Recent content by anik

Yes. With the exception that at least there are some high definition feeds today, and everything is digital so no more "sparklies". And many receivers have a PVR function, which is nice. On the other hand, back then everything seemed to just work as long as you aimed the dish correctly, while...

Found out today it was a bad 3300uf/10v capacitor in the power supply that went completely open.

While this was all hashed and re-hashed in that other thread I mentioned above, I would agree with you that I probably would like it were it not for three things: The fact that you can buy four or five VBOX units for what one of those would cost you. Since I'm not exactly rolling in cash...

I used to have a Diamond 9000HD which worked okay (except it had this nasty tendency to reboot when you were trying to skip through commercials, and when it did that it trashed the recording you were trying to watch), but one day several months ago it bit the dust - nothing would light up on it...

I would love to have the opportunity, because while the details released so far have been rather sketchy, this sounds very close to the type of receiver I've been hoping to see for many months now. And the fact that it runs XBMC is a HUGE plus!

Oh crap, I should have looked at the FridgeFTA site before I posted the above, it might have saved me a lot of typing! :mad: http://www.fridgefta.info/forums/showthread.php?tid=33586

I just finished listening to the recording of Satellite Nation from earlier tonight and was quite interested in a new receiver that was mentioned on the program that sounds like it just might be better than most of the receivers out there. Here are some notes I made about this receiver (I hope...

That happened in New York City as well, but it was only a week or two before they had additional capacity installed. So I'd suggest getting on that waiting list, especially if the OP orders a Roku or other compatible device and is at all interested in Aereo's service, and also checking back on...

Yes and no. Roku itself doesn't offer the networks but see my post about Aereo. If you subscribe to that then yes, you can watch the regular local channels on your Roku.

If having all the networks is important to you, you might want to look into Aereo, particularly if you are going to buy a Roku. It's not free but it only costs $8 or $12 a month, however you can get a free trial month to decide if it will work for you. It will let you watch and/or record TV...

That is fine if the receiver does not have a too-small limit on the number of timers you can set. My old Diamond receiver would only let you set eight timers and that was too few, so if whatever I buy for my next receiver has a similar limitation, I probably won't want to use one of those timer...

The zip file contains five files - a text file that reads as follows: And four PDF files: Are you saying you could not view the PDF files? I didn't have any problem viewing them on my system. Try the links above and see if they will display for you. If not, you could probably use an...

I kind of figured there would not be a huge difference in performance and I actually like the idea of voltage switch better because those old mechanical polorotor units had a tendency to go bad from time to time. Since the voltage-switched units have no moving parts (at least not that I am...

Some time back I subscribed to an RSS feed from this site before I knew anything about it, anyway today a link came in to this post which I found quite interesting: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=2021770#post2021770 It begins this way: I was just mentioning a day or...

Sounds good T134. The Alien 2 is definitely on my short list of desirable receivers. Whatever I wind up getting, I will find out exactly what can be done via the network from another computer or XBMC and post some kind of review. Just waiting for the mini-glaciers in my yard to melt before...