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Thanks. Though I have no internet at my shop, yet. I just watched a video on YouTube on this receiver, and it appears to be fairly solid. It’s a little more then I want to spend but I think the days of “cheap” imported receivers is a thing of the past. The other receiver, the Edison, is way...

On the amiko, is it programmed with North American satellites or do you have to manually add them? Not that it’s a huge deal to add them since I generally only “watch” stuff on about 4 C-band satellites just don’t have updated transponders as I didn’t get around to it before my receiver died...

Hello everyone, I know it’s been a while but life’s been busy… Well the day has finally come where my trusty shop receiver bit the dust. And of course wouldnt you know it we are smack in the middle of a import crisis. So here is the question, what low buck receiver is out there that’s half way...

All true, however for instance at&t abandoned dsl in my town 4 years ago. We are a town of roughly 1800. For 6 months we had to rely on Celular WiFi hotspots. Another company laid fiber and we now have internet. AT&T tried to stop the new carrier from bringing in fiber. Long story short there...

I think the basic problem overall with internet access and cost in the United States is greed or at least the desire to make a significant chunk of money off of consumers. It is true that in countries such as Iraq comparing satellite internet with available satellite internet available in the...

Yes, however I was hoping to have the fta (mainly pbs) and ota integrated so the employee only has one remote to worry about. I guess I’ll just order another linkbox 9000i local I just wasn’t sure if there was much else out there. As I said I’m located just far enough away from the local pbs...

Was wondering what tunners were available with both fta DVB S2 and ATSC tuners currently for sale. Is linkbox the only thing available or is there something else? Main reason I ask is the only way where I live to get PBS is either from the main PBS feed or from LPBS and want the ota and fta to...

That food chain that is famous for Pizza is where I obtained a 1m dish on a closed store. I see em all the time but alas they are usually in use and a no go. However I have noticed that if there is a 1m or 1.2m dish on the roof next to a newer hughes net dish the bigger dish usually isnt in use...

Every dish I have at my house are either repurposed dish network dishes or hugesnet dishes. I have been succesfull at reliably picking up 103w with as small as a dish 500 but it's iffy when you get a decent rain. Currently I use a turbo Hd dish for 105w as the primary and 97w on the side...

I have no problem with what i was paying for for the premiums, they are pretty much the same no matter where you go. But when they bundle channels you want in the 250 channel bundle with no way to get that channel otherwise then they are fleecing you my friend. And then they fleece you again...

I cut directv last September and replaced it with FTA satellite, OTA antenna and streaming (netflix, amazon prime, hulu, and sling tv) and really the only thing I miss is Discovery channel. I was paying well over 200 bucks a month because we had "everything" plus netflix and amazon. But I dont...

Even at $10.99 a month for the content you get its a great value. And since in the future streaming services will be about the original content until Disney start its streaming service (which I will purchase as well) no one has more original content then Netflix. I dont personally like all of...

If i recall correctly the hugesnet mount will accommodate my commercial 1.2m dish. However being that i wanted a more permanent install for the 1.2m i planted a chainlink fence corner post. Ive had that thing pointed at 125w for almost a year and a half and it aint budged.

I have managed to do 4 degree spacing on a 1m dish making my own mount and getting creative. But i must stress that if it wernt for the specifics there is no guarantee it will work at all. The positions in question are 125w for the main sat position and 121w for velocity. I think it works...

I dont know what you posted on Ricks site, but I can tell you this if you even hint at any receiver that he doesnt have a section on in his forum youll at a minimum get squelched and more then likely get banned. It is Ricks opinion that if you use anything other then receivers he deems "ok" that...