Got my receiver yesterday
My receiver arrived yesterday. The USPS delivered it and it was shipped via DHL. DHL has a partnership with the USPS for residential deliveries.
..... it took all of about 15 minutes to set up. I'm still under DSL contract with a local provider (not the phone co.) and i subscribed to Comcast cable internet and their 19.99 for 6 month offer to use with S.A. Before the 6 months is up, my DSL contract will be over..... I can cancel it and just use the cable exclusively.
My initial plan to hook up the receiver directly to the cable modem did not work, even though the set up guide said it would. No big deal. I moved my router about 2 ft away from my IPTV receiver - and everything was all set. We do more than average internet usage in my house, so a 1.5 mbps DSL connection wasn't going to cut it for me.
I noticed some buffering on Fox Business Channel last night .... and I noticed that some of the radio channels would suddenly STOP after one song. However, even in the first 24 hours, i got a lot of enjoyable viewing in the first 24 hours.
I called up SA customer service to change billing to my Visa card and I was able to confirm that billing was on the 1st of the month...and for the first month my bill would be about 32.00, including the last few days of March.
Changing channels only takes about 3 seconds or less. The EPG (on screen programming guide) scrolls left to right, not up and down ......that's different for me coming from DirecTV and Comcast Digital cable where you scroll up and down. SA does list all of the upcoming programs when you scroll horizontally so that helps to make up for the unfamiliarity of the guide setup.
I hate the popping sound effect that the guide makes when you scroll. I'm very familiar with Moody Radio , so that is a nice addition. My local FM Christian station here in CT gets nearly all of its non-local Christian programs from the Moody Network.
So for right now, I have Limited Basic Cable from Comcast, gets me my locals and a few other stations for $15 bucks and SA IPTV. I'm feeling this all to a 27 inch flat Sony CRT TV.