Taking Full Advantage of the Dish Outdoors Bundle
Dave SolbergDescription
The way we consume video on RVs has been completely revolutionized in the past decade. Like the choices we used to have at home, it wasn’t that long ago that our options for TV out on the road were, to put it plainly, limited. Now there are numerous ways to get your entertainment rolling as you make your way around the country.
For Dave Solberg, Dish Outdoors is by far the best option for watching TV however you want on your RV. In this quick video lesson, Dave walks you through the basics of setting up Dish Outdoors and teaches you how to take full advantage of the package’s perks.
What makes Dish Outdoors better
– Portability: The Dish Outdoors bundle comes with two separate satellite units. One that can be mounted on your rooftop, and another that you can hook up and move as far as the cable stretches. This means that you can park in the shade and keep your A/C low while still getting excellent signal. Just move the portable antenna out under the open sky and you’ll have your cable on in no time.
– Freedom: With no requirements to sign a long-term contract and no fees or charges to turn on or disconnect your service, Dish Outdoors gives you the ability to stop and start whenever you like. If you’re on the road for only a few months out of the year, why would you want to pay for satellite service for the full year? With Dish, there’s no such thing as commitment.
– Wally’s durability: The majority of cable boxes that you rig up inside your RV aren’t capable of withstanding the tests of the great outdoors. Wally, the slim Dish Outdoors receiver that you hook up to your satellite, can handle whatever you throw at it. Blazing hot days? Yep. Freezing nights? You betcha. Bumpy roads and constant vibration from uneven surfaces? Uh, yeah! Don’t ever worry about whether you’ll get to your campsite and have service when you turn on the TV.
– Reliable customer service: Download the app to chat with a Dish representative whenever you need assistance. Use the built-in DVR to check what’s in the queue while you’re out on the trail. Do it all, with the tap of an icon. Simple as that!
With all these features and more, Dish Outdoors should be any RVer’s go-to choice for cable on the go. Do yourself a favor and streamline your RV TV experience!
We've all heard the grandpa stories about how hard they had it growing up. My grandpa claimed he walked four miles every morning to school uphill both ways. Well, I tell my granddaughters that I had to walk clear across the room to change the channels, all three of 'em. Times have changed. I don't watch a lot of TV when I go RVing but I do like to follow my college football team, get the local news and weather and if it rains and we're stuck inside for several hours, I'm not a very good conversationalist.
And that old bat wing on the top of the roof, doesn't give me much options. Dish Network has been rated number one for customer satisfaction by JD Power for four years in a row and in my opinion offers the easiest and most flexible options for satellite television for Rvers. I have been working with and using Dish Network for over 10 years and I'm impressed with not only the coverage they offer, with satellite coverage east and west, but also the pay-as-you go option. Some satellite providers have a two year contract. Well, if I'm not full timing, I'm gonna pay a lot of money for something I'm not gonna use all the time.
Others have a disconnect and a reinstatement fee. Well, I don't wanna have to pay to stop and start my satellite as I go camping. I want it to be flexible and that's what the pay-as-you go program has. If you get a compatible antenna like the King and the Winegard that we have here, then you can get just the months that you want. No wifi needed, no credit checks, flexibility to go camping and watch television the way you wanna watch it.
Most RVs today are prewired in the roof for a permanently mounted antenna. The problem with that is what's called line of sight. I wanna park this rig in the shade where I can cool it down 20 some degrees rather than out in the hot sun but then I can't get a signal anywhere. That's what's so great about portables. I can park this unit in the shade, keep it cool and put my portable out in an area where I can find line of sight and get that signal.
Both will automatically find the satellites available. No moving an antiquated antenna to get the strongest signal. And these are so lightweight and portable. They store easily in a compartment and can be hooked up in minutes, either on the ground or on a tripod. So here's the cool part.
You don't even have to have a residential account with Dish Network to take this on the road. However, if you do, it's only $5 a month extra to take satellite on the road. And you can get either one TV, or if you got a unit like this with multiple TVs especially on the outside, you can get the antennas that have two connections. So if I wanna tailgate and watch the TV on the outside with my friends and somebody else wants to watch something different inside, you have that option. And these things are so easy.
All you have to do is hook it up to the Wally, which is the receiver. What a lot of people don't realize is that you can't take just regular household residential electronics and throw 'em in an RV. They get really hot in the summertime when you're not climate controlling them, they get freezing cold in the wintertime and you're bouncing 'em down the road. The Wally has been built for RVing. It's durable, it's been tested and it will hold up to the rigors of the road.
And then there's My Dish app. I can go on my phone. I can pay my account to extend services, I can change my programming and I can even change my location so I can get local TV stations for weather and for local news all on this. And what I really like about the Dish Network is they have a local service center located in the United States that can help me if I have technical problems. The Dish outdoor bundle.
There's no easier way to take entertainment on the road.
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