Paging the resident CP Satellite TV Install Expert
 

I think Mr. Skip Towne is the resident Satellite TV installer guru….


I’m moving from a house to an apartment; I’ll be on the ground floor of an apartment building that faces approximately NE, but I think Direct TV needs a SW Line of Sight? The apartment requires a free-standing dish support thing (which is fine).

The apartment is Uverse ready, as well as Time Warner (pass), and DTV ready. I don’t want to leave DTV if I don’t have to. The lady on the phone said they ‘very rarely cannot achieve Line of Sight’. Is this true? I’m just wondering how LOS is achieved from a ground floor on the opposite side of a 3 story building.

I really want to keep DTV (and I’m sure BuckinKaeding does as well ;)).

I'm no expert but I needed a north west line of sight when I moved.

Do you now live in Antarctica?

Where I live, it's definitely a SW view of the sky. I don't think it varies that much unless you're in the other hemisphere.

this part is bullshit imo

NW? LMAO

I know some of their installers are stupid. A friend had Directv installed during late fall. No leaves. Come spring, he would lose signal.

You sure he likes you?

Skip likes everyone...:D

Uh oh; is Skip not the DTV guy? Maybe I’m getting my CPers mixed up.

Skip’s cool (never met the man, but he has a cool avatar and seems like good folk here on CP).

Yea, Skip is the DTV guy ... they are just talking about Skip being grouchy. :)

good to know.:D



I agree with the previous poster who said the line from the DTV lady was BS. I thought the same as well when she made such a general statement.
I'm pretty sure I remember hearing the dude who hooked up our DTV at our house that we needed a SW view;.....then looking at our apartment building....we're on the ground floor (terrace level) with 3 levels above us.

I'm standing outside while looking virtually straight up in the SW direction thinking to myslef.." no F'n way".

lol

You need a SW view. And, yeah, the lady saying that it's rare that they can't get a line of sight is BS.

I really need to find an account sharing partner. They took away our free HD channels and damn near every decent channel we got for free this week. I had to go to a friends house just to watch Always Sunny on FX last night.