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Congratulations! Glad to see more CBC in the U.S. Now if I could only get BBC One and BBC HD from Astra 2D and New Zealand Prime from Optus D1 I'd be set! Shame the world isn't flat, eh? :) Now, with the receivers, if you get 2 or more, you're covered under a lifetime warranty in addition...

Quit your whining, eh? I've been paying for Star Choice since 2006 and on average am only able to receive it 1 month in 2, generally due to bad receivers but nothing since June now because of possibly defective LNB (which has some condensation in it) and / or a now poorly aligned dish or worst...

Well, granted a spot location beam would work in the northern US, but considering we're talking about Canadian content, how many Americans are likely to clamor for all that Canadian programming even if it is in HD. Yeah, I know, with no Voom many Americans would love the opportunity to buy into...

Thanks for the reply! Glad I'm not encourage naughty behavior! I can believe it may be going out on the wire as opposed to an satellite uplink and that would explain the one report I read for Comcast D.C. getting it since Bethesda MD, where Discovery Networks has its headquarters and BBC...

Please please please excuse me if I've misread the rules of this forum because I too believe strongly in PAYING and obtaining LEGALLY any and all transmissions received be them via Satellite or other means. It is my understanding though that 4DTV is allowed because there are units that will...

Well, since Torchwood was mentioned, here's the problem: BBC America ONLY planned to broadcast Torchwood: Children of Earth uncut in a 75 minute block ONCE (it was always uncut on HD.Net) [not including cuts for content visa vi American prudish decency; I don't know specifically would have...

Thanks again for all the advice everyone give with my seemingly dead dish. No, I've not fixed it yet and that's where I still could use some assistance. Basically, given the Washington Heat and Humidity and the very healthy flora around my dish, I don't like the idea of bringing my 12" monitor...

Oh, yeah! I love that site and strongly recommend it, even if it doesn't work on the iPhone! As for line of site, it's giving me about 27ft and the neighbor has only 2 stories plus roof, so that should be less than 27ft AFAICT. I agree with the second LNB idea though, as that's the expensive...

As a followup to my comment in the F2 weak signal thread, I think I need a new dish and a professional opinion. So, given that I can't get any signal from the dish, and accepting that despite my best efforts, there may be a user error issue involved, what should I do. My situation is as...

Well, my 530 (StarChoice's HD DVR unit) died at the end of February and because I am never home in prime-time East Coast viewing, I can't watch any of my favourite CBC shows anymore. I asked my installer to co-ordinate with StarChoice to see if it was still under warranty but have not heard...

And for anyone with a similar problem that may be reading this thread, here's a little more background info: The "Dual Tuner" of the SC530 is a dedicated line for "live tv" and a dedicated line for recording. Each one has it's own tuner. If you plug in one jack and get a signal, you've...

ZTélé en HD?? Avec Docteur Who en HD en Français! Hyper chouette! That is to say, Z-Tele in HD?? With Doctor Who in HD in French! Wicked Cool!

If I read you correctly, the DSR530 is going to be more TiVo like (but with added MPEG4 decoder, from what I hear, and as usual without the ability to add storage capacity or save programmes long-term under fair-use). Yay!! That's just what the Doctor ordered when the CBC moves the Doctor...

Since when I was living in Canada, I have had problems with UPS. When I got my computer a warrenty replacement while in Montréal, I received the shipment and then a while later a bill from UPS. UPS had no right to bill me since the shipment was already payed for by the sender and they may not...

SRC HD, Discovery HD and A&E HD I was on the *C website last night (Thanksgiving) because my DVR died the day of the HD Premiere of Doctor Who series 28 in North America. Anyway, on the *C web site, they mention three new HD channels: SRC HD (Not sure which one, probably my home city of...

Thanks guys!! It's up and running now! It turns out the 125 Skew relative to 90 was correct and with the elevation at about 33 I got a hit while spinning the Azimuth and bingo saved myself $200 and only had to spend $40 in parts! We fine-tuned and get and 85 signal or 9.5 dB. And BTW...

Skew Congratulations, wherron! Actually, if I go by the Mike Kohl numbers, east coast will have 90+ positive Skew but the west coast of North America will have 90+ negative Skew (somewhere around longitude 107.3 and 111.1 ;). The Kusat site is based in Montréal but the tool might be from...

Thanks. So I upped the Elevation to 41 degrees as you suggested upping it by 8 and that assumes 32.9 for Alexandria + 8. I twisted around 237.58 Magnetic Azimuth but still no signal. I kept the Skew at 61.9 since I still can't figure out how to set it to 125 though 55 degrees would be doable...

Well, it's been a week since my 75 cm arrived and still no service. After all the difficulty of putting it together finding a proper mount is not as easy as it might seem or was for many of you. As I live in an arboreal area, there are lots of natural and artificial (neighbouring houses)...

The 75" StarChoice dish comes with a screw, washer and grounding clamp with a clip for a grounding wire. I do not see where these should be installed. Anyone know?

Problem solved I needed about a meter of spanner/wrench to generate enough torque to move the bolt. My co-worker fortunately keeps a meter long aluminium pipe in his car with just the right inner diameter. I loosened that screw thanks to his help. I then bought a thicker steel pipe of the...

I finally got my 75" StarChoice dish yesterday and assembled it today. The DirecTV people were too busy to help me install the StarChoice dish but I got it assembled with one one major problem before this. The black piece of plastic used to relieve stress on the arm was too large and extremely...

I have been reading that thread and others. Seems it is a known bug but can or will be resolved with a Firmware patch shortly. My DSR530 shipped with the 00.A0 Firmware (OS) and most people are on 00.A8 with the target with all the fixes being 00.BC Also know that the manual is WRONG: DVI...

I know that HDMI is DVI + Audio and my Sony set supports an HDMI-in with separate Audio, so that's what I did: I hooked the DSR530 with a DVI to HDMI cable (provided with DirecTiVo HD package) + Stereo Analogue audio to the set. But I get no picture. I then connected the RCA Video (yellow...

Oops, that should read, a single foot (or meter) of the height of an obstruction requires only 1.7 feet (or meters) of distance to overcome. At 60* Elevation, you need only 1 foot distance for every 1.7 feet of height.