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I have an Sony XDR-F1HD HD radio receiver, purchased in 2008 with a $50 mail-in rebate for a final price of $49. I actually got it for its excellent DX capabilities, particularly on analog FM; they say that box fared among the upper-level machines of Marantz, Yamaha, etc. at their peak. The...

I understand that for regular services, QVC and HSN are still there! When did you see your last wildfeed or backhaul in good 'ol NTSC?

Back in the 1990s, C-band magazines used to have a listing of standalone feeds that appeared on the "occasional video" - usually syndicated or Canadian versions. I remember counting something like 500 of them. In this age of digital, where did they all go to? IP distribution?

Red!

I live in the country. Space is no issue. I could erect a 40-foot dish and the nearest neighbors would not bat an eye (maybe in amazement, not in contempt). The problem is in the installation of the dish. There are many on here who do not have trouble with that. They have a mechanical...

Why doesn't Dish Network carry BBC World or Russia Today? Why not Al-Jazeera English, DWtv, or MHz Worldview, as a part of their basic package? Aren't a fair number (in order to justify their carriage of those channels) of Americans interested in global happenings and an international...

Just thought this would be interesting... I have a weird thing for lists, especially lists of channels (yes, I'm strange). It's interesting to see how fast analog satellite TV has declined.. In 1997, I made a list of all available analog channels. I think it came out to roughly 225. In...

How about HD channels not yet on either system? I can think of 5: MOJO, Wealth TV, Outdoor Channel 2 HD, Lifetime Movie Network, WGN HD

Only thing is 129 isn't the problem. Actually, signal strengths there are 24 to 46 or so. 110 is the issue. And last check signal strength was at 64.

I've really been enjoying our new VIP 622, particularly that I now have Dish and DVR in my room. A couple of days ago, I noticed tiling (is that what it's called?) / blocking artifacts in some of the the shows I recorded to DVR and dismissed them as either recording compression artifacts or...

WOW. What kind of bandwidth would you need to send HD point-to-point over the internet? I'm guessing at least 5 mbps for a very compressed picture.

5' is fine for just playing around, and if that's all you want to do, it'll work. For regular reception, you'll want at least an 8'. If it's a solid dish, then it'd be absolutely awesome for Ku.

KC0LTV here.

I got my XM radio primarily to listen to XM 81 BPM. I enjoy the station although it doesn't really compare with internet dance music stations (too bad they won't carry any them over XM's bandwidth!) I also some times listen to XM 82 The System, which plays less poppy dance music (mostly...

Thanks for the help so far! It looks like I will be doing a pole mount...SOON! Now another question...is quick-set concrete OK for a pole supporting a 1m dish? C-band install guides never recommend using, yet the DirecTV install guide does.