Dish 1000 vs Dish 500

[goaliebob99]

As dish is moving into a transitional period many of you have been wondering how big is a dish 1000. I have heard it called a mini superdish! Actually its all not that frightening. Here you go a side by side comparison. As you can see the dish 1000 is actually the same size if not a tad bit smaller than the dish 500. the only diffrence is its an ovil shape Enjoy! :


Dish 1000

23 in wide
19 in tall

dish 500

21 in wide
23 in tall

 

[Stargazer]

Yes, I have called it a mini-SuperDish but when I said that I did not mean that it was as large, hard to install, expensive as the SuperDish, just similar in shape. Nice side-by-side picture by the way to compare both.

 

[goaliebob99]

I havent pointed it yet but i thought it would help out alot.. and put any misconceptions away.

 

[Stargazer]

That can be easily done with just the SuperDish name as many people probably think big and bulky when they think of SuperDish.

 

[chastulsa]

Are all D1000 coming with Dish Pro Plus LNB's?

 

[goaliebob99]

yes

 

[Stargazer]

The twin is DishProPlus (for 110 and 119) while the lnbf for 129 is DishPro hooking up to the DishProPlus lnbf which has a built in switch.

I read in another post that they may have an optional DishPro Twin lnbf instead of a DishProPlus one and a DP-34 switch on the Dish1000 for those that want that one. This would be good for those with three or more single tuner receivers.

 

[goaliebob99]

hey i just noticed something the tv on the dish 1000 is 16 * 9 while the one on the dish 500 is 4 * 3.... you think im a geak... lol

 

[BFG]

heh I think it partially worked out that way with the 1000 and also because it has HD

 

[SimpleSimon]

That was me - ad I am just speculating based on the label, and the logic that a DP34-compatible setup IS needed.

 

[mudder1310]

Right now we're having hard time acquiring dp twins so it's recommended we use 3 dp duals with a 34 switch config.

 

[Mr Tony]

Thanks for the comparison Bob!

 

[JonBlack]

What type of strength signals are people getting on the 110/119 on the 1000 vs. the 500 dish?

 

[korsjs]

i think the 1000 looks better than the 500.

 

[Poke]

So are they going to make folks go from the 500 to the 1000?? Sound like the advantage with the 1000 is that you get the 129.

 

[Stargazer]

I also think the Dish1000 looks better than the Dish500. I wonder if all future dishes will be Dish1000.

 

[chastulsa]

Can someone post a up close picture of the RF connections on the Dish 1000? How many out puts does it have is it a quad or only twin with a built in switch?

 

[RandallA]

It comes with a DP+ Twin and a DP Dual. Just search for the D1000 review by Scott.

 

[SimpleSimon]

What type of strength signals are people getting on the 110/119 on the 1000 vs. the 500 dish?

Find the "129 signal strength" thread for my post on this topic.