Thread: New FTA service with 20 english channels

At the very elast, I have to credit them with the fact that it was this rumor (let's call it that for the time being) that encouraged me to install my first motorized system. I had a SuperDish parked at the former AMC-4 (basically for RTPi) and the idea freedbs put out there made me install a 90cm motorized system. Whatever happens, I'm ready!

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

I am not sure who they are but they thank us for hosting their forum.


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I wonder if Jeff Shumann is going to be at CES if he is then I would love to talk with him.

I really want FreeDBS to be real perhaps he knows something we don't.

Scott - Where exactly is "their" forum? I must have missed it.

Originally Posted by Mike0616

Scott - Where exactly is "their" forum? I must have missed it.

"First I want to give thanks to Satellite Guys for hosting these forums."

Much like FreeDBS I am wondering if this Manhattan receiver is a pipe dream or for real. And while my gut says there is something strange here, I also trust Mike Kohl and he seems to believe that this receiver is the next big thing. I know Mike would not throw away the trust he has earned over the past 20 years if he didn't think the receiver was real and was really it.

I listened to a replay of Sattalk and found it strange that Jeff couldn't answer a lot of questions about the receiver without Mike answering it for him.

The big test will be getting the receiver in the hands of a few SatelliteGuys such as Iceberg, Anole and AcWxWeather to put it through its paces and see if it lives up to it's hype.

I got to admit I would be VERY excited if it did, but with so many promises over the past few years of the ultimate receiver you can understand why I am cautiously optimistic about such a receiver.

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

...The big test will be getting the receiver in the hands of a few SatelliteGuys such as Iceberg, Anole and AcWxWeather to put it through its paces and see if it lives up to it's hype.

I got to admit I would be VERY excited if it did, but with so many promises over the past few years of the ultimate receiver you can understand why I am cautiously optimistic about such a receiver.

Well spoken. The good news is we'll know very soon.

Originally Posted by toucan-man

Well spoken. The good news is we'll know very soon.

or it could be just another series of delays with vague explanations, which I am sure some will find acceptable. Now if they are being drop shipped from the back of a truck on I-5 at 65 MPH, I think we will have our answer.

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

"First I want to give thanks to Satellite Guys for hosting these forums."

I'm guessing that it's a typo and meant to say "their" instead of "these".

What Mike was testing sound very much like the same reference platform as the SatHawk/Solomend/Openbox. There have been other boxes out there with the same basic platform with maybe some added hardware and improved software, so here's hoping they can make their receiver more capable than the SSO.

Originally Posted by Copykat

What Mike was testing sound very much like the same reference platform as the SatHawk/Solomend/Openbox. There have been other boxes out there with the same basic platform with maybe some added hardware and improved software, so here's hoping they can make their receiver more capable than the SSO.

Dang!!! I just got an Openbox!

Tested several receivers using the Ali 3602 chipset, but unfortunately 4:2:2 is not natively supported by the chipset. The hardware does good high bandwidth recordings.....