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Old 04-26-2014, 06:18 AM   #1
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Any reviews on: Winegard GM-MP1 Carryout Portable?

Hi Forum,

Our new-for-us 2005 Montana 3400RL has no Satellite system. We’ve had a lot of startup costs and are not ready to invest in a $1,800+ HD Satellite system just yet. (Maybe in Quartzsite next January.)

In the meantime, we are considering the Winegard GM-MP1 Carryout Portable Satellite system for about $160 and using it with DirecTV, even though it will just be SD and not HD.

Here it is at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...xtlevelserv-20

Has anyone tried the Winegard GM-MP1 Carryout Portable Satellite and will it serve our purposes?

Amazon and Good Sam both have it for around $160, but perhaps buying through Winegard is the smarter option? At http://www.winegard.com/portable-sat...te-antenna.php they are advertising it for $199 with $150 off if you sign up for DirecTV through them.

After we get the better HD system, we’re thinking this GM-MP1 might be a good backup when the roof-mounted system isn’t optimal.

As far as a DVR for the system, DirecTV says they do not have any DVRs for SD and that I will need to pay $15 per month for an HD DVR that can pick up SD. Is this acceptable, or should I be trying to buy a used SD DVR from somewhere?

Regarding entertainment packages:

DirecTV seems to be pretty inexpensive as far as $40 per month for their “Choice” package with free NFL Sunday Ticket the first year, and it gives Network affiliate channels so you don’t have to depend on your Antenna to pick up local. (Dish has no Network Affiliates right now I am hearing.)

We tried streaming HBO-GO on our Roku on the last day of the month for our Internet when we had some bandwidth to burn, and discovered that 1 hour of HBO-Go used 1.5 GB! At $4.5 per GB through the Millenicom.com Hotspot plan, streaming is not a low-cost option - even though it works rather well. Better to rent a Redbox movie at $1.20 per night and then get the DVD extras on it.

Thanks to all for your input on my other inquiries.

Brett
 
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Old 04-26-2014, 07:31 AM   #2
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We tried with manual Satelite dishes and it was the most frustrating thing every time we got to the campsite. We bought the wine guard automatic carry out Satelite dish for $649 that can use dish or direct. Love it! Turn tv on it searches few seconds Satelite service. It does everything the big ones does for half the cost. A little more expensive than the one your looking at but believe me worth the extra few hundred bucks in frustration because it's automatic. We eventually bought the ladder rack mount and it stays on the RV as we travel down the road but until then sat cabled and locked to RV. If u look at our pic it's that white bubble at the rear of the RV. We are on our 4th yr with it and IMO worth every dollar spent for it.

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Old 04-26-2014, 07:42 AM   #3
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CDaniels, great feedback! I see the picture and that looks good. So you get DirecTV in SD? How is it, and do you have DVR service? What is the monthly with all the fees? Thanks so much for the reply. ~Brett
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We have Dish in our stick home ordered an extra box on our home account for $7.00 a month that stays in the RV. When we get to our camping spot we call Dish for a hit that activates the box (if it's not been used in 30 days) and give the zip code of the cg we are at and we get local channels in the area we are staying. So it cost us $7.00 for the RV a month. Other people we know have the same set up but they take a box from the house when they leave and don't pay the $7.00. We did not want to mess with hooking unhooking each trip out. Oh and we have just Satelite no DVR. Never wanted it sure it can be done. Others have it on the MOC.


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