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Originally posted by NotFromHere
You get the ability to do many other things. Spend the $50 it's totally worth it. Unless you only have 1 TV and never intend to watch one thing and record another.
It gives you dual tuner capabilities for those times that 2 things are on at the same damn time, you can record 1 and watch the other. Allows for additional rooms for TV's and Tivos.
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Actually, "Triple LNB" means it's an elliptical dish, capable of receiving up to three DirecTV satellites. It's unrelated to the number of outputs --- look for the term "integrated multiswitch"; any dish sold in a package with the DirecTivo will have two coaxial outputs capable of feeding dual tuners, which is what NFH is talking about.
The elliptical dish allows you to receive some specialty channels like NASA, Spanish channels, and HDTV movie channels (NB:
not HDTV locals, which are still over-the-airwaves, not satellite-based). Basically, you're future-proofed if you decide to get an HDTV receiver (still about $500) or later upgrade to the announced HDTV DirecTivo.
My Spanish is muy pobre and I don't get up at 3 a.m. to watch the Florida shuttle launches, but I got the elliptical so my WAF will be higher if I decide to buy the HDTV DirecTivo next year.
