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The 8000 & 8100 have different menu setups than the 4/5/6000 models

From what I remember, all the 8100 did was add a PVR option via a USB port. I have the 8000 and can confirm no blind scan. A few folks here picked up a 8100 recently and they dont have blind scan on them

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Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Directv Phase III.... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 105W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 121W with 2nd LNB for 125W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105, 121,125....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv R22 DVR on 101/119W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
Third 6 foot Sadoun dish with GeoSatPro Prime Focus KU LNB on it for maximum rain fade combatting

It sure helps to have access to all that knowledge out there. You've made up my mind for me. I'm going to get a Pansat 9200HD, but I think I'll wait a couple of more weeks as the prices may go down in the New Year. I must say the Geosat Pro was tempting but difficult to get in Canada and didn't seem to be upgradeable.

What convinced me is that the Pansat has blind scan and can be up graded for mpeg-4. I assume the Ku Band will eventually start useing this as well.

Thanks to you all and especially to Jan S, Chan and Iceberg.

The Pansat can do MPEG4 out of the box. It needs the extra card for DVB-S2

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Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Directv Phase III.... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 105W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 121W with 2nd LNB for 125W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105, 121,125....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv R22 DVR on 101/119W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
Third 6 foot Sadoun dish with GeoSatPro Prime Focus KU LNB on it for maximum rain fade combatting