DishPointer Augmented Reality

I love this app Traveling in our RV we use this before we park to ensure a clear line of sight to our three satellites Works every time                 SO easy to use

Need to be able to read instructions more I couldnt get it to work           Use of product

I got this app for my new Ipod Touch 4g and it runs fine but because the lack of a actual compass or gps chip on the ipod the app cant locate the sats You have to manually imput a known location for a sat to be able to pic up the sats on that part of the ark For example If you allready have a dish pointed to 119 and want to know where is 615 you can choose the 119 sat and It will give you the sats from 129 to about 82 thats it Im shure this is a great app for people with compass and gps on their device but not for the Ipod Touch 4G A waste of 1000     Don

I dont write many reviews but for this app I had to Used with an iPhone 4 I fulltime RV have Dish and usually let the autosetup of my Winegard Carryout find the satellites I had been parked for over a month at an RV park and had several trees overhead I had over the weeks been moving my Carryout dish on my roof trying to find a clear shot to the sky with no perfect line So while standing on top of my 38 fifthwheel I down loaded this app I then laid down on the roof so the phone would be at the same level as the Carryout dish I moved to about 6 different spots until I found one that showed the sky exactly where I needed it I moved my Carryout dish to that spot and its been a perfect signal ever since Great App                 Right On Target

Some reviewers clearly didnt read the full description before buying or using this app The 3G earlier does not have an integrated compass If youre trying to use this app on that platform as I was you will need to manually enter your bearings using a magnetic compass or some other point of reference and you will only get an accurate reading tilting the phone along one axis you can look up down but not left to right To be sure these are significant limitations especially for a premiumpriced app a hard pill to swallow given that I like most purchasers of the nonpro version really only expect to use it one time Nonetheless it serves a unique function and saved me a tremendous amount of money time heartache no DirecTV for us so I have to give props where theyre due While I cant fault the developers for the compass issue I do have one significant beef with the softwares design it does not work in landscape mode For those of us who cant pan left to right some extra horizontal real estate would be much appreciated a suggestion to the developers for future editions for the compassimpaired itd be great if we could do this 1 using the builtin maps user selects a moderately distant visual point of reference lets say a tall building which is visible on satellite photos 2 app calculates bearings from current location to that point 3 in the camera AR view a vertical line is drawn representing that bearing as long as the user manually lines up that axis with the landmark they should have a reasonably accurate compass bearing 4 User can drag the line left or right to finetune their bearings as long as the user keeps that line on the landmark the satellites will follow 5 user can select another reference visible from the ground say a tree or mailbox post which may be more convenient or allow a coarser compass adjustment move your building to the right of the screen select a post at the left then drag that all the way to the right Obviously your bearings would become less accurate with each iteration but this would still be a handy tool in a pinch              Not as amazing on the 3G as it appears to be on the 3GS

You can use your compass instead Just point south and make sure its the right number Ex 188 S     Waste of money

I paid the 10 for this app and came to this conclusion if you know how to use this app you dont need it If you are not already a seasoned satellite dish installeruse the 10 toward your bill when you call someone who knows what theyre doing I picked up a satellite 110 about 20 degrees away from where the app showed it to be Buy at your own risk     Bazinga

Ive had this app for a year now and use it every time I do a survey Its is tremendous help Im also a satellite engineer and use it all the time It is truly a magnificent thing to have Absolutely love it                 Amazing

I have been using this to install Directv for over 6 months and as a supervisor for about 2 months This app is right on every time This is way better then a inclo I have had less then one degree of space all around the satellite and got perfect signal every time I showed it to everyone at work and they bought it right away A must have app for all satellite techs                 Amazing app

This little program does just what it advertised to do It is a wonderful for the traveling RV Satellite pointer It has made the pointing process painless                 This is a must for the portable RV dish pointer

Its too inaccurate to point anything with and there are no refunds I still had to use my old pointer     dont waste your money

While I still do not find this app useful and would recommend to anyone thinking of buying it to read carefully all descriptions and uses I do want to say that the developer has been most kind to me and took care of me as has Apple Thank you both and I will be more scrutinizing in future purchases from the app store Thank you Alan you are a gentleman        Know what you are buying

I just want to say thanks I am a headend tech and ran across this today its first test was a brand new dish on 125W and worked great                 Extremely useful tool

Worst app Ive ever bought     Pitiful

This app is not worth the money It needs to upgrade to the ability to select which satellite you wish to locate in an options menu and then locate it with the camera The camera would be beneficial if it was live when searching for the satellite in question but the ability to take a picture and locate the satellite you wish to find is acceptable Still it needs to be updated to inform you where the satellite is located     NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

A must for campers Found my satellite in seconds Wish I had known about this sooner hubby could have watched his ballgame while we were camping                 A must for campers

Messed with my dish for an hour with this app Downloaded a free one and was watching tv in five minutes Wasnt even close Solid idea terrible execution     Worthless

I quit taking my dish on camping trips because now matter how hard I tried I could never find the satellites After buying this app I never miss I thank you and my kids thank you                 Works Great

It dose not work at all     Do not waste your money

This app is absolutely useless Do not waste your time Its amazing how people come up with such sh I dont even wanna rate it one star but I gotta     Horrible Dont not waste your time

I found this app on the Internet While at the lake I set my dish antenna up and was not getting any feed from the 119 satellite I thought the LNB was bad With this app I was able to see the satellites and discovered that the 119 satellite was behind a tree limb I moved it over a couple of feet and all channels worked Without this app I would have never caught it Very pleased                 Great App Worked Perfectly

