it would be 400 receivers, headend sounds good but receivers is what the scenerio is what is need it, for Dishnetwork setting with either 34 or 44 switches, can splitters be use before the switches and how many switches can be put.
I like option 1, it provides limited access to all the functions,
but what i would really like to see is a couple of features,
1st: use a two differents button color (maybe just the letter color) to differentiate between sat button and all other button. may the sat button could look like...