Please note: While all non-local programming are accessible with a DISH Playmaker, only locals that broadcast satellites 110°, 119°, 129° or 61.5 will be available.
Posted by Julie on Jul 9th 2019
After figuring out the quirks of the set-up, everything works great. I had to set up my parents, which didn't go as smoothly as ours, bur overall we'll love having the Playmaker.
Posted by Chris on Jun 17th 2019
The Playmaker is Winegard's entry level satellite antenna.
Pros: Inexpensive, automatic, 100% western channels, 90% eastern channels.
Cons: It's entry level, you are not paying for Winegard's best technology. You will need optional brackets to mount. Single LMB means it only connects to one Sat at a time, and takes a little time to switch between satellites. Will not work in-motion.
Overall: It's pretty amazing that this level of technology has become this inexpensive.
Posted by Beatrice Higginbotham on May 20th 2019
Ordered Playmaker to use when camping. Was told I would get same package as home service. When set up Playmaker would not pick up my local channels. Had to use a different city’s locals and that changed my home package also.
Posted by Bruce on Apr 22nd 2019
I already had Dish service with a wally. I put it outside on a cardboard box and connected it. It was well packaged, but when I removed it from the box it seemed to rattle. Must be normal, because it took about 15 minutes to find satellites and run the set-up before I was watching TV.
I didn't give 5 stars because I am going to roof mount it on my RV. A Dish representative told me the front had to face South. Which is not marked on the dome. She said the cable connection was the back. That did not make sense to me because I would not always be able to park with the dome facing South. I then called Winegard, that representative told me that the unit goes 360 degrees. Which makes much more sense. So I think the descriptions and instructions could be more clear!!
Posted by Christine Brown on Feb 28th 2019
We had a flash flood in the RV park we were at that. We had to go to higher ground ASAP and had very little warning. We only had time to undo septic, water and electric. Our Dish Playmaker was left to bob in the three feet flood waters for 24 hours, until the water receded. We both assumed it would be toast. Can not believe it worked perfectly the next day. Absolutely shocked. You don't want any other satellite for your RV. Indebted to you guys at Dish. Thanks for making such a great product.
Posted by Roger B on Nov 4th 2018
About time I purchased a satellite for RVing. Early morning while preparing breakfast and watching whatever I wanted was nice.
Posted by ROGER SMITH on Oct 22nd 2018
WORKS GREAT SMALL EASY TO SET UP. IT AUTOMATICALLY FINDS THE SATELLITES. WORKS GREAT WITH THE WALLY.
Posted by Darrell on Aug 6th 2018
This is the best set-up you can get --love it and easy to set up-point and done
Posted by Unknown on Mar 15th 2018
I’ve never had anything so easy to install. It took all of 20 minutes and I was watching tv. Thanks dishformyrv
Posted by Marv on Nov 22nd 2017
I took this along on a cross country trip in an RV. My RV is wired for an external dish so all I had to do at each location was connect the single 75ohm cable to the Playmaker. i used the dish for my RV app on iphone to know which side of the rv to put the playmaker. My dish receiver is a VIP211k which also has an Off the Air tuner. Perhaps other receivers are faster at populating the menu, but by the time everything else was set up the TV was working.
The picture is superb, same as home, and is a far cry from the fuzzy cable at nearly all RV parks.
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· 2 years parts, 1 year labor
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