I got a job today and the homeowner was told by the original DirecTV installer that since the cable was 300ish feet to the dish he wouldn't be able to upgrade to HD. I thought there was an amplifier available in the old days for long runs like this but the low def boxes are working fine with old 2 LNB dish and there is no amplifier that I can see on the current run.

Anyway, what about the new SWM setup? Could I get signal that far or do we need to run another cable the direct route under his driveway (which is about 100 feet) to get HD?


I thought if we can get low def channels the hi def channels would come in okay...