Recent content by ftaseeker

good to hear! I just scored a 4' prime focus with ground mount for $20 - it only has a Ku LNB on it, but I've got a couple of C-band LNBF's (BSC-621, and a Digiwave) I am hoping to be able to pull in the nets & feeds from G16 on it (I am near the US border in BC). For some strange reason my...

There are some feeds ITC on F1 I subscribe to Starchoice, and for the heck of it, I unplugged one of my receivers, and blind scanned with my Mercury Fortec 2. I found 4-5 feeds, and about six radio channels, all in the clear with a standard DVB receiver. After playing a bit, I took the Fortec...

B2 bug I would not worry too much about it, and there is an easy kernel patch that may already have made it into the kernel you use. In the BIOS you may find an "AMD PATCH" - if you do, disable it, as it causes a 20%-40% performance hit. The linux patch causes a <1%-5% hit. The symptom of the...

more on htpc Personally, I'd either get a cheap 780g (asus, that supports 140w CPU's) with an inexpensive 8400GS (gets component video output and an svideo output which motherboards no longer have) or a GeForce 8200/8300/9300/9400 based motherboard (some with hdmi!) The Phenom X4 9500 is a...

You can get the manual and latest factory firmware at Conaxsat - Support

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HTPC feedback Hi, Some things for you to consider: OS: Windows or Linux if Windows, more readily available software if Linux, MythTV is probably the best Motherboard: AMD 780G, 790GX will do HD decode just fine with low CPU use in Windows but not (yet) Linux Nvidia GeForce 8200...

Hi guys, I'm moving into a house, and I can finally DX satellites. I'm new to FTA, so I am likely to ask dumb questions for a while :-) It looks like if I mount a 1m pole on the top of the roof on the west side of the house that I can get a clear shot of the Clark belt from about 72'W to...