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Thread: Which FTA to buy? |
    
advice wanted Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 11:00 pm: |
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With the future being uncertain for FTA's and Charlie, which box should I get. VS2000 with lots of processing power, or the Pansat 3500s with Blacklist's suppport/endorsment. Thanks in advance. |
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Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 145
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 - 11:29 pm: |
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You've just answered your own question, with the future being uncertain for FTA's and Charlie, nobody knows what will work and what would be a door stop. |
Silver Member Username: Spank
Post Number: 148
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 12:02 am: |
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Like you and Helter both said the FTA future is an uncertainty.
My advice would be pick the Viewsat Platinum - it sounds like you are only leaning towards the 3500 because of Blacklist support. Viewsat is very good - they have new bins all the time and listen to their customers for testing feedback. The EPGs for the 2 units don't even compare also. Viewsat is superior hardware and support is excellent as well. I have had no regrets since going from my pansat to a viewsat platinum.
Check out some other site's forums for feedback as well and you'll make your mind up easily. |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 342
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 09:54 am: |
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The Viewsat at this time is the best, other than the complicated user unfriendly Dreambox |
Words of Wisdom Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 12:21 pm: |
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"Its like buying a car for a short trip and after that you lose this car.
A Ford (Pansat) can take you there, but if you have the dough, get a Ferrari and enjoy the ride"............Dr. Phil |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 349
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 12:29 pm: |
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well put!.....but since most receivers are relatively priced the same, within $50 of each other, I recommend the Viewsat platinum which I have seen for $199..also support is availble and very important,and the Viewsat has much software support...if there's no support,then the receiver is basically useless...look at what happenned to the Blackbird since its lack of support... |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 350
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 12:31 pm: |
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well put!.....but since most receivers are relatively priced the same, within $50 of each other, I recommend the Viewsat platinum which I have seen for $199..also support is availble and very important,and the Viewsat has much software support...if there's no support,then the receiver is basically useless...look at what happenned to the Blackbird since its lack of support,and if U remember they were the first newest FTA craze here, about 6-12 months before the HU card died.... |
Bronze Member Username: Klemper
Post Number: 57
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 02:29 pm: |
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I have a Digiwave 7000 with 30 in dish for $250, works great, in canada |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 355
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 03:01 pm: |
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Ryan...hate to burst your bubble but U paid too much...the dish is only $89 and the digiwave 7000 is only $123 for a total of $212,..the digiwave7000 ($123) does NOT compare to the viewsat ($199)...U can have a Viewsat platinum with a 33 inch dish for only $289 ($39 more than U paid) but there's no comparison...also a 33 inch dish isn't needed if U are ONLY talking about watching dishnet..U can pick up an 18" or 18x24 dish for $20,less, or free at many places (private sellers, flea markets, junk yard, dump, newspaper etc).. |
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Bronze Member Username: Klemper
Post Number: 58
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 03:14 pm: |
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Ok then $ 200 plus shipping, how's that. And yes you do need a 30 in dish at my location. |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 356
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 04:32 pm: |
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U don't live in North America?...Ryan, I thought we be a NA name....where do U live?....my point was Viewsat and digiwave are not in the same league |
Bronze Member Username: Klemper
Post Number: 59
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 05:31 pm: |
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Nope africa |
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 05:41 pm: |
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NOT....... U sound so Canadian. |
Bronze Member Username: Klemper
Post Number: 60
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 05:46 pm: |
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ok |
Bronze Member Username: Klemper
Post Number: 61
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 05:51 pm: |
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Ok but besides the point i want to sell this unit please make me an offer thanks |
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 05:54 pm: |
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You dont have to buy FTA ( Free to Air). If you need advise about FTA equipment. I am using a C o o l s a t P r o 4000 for a few months and it work every penny. I spend $160 and now the price is going up every where ( More than $250) Easy to setup, easy to take care off, Fast download, no problem with the keys , etc. I got if from satcyber but now they have it in backorder. The support is not perfect because the amount of hit that the page has. But I am having lifetime support since 2002 |
Bronze Member Username: Klemper
Post Number: 62
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 06:22 pm: |
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I really have no complaints with my digiwave, i just recently switched to DTV. So i want to get rid of this thing. Actually one complaint the guide really sucks |
New member Username: 6565
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 06:46 pm: |
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I am cosidering geting a viewsat reciever.Do I need to join a group to find suport for it.Do I need software?Thanks for any help. |
Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 151
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 06:54 pm: |
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@pcorobko
All files are free, you might want to join a few free forums to get additional support. |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 368
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 07:04 pm: |
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U should definitely join and register at some DSS web sites...its FREE...and READ for about 2 weeks before U even get your receiver and other hardware (dish,LNB's etc..The sites will have How To set up Guides,tips, FAQ's,and the latest software which U will need to setup your receiver...
