Question about DishNetwork 6000 and Dish Depot (1 Viewer)

[Lin Park]

I went to the Dish Depot site and was looking at the setup that VicRuiz suggested. Does this unit require 2 satellite dishes? Here are the entries that I am asking about:
DISH 500 With TWIN LNBF
18 Inch Dish With Single LNBF
What are the two items for?
Thanx,
Lin

 

[Mike I]

For HD programming you need a second dish 300 which points to the 61.5 sat, which dish has plenty of bandwidth to provide hd content at and will add more hd channels as they become available
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[Kit_C]

The Dish500 with Twin LNBF is an oval dish that picks up both the 110° and 119° satellites, while the 18" dish with single LNB (aka Dish300) points to 61.5° (or 148° once HD content is mirrored there) to pick up the HD channels. You also need an SW-21 switch to combine the output of the antennas.
This configuration, with a single LNB in the Dish 300 and one SW-21, limits you to a single receiver. If instead you use a Dual LNB in the Dish 300 and add another SW-21, you can support two receivers. This is the configuration I use, and it works great. Beyond two receivers, you need different LNB's and switches.
FWIW, I've had good experiences dealing with Mark at Dish Depot.
Kit

 

[Dick Doll]

Just want to add my affirmation of Mark at Dish Depot. I have purchased from them twice. Once for my Dish 500. Later for my Dish 6000 HDTV unit. Mark does a great job of providing great prices, good service and prompt shipping.
Now if Dish Network would just start beaming HDTV on 148?????
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