Recent content by Hankster

I'm in Houston and have the 75cm dish, and usually have a signal around 65% with it and it's in clear most of the time. Every once in a while, when we get a high cloud banked thunderstorm, I'll get pixelation--same thing when updates download around 2 AM. I found out since I will use my DVD...

I'd also recommend you buy Starchoice equipment via KuSat and then get it activated via your friend's address and phone number. Then either install yourself or find someone that does contract work for Direct or Dish to install. It's worth it, believe me. For Canada45, I'd recommend Dish...

Well, it's been a couple of weeks--Signal steady at 61 and Ecb at +7.8 to +8.2 with no problems. My kids are thrilled to have Treehouse on some evenings--it doesn't log off in the evening like Noggin and Nick Jr do, so they have more age-appropriate programming to watch later if we let them...

It's all coming in good and clear! I've got eNews Daily on CTV from Vancouver on my office TV right now! This is SO COOL! I wish I'd done this sooner! :D

Well, we ended up doing a pan and scan which got us a signal Quality between 55 and 66 varying, and Ecb between +7.0 and +8.0 dB consistently. Phil at KuSat activated it and I've got the preview channell going on 299. The guide is partially loaded now and I should be able to surf around in...

Well, the guy wasn't able to come back to try to aim the dish and get the satellite today, so we're trying again on Monday AM. This really sucks. He went to the Birdogtv.com website and configured his satellite finder for Anik F1 and F2, but apparently it was the wrong frequency or something...

What is HowardTV?

Well, the guy got the *C 75 cm dish installed, he downloaded Anik F1's deal off the Birdog site and we thought we had it, but it wasn't the K-band version (which Birdog didn't have!) and he wasn't able to get it by the time I had to go get my kids from school !@$#!#@!@#! We did call Phil at...

Well, I got the dish and receiver today, and it had one of those side-angle masts that you can mount to the eave of the roof with. Still, my installer will look it over and he may bring a different mast just to be safe and see which one will work. He's also programming the Anik satellites in...

Also, anyone know where I can buy a mast that will fit the SC 75 cm elliptical dish for *C in the Houston area. I am having a hard time with this. I found a guy that's installed FTA systems in Houston who's willing to give it a try, however. But after checking in, apparently I'm getting my...

I finally bought the 75 cm elliptical dish and the DSR 317 yesterday from Kusat and should get it in a few weeks depending upon UPS. If anyone can refer me to an experienced installer in Houston that had done SC setup in the Houston area, I would greatly appreciate it. I've talked with...

I have Dish and did call the installer that did it 3rd party, but he said that he could lose his Dish gig if he installed another company's system. I know I can get the satellite positions for Houston from Mr. Kohl's website, so that's all set. I just need to know that someone that knows what...

Okay. I am about to buy *C from a good source per TPTB in these pages, and am needing to find an installer in Houston, TX that can do the job. I am NOT a handyman and am more likely to fall off the roof winding up in the hospital than I am to being able to install it right. I am going to get...

Does Starchoice have one of those antennas where you can set up 2 rooms off of 1 receiver? I have Dish and have all 4 TVs on 2 receivers due to this, but I wanted to get *C from a broker and have 2 of them able to receive it as well...

I'm about to buy the *C and live in Houston, TX. Anyone down in this area have *C and been successful with it? Anyone know a good installer in this area? Thanks!