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I'm putting together a linux media server, and am considering adding a satellite tuner to the mix. I'm new to satellite tuners for the PC and am a little overwhelmed trying to find a card that I can use with Ubuntu Server/MythTV and that can get DVB-S2 signals (PBS on AMC 21!!). Anyone around...

Does anyone have an updated list of ku sats and tps in NDFedit compatible form? My receiver took a dump this morning, and unfortunately, I don't have a backup tp list that's up to date. Thanks!

Has anyone else had this issue? Previously I had used the Diamond on several 8PSK (and I'm pretty sure QPSK) signals, most notably on 103w. I had the box in storage for several months during a move and now, more often than not, the box completely locks up or resets when I try to view...

I don't mind watching regular shows in 4x3, but I was watching a football game in 4x3 this weekend and it was like watching with blinders on. I didn't realize how much more view of the action we get with a 16x9 broadcast. I'm glad that more and more broadcasters are switching formats this...

THIS blog posting had a couple of pictures of Chinese families in front of their houses with all their possessions. There are just some things you can't live without, eh?

Do any of you ever use wire to steady your install poles? Perhaps I'm not too good at getting the pole plum in the first place, but I find it good to use some wire and some turnbuckle connectors for fine tuning when I am just barely off...

I moved several months ago and haven't put the dish back up. I went to do it tonight and decided to use the mounting place that the Dish antenna used. It has a nice sturdy mount on the side of the house, just below the roof. Wellll, I neglected to notice that my 36" doesn't have enough...

I just spotted a 4DTV receiver at a local thrift shop. It didn't have a price on it, but judging by other items there, it would probably be about $15. The front cover was falling off (all cables were still attached but the entire face was flopping off of it). Worth the gamble? If it...

I just moved and unable to use my BUD at my new place. It's a 6' dish that comes apart into 4 pieces. It's old but in good physical condition. I used it for a while on 123W, but didn't cement it in well and the pole went a little crooked. I don't imagine it would be very difficult to get the...

I'm in the middle of moving and all my blind scan receivers are packed. I tuned into BYUTV this morning and get no signal. I'm looking at G28 11787 H 15915 which is where I usually get it, but I don't even have a blip on the signal meter. I have seen them switch frequencies and just wanted...

I'm purchasing a new home and was hoping to put a NPRM up for my 36" motorized dish. There aren't any good flat spots so I was looking at one for the roof peak. I've seen some mounts for roof peaks like this: Amazon.com: VMP PRM-2 Non-Penetrating Pitched Roof Mount (Grey): Camera &...

Have any of you ever purchased or not purchased a home due to LOS issues? We're in the middle of looking for a home and the first thing I do is see what kind of LOS I'll have for the FTA dishes. I haven't gone as far as to ask the realtor to weed out any properties with crappy southern views...

From CNN: Iraqi insurgents hacked Predator drone feeds, U.S. official indicates - CNN.com Doesn't sound like they were hacked so much as they were ITC.

I'm at my parents' house for the holiday and they have Direct. It sucks. A lot. I've been switching mainly between the locals and ESPN for the football and the picture quality is depressing. Especially the locals. I also hate that the locals are all 4x3. I don't have an HD set at home and...

We had a power outage today and then it came on and then went out and then came on and then.... According to the wife, it flashed several times and then went off for a while. It is now back on but she can't get any channels on the satellite. I am at work so I logged on to my Hava and...

I got a hughesnet dish a couple of months ago, but I had to leave the brackets on the roof of the house that I got the dish from. I forgot to bring any silicon and the home owner didn't want to remove the brackets without waterproofing the holes left behind. So, my question is, where can I get...

Anyone one here using google wave? I started a FTA wave...so for it's just me:D

So, what's the weirdest name that has ever scanned in for you while feed hunting? The other day I was scanning 103w and "Midget Boy" scanned in. I didn't get a chance to see what was on the feed but it made me think about what other names people have seen on feeds? So, how about you?

I was talking with a friend tonight who is big into ham radio. I was talking a little bit about FTA and he told me (a little bit tongue-in-cheek) where I could get a 26 footer. It seems a member of the local ham community had a 26 foot dish for the purpose of Earth-Moon-Earth communication. I...

I have a friend who wants to get BYUTV on G28 and has a DirectTV HD dish already installed on his house (he doesn't know the exact size). I have an extra receiver I was going to give him and we were going to try and get BYU with the installed dish (it's a rental and he doesn't want to mess with...

I have a friend asking a question regarding the bitrate on a HD FTA feed vs a feed you would get on Dish or Direct. I was talking to my friend about how a signal from a backhaul of a football game would be better quality than watching the network feed of the same game. Now I don't have an HD...

Has this music channel always been ITC? It's very relaxing.:)

On another board I'm a member of, we have Free Friday posts where a member posts up an item for....you guessed it, free! I don't have anything super-awesome, but I was doing some cleaning today and came across the remote from my now defunct Coolsat 6000. Free to anyone in need. Shipping is...

I just picked up a free HughesNet dish (~33" x 28" or so) and the LNB says "FSS 19.7 - 22.2 ghz" Is that thing of any use for me? Regardless of whether that lnb is worth anything for this, I plan on setting this up as a fixed dish. Not sure which bird yet.

I tried to edit my channel list yesterday and now I can't seem to open the .ndf files that I grab from my diamond 9000 hd. Funny thing is, I can't open files that I was just able to open a week ago. I backed up and edited the list a week ago and now even those files won't work. I copied the...