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Visit our free Direct TV satellite dish page to learn how to get a completely free satellite system when you start new service from either DirecTV or the Dish Network.

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Free Direct TV satellite dishes

It's best if you think of a Direct TV satellite dish as just another type of antenna, whose purpose is to receive broadcast signals from a source in space (i.e., a satellite). All Direct TV satellite dishes that are meant to receive television broadcasts are parabolic (in the shape of a bowl) and focus the received signal (appropriately enough, at the focal point) into a beam so it can enter the satellite system at the feedhorn and be directed to the satellite receiver.

Direct TV satellites up in space have the capability to receive and transmit information but the Direct TV satellite dishes on Earth can only receive signals. Satellite dishes have their particular shape so that the signals coming towards Earth, which are relatively weak, can be focused (and thus strengthened) at the parabola's focal point. At the focal point of the Direct TV satellite dish, there is a feedhorn, which is commonly integrated with the LNB (low noise block-downconverter) to create a LNBF (low noise block-downconverter feedhorn).

Once the signal has entered the Direct TV satellite dish system via the feedhorn it passes into the LNB, which has the purpose of amplifying it and filtering out the noise (the LNB or LNBF must also introduce as little noise as possible into the signal). 

(Side-note: noise is any unwanted electrical inference in the signal.)

One of the best ways to ensure noise isn't introduced into the system is to make sure there is a clear path (i.e., no houses or trees) between the satellite (in space) and the Direct TV satellite dish.

If you want to be able to watch different channels on each of the televisions in your house, not only will you need multiple satellite receivers, but you'll also need a Direct TV satellite dish that can extract more than one signal at a time. This means that you'll need a Direct TV dish with more than one feedhorn. (This is starting to become the norm with satellite dishes).

If you want to buy a Direct TV satellite dish on its own (i.e., without buying any other equipment as well), then you should follow the shopping link near the top of the page.

But if you want to start new satellite service from Direct TV, you should visit one of the retailers listed on our free satellite TV dish page, and you can get all of your satellite equipment for free (including a free dish, up to five free receivers, and free pro-installation of your new equipment).

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