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Switch to DirecTV streaming, but I still need to keep a regular reciever for tailgating?
Hello - I have a home DirecTV genie account now, and I have the "tailgating" receiver tagged to this account also. We use this with a KING dish receiver for football game tailgating.
I am getting very fast internet here soon, and I am thinking of switching to the streaming service for my home, but I still need the "tailgating" receiver.
Any idea on how DirecTV will be able to handle this set-up? I tried speaking to the off-shore phone support, but they could not understand my questions or issue.
Also, I will need 4 streaming boxes to cover the TV's in the house. Any issues there?
Ed
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shannon02
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The shut down of the obsolete SD only MPEG2 channels started in 2019 but the pandemic and AT&T selling off 30% of DTV has delayed it, unknown when it will be finished. You will need a SWM dish on a tripod/sled mount and learn to aim it yourself plus MPEG 4 HD receivers. You are correct on 2 accounts.
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shannon02
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You have to have DTV sat service to use DTV receivers. You maybe able to stream to the tailgate TV if there is WiFi broadband at the site. When DTV finishes the MPEG2 channels shutdown that King dish will be obsolete.
Some TVs will have the DTV app installed or available in their app store or you buy a streaming device to connect to the TV, then there is the DTV streaming device the Gemini.
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litzdog911
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DirecTV Satellite and DirecTV Stream are two different services. If you do create a DirecTV Stream account be sure to use a different email address to keep the accounts from getting confused with each other.
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ceetiger72
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Thank you for responding. I am NOT planning to stream to the tailgating set-up. I will want to continue to use the KING antenna. From your response, you seem to infer that the satellite feed will end at some point? When is is expected? Why?
I suppose that I will have to keep one account for the tailgate and one for the streaming?
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litzdog911
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DirecTV has been gradually dropping SD-only channels from the 101º satellite for a couple of years now. Eventually that KING dish won't get any channels. If you want to keep satellite, you'll need to replace that dish with DirecTV Slimline or Winegard Trav'ler dish. What DVR/Receiver model number do you have? That box might need to be replaced, too.
And, yes, separate accounts for satellite and streaming. They're not shared.
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ceetiger72
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Thanks for this - I now have a fuller understanding of the issues that I will have to deal with. Tailgating TV may not be possible.
Ed
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ceetiger72
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Thanks for this - I now have a fuller understanding of the issues that I will have to deal with. Tailgating TV may not be possible.
Ed
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litzdog911
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Can you use your phone or tablet as a WiFi hotspot with your celluar internet? If yes, then you can still stream video.
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ceetiger72
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The ATT phone signals around the tailgating areas are not that great. When you have 80,000 or so people in one small area.
We had a group tailgating next to us last season, and they were not able to keep a signal once the crowd got there in force. But thanks for the suggestion.
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