave in to the pressures and dropped OAN.   Very sad

ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

3 years ago

If you can get decent internet download speeds while you're traveling, DirecTV Stream works great. 

ACE - Expert

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22.9K Messages

3 years ago

Some of those domes are built for other provider's MPEG-4, just not DirecTV.

Streaming is common, but not quite the way of the future, especially for travel. Internet does not reach everywhere in the country like the sky does. Depends where you go on which option is the best.


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