Recent content by the_pabster

PBTV sucks anyway. I'd never pay for it.

I thought 439 looked pretty good. 9467 is superb. Nothing like Football in High Definition!

Props to Dish on getting BTN. All you Charlie bashers can now apologize. :D And HD to boot. Yum!

Sheep can be led. :D

Yum :D

Well, my 622 is still going strong in a fairly small Amish Plasma TV Center. But yeah, man that sucker gets hot. I can't even keep my finger on top of the unit for more than a second. Anyone done any temp comparisons versus the 722? Did they make any modifications to help with the heat? (I have...

The same stuff it would send via telephone. Your viewing habits and any purchases you've made...

722 under DIU is $199. There is the standard $6 (?) lease fee. Unfortunately many of the CSR are not up to speed. 722 > 622 but only you can decide if it is worth another $200 and another 18 month lock-in with Dish.

Depends on the enclosure and the controller. The cheaper ones need a Windows driver to perform the RAID functions and what-not. The more expensive ones have a dedicated hardware controller and should be fine with Linux...

Yep, there is. I figured it out. Please find wire transfer instructions to my Nigerian financial institution, and upon successful transfer, you too will find out how it is done! :D

Anyone can upgrade to a 722. You just might have to pay more :) If you're at 6 months + (and haven't done a previous upgrade in 12 months) you will have no problem getting the 722 for a reasonable fee.

IMHO the spin-down is harder on the drive. I'd just let it run. They don't use much power...

I'm not sure. I think 125 miles is pushing the outer range of the newer spot beams... You could sure give it a try though :D

How is the heat? That would be my main concern, as most of the externals have little to no cooling ability of their own... And we know the 622/722 run hotter than snot the way they are...

20MB/s sustained over USB 2.0 ... yeah, that is at the top of the crop. Most won't be able to do that. In a satellite receiver? Or hooked via USB? Not gonna happen. I have a RAID array with Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 that breaks 120MB/s and yes, that is sustained :D I wouldn't :D I'm merely...