SATELLITE TV

SATELLITE TV FOR RV

SATELLITE TV FOR RV

 

Satellite TV for RV use has systems which are totally independent.  Now days satellite TV can be watched from anywhere and is easily set up.  Just direct your dish toward the southern sky and you will receive the most favorable reception. 

In your RV you can use the same TV equipment as you would in your home which consists of a satellite dish and receiver.  However, you probably would want to purchase a separate dish and receiver from the one in your home for your RV.

In order to aim your dish at the satellite you will, most likely, need an adjustable stand.  There are the standard stands with which you can adjust your dish by hand and there is the more expensive kind which automatically aligns your dish.  In addition there are other stands which can find a satellite while you are traveling enabling the passengers to watch TV and be on the road at the same time.

These stands are called in-motion stands.

Satellite TV for RV owners is supplied by three providers.  The three providers are:

DirecTV – the largest and most popular, is ranked second among users.  The TV providers were ranked by J. D. Power.  DirecTV boasts 250 channels of satellite TV programming.  It includes such favorites as movie channels, pay-per-view, sports packages, and XM satellite radio channels.

This programming begins at $41.99 per month for 155 satellite TV channels and tops off at $96.99 per monty for 250 channels.  A subscription comes with free satellite dish and as many as four free receivers.

Dish Network is ranked number one in customer satisfaction among satellite TV providers by J. D. Power.  Dish Network offers 350 channels like Sirius satellite radio channels, movie channels, pay-per-view programming and sports packages. The cost is $19.99 per month for 40  satellite channels and up to $74.99 for 350 channels.  For subscribing you a receive free satellite TV dish and as many as four free receivers.

Sky Angel – In addition to the other major satellite TV providers, satellite TV for RV owners can offer Christian-Oriented channels.  Sky Angel is such a channel.  It offers Christian TV shows, childrens’ shows, special events, conferences, inspirational programs and radio programs.

Sky Angel programming costs $14.99 per month and offers 20 TV program channels.   In addition, 15 radio channels are offered.  Equipment price is $149.00 for one satellite TV dish and one receiver.

Before Dish Network and DirecTV made satellite TV for RV use available throughout the United States, the RV drivers had to search for a park for RVs with satellite hookup and then take time to hok their systems up.

Today your RV can provide all the comforts that you have at home including multiple program packages through satellite TV for RV owners.