Doesnt work in the least bit Im so upset they even charge for this POS     GarbageDont Buy It

It saved me a 100 service call A tree had apparently grown up in the line of sight of our HDspecific satellite I would have never thought that this paticular tree was the issue The tree was far to the right and the satellite did not appear to be pointed towards it but after cutting the tree we now we have our channels back Our HD is back just in time for football season Great app                 Awesome

This app is a little pricey but worth every penny I bought it to help me set up my dish when we go camping What a time saver I emailed the developer with a question before downloading He got back to me right away                 Awesome App Good App Support

This is not worth downloading even for free It is not accurate enough to help with slimline directv dish     Do not buy

Do not buy this pricey useless app Satellite position changed constantly even when holding in same location Not worth 1 let alone the 10 it cost     Worthless

Please ignore the reviews for the earlier version particularly my own harsh review which I hope will be gone by now This version 2 is actually a completely new application with nothing in common with the original The developer apparently only submitted this new app in the slot for the earlier app as a way to give it to those of us who had bought the original The earlier effort was worthy of the one or two stars it got The new app is a revolution This app will eliminate a major continuing frustration in the life of RVers who must locate satellites every time they move For the first time its easy to find a spot to park an RV where reception is not just promised but actually possible Hold the phone up and spin around until you see the satellites you need If something is in the way move to a different site When nothing is in the way youre done Simple My wife and I not only need to lock onto TV satellites but Internet We hold our breath every time we raise the Internet dish the dishs reliability is well short of 100 For the first time there is no question about a problem being HugesNet or just where were parked One of the first things I tried the app on was my roof installation at home I found our trees are now within six feet of occluding satellite 110 That gives me more than a year to get around to either getting them topped or moving the dishes to a different part of the roof It took around 30 seconds of hopping around the roof to find a perfect new spot one the original installer missed DishPointer AR works best on iPhone 3G S phones because of their builtin compass It can be used on the older phones with a manual compass but you have to set the direction using a manual compass or a known satellite bearing If youve been looking for an excuse to upgrade to the 3G S you no longer need an excuse If you have an RV and must repeatedly struggle siting and aiming a satellite dish this app is worth the price of the app plus the price of the phone Where was this eight years ago when we first started our journey Note to the suspicious I dont normally write rave reviews In fact I originally gave the first nonAR version of this same application a single star I personally have never seen an app improve so much between releases but thats because the developer went back to the drawing board and started over The app needed it and the results are stunning Update Helpful hints 1 Wear a billed cap like a baseball cap when searching for a site during the heat of the day Not only are the satellites to the south so is the sun Yes I know your mom told you not to look directly into the sun but she never had to find satellite 110 through a hole in the trees 2 How to take a picture of your site survey including the satellites in the picture Press the power button on top of the phone and the home button toward the bottom front of the phone at the same time Yes its inconvenient particularly since the power button is just above the camera lens but Apple has yet to give developers a way to capture augmentedreality screens any other way Blame Apple not the developers                 The perfect solution for RVers as well as homeowners

This is the most useful utility program I have The program does what it says it does and its just amazing to visually see the satellites and the trees and buildings Its well worth the 10 as were fulltime RVers and move around a lot Im using the program with an iPhone 4G                 A Major Time Saver

It took a while to determine that it does not work in landscape mode There needs to be some warning of this limitation           Needs instructions

I have this vesion and the pro version Note the pictures which are showing currently are from the old version this new version blows it away Just point your iPhone 3GS to the sky and instantly see where the satellites are in the sky Know instantly if you have good line of sight to the satellites This program is a must for any professional installer This will save installers lots of time trying to figure out where to put the dish for the best line of sight                 Great Program

Not like the ad Improvements that need to be done Scale moves to fast to pin point sat Needs to have a way input the location of the sat you want to find Pic and elevation does not show together like ad shows bottom line dont purchase until improvement are fixed     4 Needs major improvement

This should be part of the DP azimuth app The camera should display the cross hairs and elevation over a live image Clever idea Needs work        Should be integrated into the compass app

The best tool for sat instalers anywhere if you have the 3GS I tell every installer I meet to get this timesaving tool that makes choosing your dish placement a breeze The one function missing is ability to snap a pic in camera mode that would be BIG AL                 Sat Breeze

Just purchased this app being a RV traveler thinking it would be useful What a waste of money freezes my iPhone every time I try to use it Starts initially where I normally point my dish to get both satellite dishes 119 and 110 The track is at least 20 degrees off being higher than when I do it manually When I press done thats when it freezes my iPhone Everything is frozen and I have to turn the iPhone off then turn it back on to use the phone again I have the latest versions of the software per Apples Check for updates     Freezes my iPhone 3GS

Have used this app for last five months with only two missed targets Take time to refocus at least twice to confirm satellite location Only drawback Ive found iPhone 4s with updates recommended I love this app                 Works most of the time take time for compass to settle

Horrible app to download for iPhone and cost 10 The satellite position constantly changing when I hold it in the same LOS        Dish pointer

Version 21 is perfect for me I use the iPod Touch 4 which has a camera and WIFI but no compass or GPS This version works great for the new iTouch 4 because when you do not have WIFI locations services you can maually enter your location coordinates and with a hand held compass see the relative locations of the satellites you may be using I took the iTouch to 2 difficult sites where we had trouble with the western arc birds Right away I saw we had to relocate one dish and adjust another Now we have strong reliable signals Many thanks to the developer of this APP                 A Great APP