FTA New to FTA, looking for some help to get started

[godlypie]

hey guys, never done fta before, and im looking for a little bit of guidance. i am currently a dish network subscriber, but my contract is up in november, but i dont plan to wait til then to get started with this fta. would love to get started next week.

this is the receiver im looking at:
http://ftafever.com/Sonicview360EliteOverview.html

Sonicview 360 elite. im choosing this one because its somewhat cheap and its got the dual tuner, which would allow me to watch on 2 different tv's, correct? i would love to be able to have this for 4 different tv's, so then i would need 2 receivers, correct?

can this be done with just one dish? or would i need a 2nd?

also, the dish that i currently have that i own is an old RCA, atleast from like 1995 or earlier. i dont know much about it, except that its a single LNB. the dish that i have from being a subscriber to dish network is a dual LNB, but i believe they take that back when i cancel my service, dont they? i guess my question here is, in order to be able to watch BEV and DN on 4 different tv's, i would need 2 dual tuner receivers, and 1 dual LNB dish correct?

also, another question i have is, other than the dish itself and this receiver, is there anything else i need that is not included? it says the tuner comes with a 1gb flash drive.

any help is appreciated, thanks a lot. im a big newbie when it comes to fta

[godlypie]

ok guys well i decided to pull the trigger and ordered the sv 360 elite. just waiting for it to ship now. hope all goes well.

i think im going to need to get another dish with dual LNB, because i believe DN will take their dish back when i cancel my service

but i do have an old dish with single LNB that i believe i will be able to use for BEV, correct?

[phillyreims]

Originally Posted by godlypie

hey guys, never done fta before, and im looking for a little bit of guidance. i am currently a dish network subscriber, but my contract is up in november, but i dont plan to wait til then to get started with this fta. would love to get started next week.

this is the receiver im looking at:
http://ftafever.com/Sonicview360EliteOverview.html

Sonicview 360 elite. im choosing this one because its somewhat cheap and its got the dual tuner, which would allow me to watch on 2 different tv's, correct? i would love to be able to have this for 4 different tv's, so then i would need 2 receivers, correct?

can this be done with just one dish? or would i need a 2nd?

also, the dish that i currently have that i own is an old RCA, atleast from like 1995 or earlier. i dont know much about it, except that its a single LNB. the dish that i have from being a subscriber to dish network is a dual LNB, but i believe they take that back when i cancel my service, dont they? i guess my question here is, in order to be able to watch BEV and DN on 4 different tv's, i would need 2 dual tuner receivers, and 1 dual LNB dish correct?

also, another question i have is, other than the dish itself and this receiver, is there anything else i need that is not included? it says the tuner comes with a 1gb flash drive.

any help is appreciated, thanks a lot. im a big newbie when it comes to fta

A lot of questions and i don't have the elite but i beleive that yes you would need 2 recievers.as for the single lnb dish you would be able to get 1 of the sats.If you invested in a new dish for sure go with the 2 lnb's..perhaps a dish 500.The 500 has a built in switch.

[godlypie]

Originally Posted by phillyreims

A lot of questions and i don't have the elite but i beleive that yes you would need 2 recievers.as for the single lnb dish you would be able to get 1 of the sats.If you invested in a new dish for sure go with the 2 lnb's..perhaps a dish 500.The 500 has a built in switch.

thanks for the reply.

i know dn has 2 different satellites, (110 and 119 i believe) but does bev have only one? or two. in other words, would i be able to get everything from bev with my single LNB dish?