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I am a member here at Satellite Guys and I have not been on this wesite for quite some time until a few days ago. The latest Glen bashing thread here started by macgod79 had a post by Brian of SatelliteAV aimed at me. The post was in reference to his MicroHd receiver that his company SatelliteAV...

What dual C band lnbf is a better choice? The C2 or the ESX242? The ESX242 had a pretty good review here but the C2 also looks good. I need one for a 10 foot BUD going up soon. Any preference or other recomendations?

At Sam's Club around Christmas time I was approached by DirecTv people and again tonight! I made it safely pass their kiosk and then out from behind a stack of TVs in the middle of the aisle two salespeople jumped out! "Let me ask you a quick question! Do you have cable or satellite?", asked...

I found this C band mounting plate on Ebay and was wondering if anyone is familiar with such a thing. It says that it is a multi LNB mounting plate and can receive up to 5 feeds at a time. :confused...

I was at Walmart tonight killing some time while waiting for my daughter and thumbing through some magazines. Towards the back of The Mother Earth News magazine I noticed some satellite dishes being "repurposed" or in my book being mispurposed! They had the usual small dish birdbath and the...

I was at a closing Blockbuster store in Erie the other day looking for a possible bargain and mostly hoping for a satellite dish from off of the roof. I was a little too late for the dishes on the roof when Hollywood Video closed so I thought that I would try my luck. I talked to the dude and at...

Is it possible to receive the W5 HITS (4DTV) channels on a mini BUD??

I ran a 220 volt line in my basement the other day for a commercial fryer for making french fries! My daughter was a little concerned when she saw the quite large range receptacle and wires that I was installing and asked, "WHAT kind of satellite receiver did you buy NOW?" :eek:

:confused: I do not know if this is another old fart moment or what... I am getting my basement ready for our New Year's party which is basically a bunch of us staying up all night playing games and high on sugar! In the process some old computers had to be stashed and a few TVs set up for...

Does the 50mm tube on the 9120 have a lot more strength than the 9120B with the 42mm tube??? I am considering motorizing a 1m Primestar and was wondering if I should consider the larger shaft size for this dish.

While I was at Sam's Club today I was approached by the Direct pizza guys! I was not in too much of a hurry so I took their punchlines. Man were they ever stupid! They were not even capable of selling birthday suits at a nudist colony!!! The woman asked me how do I get my TV programs. I told...

I found a good source of coax cable for free! There is a local contractor who does a lot of coax installation for cable companies. He drops off the remnants of rolls and sometime pieces of temporary cable runs that were removed. Usually this stuff just goes to waste and ends up in a dumpster...

With all of the old classic TV shows that are being broadcast and also available on other media do any of you ever run into "What the heck are you talking about (old fart)???" :o The other day at the gas station the total price reminded me of the old show Room 222 and I mentioned that to the...

I was wondering how many are stuffing a turkey sandwich in their pocket and heading out shopping??? I did a first this year by being at Big Lots at 6:00 (Opened 7:00) this turkey day and bought some games for our Wii. After pawing through the paper with all of the ads I do not find much reason...

I was on Lyngsat and noticed that The History Channel was not listed. Is it still up?? I have been playing with my C band BUD lately and ignoring the little Ku guy and it is temporarily out of commission.

I went to fire up my Pansat 3500 tonight and found that the "bunny-gizer" batteries took a dump in the remote!!! :eek: They were not too old and have a date of 2012 on them plus they worked not too long ago! Those cheap batteries that come with gizmos seem to last longer and I never had a...

We have the option here to click on the "Like" button to approve of posts here without going into detail. I think that a "Do Not Like" option would be helpful here and could be considered an opinion poll when there is something that someone does not agree with and perhaps no more words are...

Does anyone have pointers on Dxing OTA channels in this day of digital signals and TVs that the channels must be scanned in??? I have a SONY lcd that I was using for scanning in different directions with my new programable rotor controller. The thing is pretty cool! Some channels still come in...

Whatever happened to the yearly dish hunting thread??? The year 2011 is nearing its end and no thread was started this year that I am aware of. Could this be due to a lack of dishes out there??? :eek: I have several BUDs and Primestars to pick up but I cannot find the time to do so. :(

I am looking at either a Winegard or Channel Master preamp for my OTA antenna and I am confused.One website says that choosing a preamp is determined on how close the nearest station is. Then I read that the preamp selection is determined by how long of a cable run there is plus how many...

Is the ASI output on the back of my DSR4810 usable if at all??? :confused: The manual says: "ASI output - 270 Mbit DVB Asynchronous Interface Outputs the entire transport stream with the selected program decrypted." Wiki says it is audio but I do not understand the specs. There are several...

I was thinking of doing a few changes on my BUD and got thinking about bandstacked lnbfs. What do you gain by using a bandstacked lnbf??? Sadoun has some deals on B1SAT Eagle Aspen lnbfs. I am currently running a dmx741 and was thinking of doing a dual output C band lnbf and using a 1m dish for Ku.

Does anybody have a good reasonable price source for antenna rotor cable??? Radio Shack has 100' roll of 3 conductor 20 gauge for $24. Any other suggestions or sources???

I purchased a Winegard HD8200U antenna on Ebay a little while ago and got a great deal. It is quite a large antenna and the instructions are recommending 2" mast. Can I use 2" OD galvanized pipe??? Radio Shack only sells the 1.25" standard mast. I found some 2" mast on Ebay but with the...

I have not been on the LyngSat website for a while until today. They have a bunch of channels with FreeDBS style names that can be streamed for free. Did anyone else check these out??? A few channels that are available ITC on satellite are available streaming too. Why is it on a free...