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  1. M

    multi switches

    I was thinking about getting a Toroidal dish as opposed to getting a dish and a motor. I will be hooking it to multiple TVs so I don't think a motor will be a good idea. My question is, what kind of switches do I need if I use all the LNBs? I'm looking at some 5x8 switches but that's pretty...
  2. M

    Ready to make my first purchase!

    Ok. I've been doing a log of reading the past week. Here's what I plan to get: Viewsat VS2000 Extreme SG2100 motor 36" Dish Single KU Band LNB DiSeqC Switch Couple of questions though: 1. I plan on adding more recievers in the future. I need a dual or quad LNB correct? 2. Do I need a...
  3. M

    ViewSat VS2000 Platinum vs Extreme

    I finally decided to get a VS2000 as my initial receiver and wait for the price of PVRs to drop. It seems like this is the most popuplar. Just a question about the differences between the ViewSat Platinum and Extreme. Am I correct in understanding that the main differences are that the Extreme...
  4. M

    blind scan vs automatic scan?

    i'm a little confused as to what is the difference. everyone seems to say that blind scan is the best for getting news feeds. i was all set to get the geosatpro until i saw that it didn't do blind scan. do i really need it?
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    List of North American FTA PVR?

    Is there such a list? I'm looking to purchase my first receiver. I found a list for PVR comparison in the UK: http://www.emsee.co.uk/pvr/ . It seems like North America is way behind in PVR :( I've been scouring these forums and found: PanSat 6000 GeoSatpro DVR1000ci Any others? I don't...
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    Anyone with a Topfield PVR?

    Hi. I'm new to the FTA arena. I have been doing a lot of reading the past week. I decided on getting a receiver with PVR in it. I saw Iceberg's good review of the PanSat 6000 so I started doing more research on PVRs. I came across the Topfield PVR (5000 Line) with 160GB HD! It's about $50...