I've been scheduled for a dish 1000 install and I'm looking for comments on signal strength and overall satisfaction in the Sacramento area.
sams0n said:its worked good so far for me, ive only had it like 3 weeks though and it hasnt rained in a while here. i guess i will have to wait another 5 or 6 months before it starts raining again to see how good it is in bad weather.
Local HD is on the 110 and 129 in Sac. That's probably why you had to move to the 129 from 61.5. I had to do the same thing myself. I could get a better signal from 61.5, but so far the dish 1000 has been fine.swade said:I would have liked to have used my 1000 aimed for the best signal from 119 & 110 and relied on most of my HD programming to come from 61.5 where the signal is strong. This was not allowed.
swade said:Inorder to upgrade from 924 to 622, I had to get the 1000 and loose my 500 which was aimed at 61.5. I would have liked to have used my 1000 aimed for the best signal from 119 & 110 and relied on most of my HD programming to come from 61.5 where the signal is strong. This was not allowed. The only ones this is allowed for are those who have CBS national service.
Now I frequently loose signal & we have perfect weather. The installer has come out alread one additional time. The last hope I have is pay out money again and hope the Dish 1000 plus is stronger.
I live in Elk Grove, CA
teachsac said:My 1000 is OK. I haven't had any dropouts. My readings range from 65-80 depending on the transponder. The only channel I use it for though is 58 HD. Everything else migrated over to E*10. I kept my dish at 61.5 for a couple PI stations I watch, the Voom, and CBSHD National. They thought they were going to take it and I said noooooo way. I already had the 44 switch. A very nice tech put it in when he installed my 61.5 and said, "In case you want to upgrade in the future."
Scott
Elk Grove
rrdupre said:I get about a 65% signal strength on 129. Getting the Dish tuned on all 3 sats is a challenge. All I can say, is get an experienced tech. It took three attempts to fix my dish (broken bolt) and have it properly retuned.