Most of the receivers were reviewed basically on what it can do and ease of use. Most receivers I review I take out of the box, hook it up and go with it.
So if I have issues, I will let people know in the review.
As for the LNB, there are 2 types, Universal and Standard
Standard is self explanatory..standard KU (like what Dish 121 & 105 are)
Universal has the extended band. Some satellites use an extended band. The only one that we can see is PAS9, at 58W. Cubavision is on there. Europe is real big on Universals because they could squeeze more TP's on the satellite (low and high band)
The noise number is the key. The lower the better
.4 and .3 are the ones a lot of us have
.5 & .6 are the common ones.
It helps bring the signal in better (which since KU is lower powered, every point counts)
