Sat TV in my truck

What is Slingbox?.....Nevermind I looked it up.

 

Well I'm not against new technology. I get new hardware every sixmonths. I have vuqube that allows me to take it anywhere my truck my lodge the house any where I want all in a nice 29inch hd/dvd tv. I've had flo tv and didn't like it maybe if the standard channels where current and not playing last weeks shows I would have kept it.

 

Service Update .... for Flo TV ----- Left Council Bluffs, IA ... headed to OKC via Kansas City (stopped at Flying J) great service .... headed to OKC via I-35 --- stopped at Flying J (Emporia) ... again great service.

Sitting here at the Pilot OKC (Morgan Rd) watching MLB on ESPN --- Phillies (1) and Brewers (0)

 

I have my dish mounted to my mirror using two "U" Bolts. I have done it for YEARS this way, on different trucks with different mirror configurations using various size U-Bolts. Sometimes it helps to put a piece of tire innertube on the mirror post.


I discovered that the shape of the top of an International allows me to mount the post opposite of how I would mount it on a Freightliner, Kenworth or other truck. That seems to keep the LNB out of the way from truckdrivers who can't back up. Using this configuration, I can shoot a signal in any direction.......except over mountains or thru trees.
Last year, I had a truckdriver BACK INTO my dish at the Lake Station TA. Broke the LNB (good thing I had a spare) and left me two inches to open my passenger door.
It never takes me more than 5 minutes to get a signal and start watching TV.

 

FloTV Service Update .... Sitting in Denver, CO .. great service !! Great service in Omaha, NE .... also in Walcott, IA

Fellow drivers saw it here in Denver ... and the response was WOW!!

 

Looks like the FloTV is no longer an option if you check out flotv.com

 

They pulled the plug.

 

Anyone had luck with ShawDirect/StarChoice (Canada)? I would go with Bell but I heard you don't get service in half the US with it and I'm an American whose company doesn't even go to Canada. I have no problem signing up for Canadian service as an American, I just wanted to know how hard it is to get the ShawDirect dish pointing, considering it's Ku band. Am I wrong about Bell, does it get service in all of the US.

 

How much do you guys pay for DirectTV or Dish Network? I don't have the service at home, so I'd only need one box for the truck. Or am I better off asking a friend of mine with their service to get another box and let me use it? Is it as simple as hooking the box up, or do I need to have it "installed" by one of their technicians (just talking about the box, not the dish itself)?

 

I have service at home so i pay a add'l 10.00 for the rec'r. / the programming subscription starts around 60.00 and goes up from their. sports packages are add'l. / if you have a family member or friend with service you get the programming they pay for.