Yeah the dish T.V. does actually work. We had a bit of a tough time getting it set right and a few issues with trees where we were camping. Honestly we really don,t watch much T.V though I usually hunt hard daylight to dark on a trip like this. It,s more of a luxury item for the guys who are already tagged out. I think we only watched about 2 channels weather and outdoor channel we usually hunt all day eat dinner tell a few stories and crash out to get rested for the next day. Good luck to everybody and happy hunting.