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Grimgnaw
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I acquired a Prof 7300 card and have had excellent results with 32 bit XP SP2 installed on 32 bit machine. Using a Tektronix digital scope with a breakout box on the lnb input the Diseqc transmissions are as expected. Dvb Dream has been the application used and the PROF drivers were the original 1.1.0.4 version.

When installed with 32 bit XP SP3 on a 64 bit machine results are not consistent. The Diseqc transmissions are seldom present. The bda.log file shows they were sent but the scope does not trigger (single sweep recording with either plus or minus 250mv level ). Tests with the 22Khz were also made. Once in a while something shows up.

I have updated the bios and all the motherboard drivers on the 64 bit Gigabyte mainboard to no avail and am using the latest online drivers version 1.1.0.5 after originally trying the 1.1.0.4 version.

While PROF limits the operating system to being 32 bit there is no mention of such a limit on the hardware requirements.

A friend is getting the PROF 7500 USB version which I hope to evaluate on both machines.
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doktorofsat
I need a list of mobo that works FINE with 730x Prof card.A list of mobo's that we should avoid it'll be great too
What kind of CPU requires 730x card?

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Grimgnaw
I need a list of mobo that works FINE with 730x Prof card.A list of mobo's that we should avoid it'll be great too
What kind of CPU requires 730x card?

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DoktorOfSat

I would suggest any cpu found on the following chart:
PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

After you choose a cpu then any motherboard that can handle it will do the trick with a couple Gigs of ram. My cpu has just fallen off the bottom of that chart in the last month but is still quite sufficient.

The most effort will be in the acquisition and installation of video and audio codecs. Google search for the following names for such:
DivX (excellent one for H.264)
Etymonix (excellent for 4:2:2)
Cyberlink
Intervideo
Dscaler
Elecard
ffdshow
Blaze

Many are free.

One thing you must realize is that the use of a DVB tuner card requires considerably more effort in getting established than using a set top box but they are certainly far more versatile and less costly (if you ignore the cost of the computer). The one thing you still need a set top box for is blind scanning.
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The STV0903 demod in the 7301/7500/S2+ card also does better on plain DVB-S compared to the CX24116. Unfortunately the Pansat 9200HD uses its built-in DVB-S demod for DVB-S signals so one cannot take much advantage of this fact. However the S2+ demod is used for blindscanning in "S2 mode", which finds both S and S2 signals.

The improvement offered by the newer generation demods is significantly more than switching from a DRO to a PLL LNB. This last statement does depend on comparing good quality DRO LNBs. A Norsat 8115 (DRO) should only do a tiny fraction of a dB worse than a Norsat 3115 (PLL) on high-rate DVB-S2 8PSK signals. The PLL advantage would be more for 16PSK and 32PSK, but we're not there yet.
Grimgnaw
Unfortunately the Pansat 9200HD uses its built-in DVB-S demod for DVB-S signals so one cannot take much advantage of this fact.



On the contrary, one can use the DVB-S2+ tuner (on a Pansat 9200hd) for the DVB-S signals. To demonstrate this one only needs to set up a second transponder identical to the one used for a given DBV-S signal and change only the tuner to be used in that second TP.

For instance, push MENU, INSTALLATION, SATELLITE SETUP, EDIT TP/SATELLITE, choose the satellite of interest, EDIT TP, NEW, and create a transponder identical in every respect to one used for the DVB-S signal TP and alter only the TUNER TYPE to DVB-S2.

Then push MENU, INSTALLATION, SATELLITE SETUP, ADVANCED & TP SCAN where you can switch back and forth between those two transponders to see the change in the QUALITY between the different tuners.

Of course, you need to have the antenna and polarity pointed at the satellite of interest and it has to be a live transponder.
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Great observation. Based on your tests it seems Pansat set up the STV0903 demod to lock to to anything close in frequency, and perhaps SR. Very nice, although it does prevent one from deducing the actual signal parameters like was possible in the past.
Grimgnaw
[FONT=&quot]It would be neat if Pansat had included an added switch to separate the hardware front-end choice from the data stream software choice to provide an "S" picture, not that it would normally be any different. Well, the "level" comparisons were interesting. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]I did a Pansat 9200hd-S2+ blind scan of AMC 9 (83W) two days ago and it missed the feed at 12180 V 28k DVB-S while getting others nearby. Using the (posted) values I then did a Pansat TP scan and it did pop in. That was a dose of reality.[/FONT]
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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