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    Apple officially claims Jailbreaking Illegal

    Interesting read. Apple: Apple Says Jailbreaking iPhones Is Illegal, Dammit
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    Lie to Me

    We watched the first couple of episodes on Fox. Seems pretty decent, we like it. It officially made it into the season pass list last night. Anyone else?
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    Typo in Twitter promo

    See attached.
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    Scott's Avatar - Why do I see it?

    I turned off Avatar's long ago.. but now suddenly I am seeing Scott's avatar. Just Scott's, nobody else. What's up with that?
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    Harmony 880 $99 shipped

    Pretty good price for this remote... Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote | BuyDig.com, The Internet's Digital Superstore
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    Video Format conversion: Interesting Read

    I've noticed several here use their PCs for converting video between various formats. I do the same, over the years converting DVDs and Tivo recordings for viewing on various portable devices (cellphones, PDAs, Archos player, etc). Over time, I have used various programs to do this, but...
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    Dual Shock PS3 Controller $29.99

    You can buy these online from Radioshack.com online today (Thanksgiving) for this price. Shipping is free, but you'll probably pay tax.
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    China space mission hits Web before launch

    BEIJING — A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet today, hours before the rocket had even left the ground. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/6022062.html See...
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    Google Chrome Browser

    Anyone install it yet? I'm downloading it right now. http://www.google.com/chrome EDIT: Posting from it now... interesting. Give it a try! Wow... page loads are very, very fast! I am also digging the new tab button, the blank tab shows you a visual history of sites and lets you pick one...
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    Lifetime Ultra LNB Voltage Problem

    Noticed on my Lifetime ultra that any transponders that had vertical polarization where no longer working on any of my dishes. After extensive testing, I found my lifetime ultra was putting out: 22 volts for Horizontal (Should be 18 I believe) 16 Volts for Vertical (Should be 13 I...
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    Ok Upstate new yorkers! (Rochester and Buffalo)

    I am spending two weeks right now on business in Rochester and Buffalo (a week in each). What do you recommend as interesting things to do (other than the typical tourist fare)? Cool pubs, places tourists typically don't go, etc...
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    The Tube Gone?

    I get "Retro Jams" where "The Tube" used to be.... both last night and early this morning.... I tried rescanning 11720 and "the tube" no longer shows up...
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    Fixed Dish: LNB Skew versus Dish Skew

    I've got two fixed dishes. One is aimed at IA5, my TS satellite. The other is aimed at G10. The smaller one is aimed at G10. I was thinking about reversing the situation and pointing the larger one at G10, since it has much lower signal levels for me than IA5. The smaller dish has a skewable...
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    Dish Farm Grows!

    Added Dish #3 today, A Primestar 84E that I picked up for free from a member of this forum. (Thanks SlicerMDM!) The white dish in the center is my first dish, it's a motorized 1 meter direcway dish. I added an invacom LNB to the original feedhorn. The smaller grey dish on the left is an...
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    Ebay Sweetness

    Just picked up a 36" direcway duo complete setup on Ebay Sunday for $5! Shipping was $35, and was described as USPS parcel post, with 7-9 days shipping time. However, the seller shipped it DHL ground and I got it today at noon, about 36 hours after I won the bid! Sweet! I've got my 14...
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    Is this a Good Starter System? Advice Please!

    (Sorry for the cross post on the FTA group for those who follow both!) I have an opportunity to pick up this system for a very low price (let's just say around the price of a FTA receiver) Unimesh 10' Perforated Dish - Monterey 35 Satellite receiver w/module Absolute mint condition from...
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    Quick! Do I want this system? C Band/KU

    I have an opportunity to pick up this system for a very low price (let's just say around the price of a FTA receiver) Unimesh 10' Perforated Dish - Monterey 35 Satellite receiver w/module Absolute mint condition from non-smoking environment. Everything including the dish is in excellent...
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    Really great live Launch Footage

    I know I said I wasn't going to post for a little while, but... There was a lot of really great live launch footage on IA6, all the way up to the point at which they separated the big external fuel tank (not the solid rocket boosters, after that) from the shuttle. It was really gripping...
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    Apology to the Group.

    Esteemed members of the MPEG2/FTA discussion group. I need to apologize for a few of the posts I have made in the last 72 hours or so. I let a few comments from someone get under my skin, and I should not have. So, I apologize. I hope that you will look at the fact that I've been a member...
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    How to Upgrade the LNB on a Direcway/PWay dish

    Note to mods: Perhaps this belongs in the FAQ area, perhaps not. It's not going to be a review, but simply instructional. This post will contain information on how I upgraded the LNB on my Direcway dish. The instructions will be similar for upgrading a Primestar dish, as well. This topic...
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    Commercials on "The Tube's" KU feed

    Well, more like Public Service Announcement type stuff, but that's the first time I've seen anything like that... I know local stations who carry their programming insert commercials locally, but I was a bit suprised to see that...
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    Looking for someone in Dallas who wants to save $$ on a new Dish/LNBF

    I'm contemplating buying a 90CM Fortec Star dish from Sadoun (one of the forum's gold sponsors). If I buy just alone, it will cost me $106 shipped for the dish and another LNB. However, Sadoun has a special that would be $171.55 shipped for 2 dishes and 2 LNBs, bringing the cost for each...
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    Which is better... 1 meter oval or 90 cm Round?

    Just curious, I have a old dway dish I have been using... it's a meter across, but it's oval. I've been thinking about replacing it as it is very heavy and is putting a strain on the motor. I had to create a mount for it, and I often have to nudge using 1.2 to fine tune it after a storm, etc...
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    Replaced Dway LNB with Invacom SNF-041

    And signal level went down....quality stayed the same. Spent several hours tweaking... and bottom line, I get lower signal levels from the invacom. Ironically, it gives me a higher signal level if I am right at the dish, but it drops more over the long cable run to my bedroom where the...