The KING One Pro is the top of the line in portable, self-aiming satellite dishes. It supports DIRECTV and DISH, it can handle up two receivers (even more in some configurations) and it’s so easy to use. Literally all you have to do is set it up on a level surface with a clear view of the southern sky. Connect it to a receiver and let it do it’s thing. Seriously, that’s it.
But does it do HD? Really?
First of all, yes. Here’s how we can say that.
DISH customers
This device will let DISH customers get all their channels in HD, period. There’s no more to that that story. But realistically, most DISH customers will opt for the less expensive Tailgater Pro. It’s the same device without the DIRECTV compatibility.
DIRECTV customers
If you’ve spent any time on enthusiast forums, you’ll know that a device like the KING One Pro will only get signal from DIRECTV’s 101 satellite location. That has to do with the frequencies that it can receive. All of DISH’s satellites, and DIRECTV’s 101 satellite, use frequencies called the Ku band, from 12-18GHz. DIRECTV’s other two satellite locations use something called the Ka band, which is from 26-40GHz. There’s a lot of benefit to that, but those frequencies really don’t work well for a small dish like the KING One Pro.
The majority of DIRECTV’s HD channels, and all of its 4K channels, are at its 99 and 103 satellite locations. The KING One Pro can’t receive signals from those locations. So how can we say it can receive HD?
Here’s the real story
Folks will tell you that the Ku band frequencies can’t be used to broadcast HD. This is completely false. In fact, DIRECTV does have five HD channels that can be viewed using the KING One Pro. Specifically:
- CNN (202)
- HGTV (229)
- Hallmark (312)
- MSNBC (356)
- Fox News (360)
It’s true that the list above is relatively small. But be patient… it’s about to get bigger. DIRECTV has been offering all its channels in both standard definition and high definition throughout the country. That’s not only national channels, but local ones as well. There are well over 1,000 local channels broadcasting in both standard definition and high definition.
DIRECTV is actively shutting those channels down, on a city by city basis. For every four they shut down (roughly) they have enough capacity to turn on one channel in high definition. That means it won’t be long before there’s enough capacity to put a lot more high definition channels out there.
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