www.al7bar.t*K remove the * when U copy/paste into browswer
www.dsscentral.n*t
www.dsscommunity.c*m
www.dsstester.com
www.future-fta.com
www.gat-s.biz |
anonymously yours Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 07:08 pm: |
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Does the viewsat have blind scan capabilities yet? |
Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 153
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| Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 - 07:21 pm: |
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@anonymously yours
Yes. |
New member Username: Modi55
Edmonton,
Alberta
Canada
Post Number: 1
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 02:26 pm: |
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Hello everybody,
Listen i am new to this thing but i had enough before waiting for the programmer to do my reciever so i planned to do it my self on my laptop. So i bought the cable and i have the software and i have pansat 2700 and i am planning to buy the 3500 one soon.can i get any help how to start and that will be much appreciated.
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Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 172
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 02:33 pm: |
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Look at these sites, especially future-fta (pansat only support) and al7bar:
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/168756.html |
New member Username: Slo_hand22
Post Number: 8
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 02:38 pm: |
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don't know if you need this mohamad but it might help you it is a start up procedure for the 2700A |
New member Username: Modi55
Edmonton,
Alberta
Canada
Post Number: 2
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 02:04 pm: |
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thanks h3lt3r_sk3lt3r and slo_hand2+2
that was helpful
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Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 412
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 03:07 pm: |
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This should help U get started..
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/171627.html |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 08:17 pm: |
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Hi, thill1951. Since DN has update their N1 to N2, I'm thinking about the FTA receiver now. So far I have a SuperDish (from DN) intalled. Any suggestion of the receiver can work with this dish. I'm watching NBA, and Asian channel. Thank you for your time. |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 08:45 pm: |
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Help please, just installed a pansat 2700a with dish 500 dual lnb,and did a blind scan after loaded the most updated bin file and on 110 and 119 scans i only get up to a certain tp frequency,like 12661. i cant get the channels on the3 higher tp frequnecys.can anyone help.i am getting over 90 percent quality but once i get to the higher tp frequencys no quality, could it be the alignment of the dish even though i get most of the 110,119 channels. |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 09:09 pm: |
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MMC please don't double post in other threads |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 09:18 pm: |
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sorry,didnt know if it went threw or not, |
Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 192
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 10:10 pm: |
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@Antuka
Most FTA receivers will have no problem running with superdish, Fortec users though have reported problems.
Personally I have a superdish and so far pansat 2700a, 3500, viewsat and c00lsat had no problems with it. |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 10:57 pm: |
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Thanx H3lt3r_sk3lt3r.
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| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 11:25 pm: |
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H3lt3r_sk3lt3r, could you plz tell me which receiver is worth to invest? Thank you. |
Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 195
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 12:20 am: |
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Any of the ones I've mentioned above, aside from Fortec, are a decent investment, personally right now I've been spending more time with a Viewsat platinum and in my opinion it's a good deal for $200.
Though I don't know if any of those receivers will be usefull come the end of DN's card swapping time, I'd recommend a viewsat. |
New member Username: Laxey34
Miami,
FL
United States
Post Number: 5
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 08:46 am: |
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I just purchase a Fortec Lifetime Ultra. I only can get Dish at 61.5 W EchoStar 3 in my area. What is the best bin available? I really want to get SkyAngel on EchoStar 3 at 61.5 W as will as Dish Network PPV and Business Channel.
Need your opinions Guys!!! |
Silver Member Username: Thill1951akalk
Post Number: 415
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 09:31 am: |
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This thread has just about beaten to death the issue of which receiver to buy..maybe it should be closed but available in the archives.. |
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| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 10:59 am: |
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Thanks again. H3lt3r_sk3lt3r |
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punjavi+doo Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 04:11 pm: |
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ignore the jerks |
DEPUTY-DOG Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 07:03 pm: |
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How very rude you are! Iam going to report you!
You need to clean up your post mr.
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 07:59 am: |
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i agree |
New member Username: Laxey34
Miami,
FL
United States
Post Number: 6
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 08:02 am: |
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Can the Fortec Ultra N2 file open channels on DishNet at 61.5 degrees West (EchoStar 3)? |
Silver Member Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r
Post Number: 247
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 11:33 am: |
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@Higman Peters
Dude it's the same n2 encryption, so yes. |
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