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Neeko
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Aug 14, 2005, 4:35 PM

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Ha everyone,

I'm new to DTV and thought to ask you all a couple questions. I live in Florida and have heard some bad things about reception on Direct tv and some good things about reception pretaining to RAIN FADE, I don't know what to believe.

Does anyone know if rain fade effects reception on High Definition Direct tv more than it effects on non-high definition reception?

Is it worth investing in a bigger dish (Channel Master-Gain Master 36" x 24" dish)? Or is the supplied PHASE III good enough? Is buying a bigger dish worth the money for Non-High Definition TV?

Thank for your input

Neeko

TANK1
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Aug 14, 2005, 5:40 PM

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I have Directv and live in florida.

Over the past 7 years I have not had a problem with rain fade.

You only lose the signal when the storm comes between the dish and tha sat in the sky.During our downpours you will lose a signal for less than 4 minutes on 90% of the storms.The longest was 18 minutes in 7 years of service in florida.

I have 18" dish,but when you get the HD programming.They use a 20" dish for that because it holds 3 lnbs instaed of a single lnb with a 18" dish.

I would not buy a bigger dish.Just make sure your signal strenghth is 85 or higher on the odd transponders and 95 or higher on the even ones.

You check the signal strenghth when you go into the set up menu of the reciever.

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