Pansat 1500
The Pansat 1500 is what I like to refer to as “The little brother of the Pansat 2500". And honestly, other than a couple features, it really is. The 3 main features missing from the 1500 are -The...
View ArticleViacast/Vistar 2000
You’ve probably seen them on EBay. A Free-to-Air receiver for 59.95 shipped? Is it too good to be true? Well, I’ll answer that for you. When I first got into FTA, I wanted it for the audio channels on...
View ArticleReview of Pansat 2700a
Review of Pansat 2700a The Pansat 2700a receiver physically is very small, but dont let that fool you, its a very feature packed reciever. The front of the unit is simple, with power standby, channel...
View ArticlePansat 3500
When I first got into Free to Air, the first real receiver I got was a Pansat 1500 and I really liked it. So when I decided to review the new 2005 model, the Pansat 3500, I thought “what is this thing...
View ArticleCoolsat 4000 Plus
I’ve been looking for a new FTA receiver to upgrade my free to air experience. I think I have found the answer in the Coolsat 4000 Pro. My main reason for an upgrade was I was sick of waiting 10...
View ArticleReview of Invacom QPH-031 C/L LNB
As many of you may have already read I received my Invacom QPH-031 Combined Circular / Linear LNB from a Satelliteguys.US / Satelliteav.com contest/giveaway. When I first received it we I pulled off my...
View ArticleViewsat 2000 Extreme
The Viewsat 2000 Extreme arrived a few minutes ago....Will attempt to set it up and keep all informed. If i do not surface for a while...send bloodhounds! jeff
View ArticleCoolsat 5000
I had the privalege of reviewing the Coolsat 5000. The 5000 is the newest model from Coolsat, and is an upgrade from their very popular 4000 model. I was able to review the 4000 a while back, so I got...
View ArticleSamsung DSB-4700
I recently had the opportunity to test out the Smasung DSB-4700 receiver. When I took it out of the box, I noticed it was a nice size unit. The first thing I liked was the 2 sets of outputs and on the...
View ArticleCoolsat 6000 Premium
Hey all. I decided that I needed to get another blindscan FTA box and I wanted to get into another Coolsat since I liked my 4000 Pro so much. I think it's mostly nastalgia, but for some reason I REALLY...
View ArticleGeosatpro 2.4 meter Prime Focus Review
I always wanted to test a polar mount 6 panel dish. I had the a friend from New Hampshire that ordered one from me but want me to test it first which also allowed me to shoot some pictures. I shipped...
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Bsc621-2 C/ku Lnbf
Just back from a week working on motorized satellite systems in L.A. California First thing I see on my return is a new C/KU LNB for testing Still working on it so once again this is a review/test in...
View ArticleSatellite AV - GeoSatPro 2.4 meter dish and C/Ku LNBF
I recently received the GeoSatPro 2.4 meter prime focus dish and C/Ku LNBF from Satellite AV. First, let me say that I've never done any business with SatelliteAV in the past nor have I ever tried any...
View ArticlePansat 6000
The 6000 is the newest receiver from Pansat, and in my mind, one of the best. The unit has two tuners and a PVR. I have never had a PVR for FTA and had one for Dish Network for a couple months, so I...
View ArticleGlorystar Dual LNB Upgrade Kit
If you have a Glorystar system aimed at AMC4 for 3ABN, Hope or LBN, wouldn’t it be nice to get the other religious channels on IA5? If you’ve visited Satelliteguys before, you know a few of us have...
View ArticleWave Frontier Toroidal T-90 Satellite Dish
The other day I was out working on the “dish farm” and I decided to condense some of the setup. Now before today I had the following set up -6 foot C-Band dish -Dish500 with I adapter for Dish Network...
View ArticleGeoSat Dual C-Band LNB
I finally got around to installing it today on my 7.5 foot Perfect 10 dish....My notes are as follows. If you have a tripod arrangement, you'll be fine. If you have a quad leg, like I do, you'll be...
View ArticleDigiwave 8x1 uncomitted switch
broke off from another thread jerryt said: This switch looks promising; "Digiwave Brand SW81 8x1 DiSEqC Switch 8 in 1 switch". 8 ports all uncommited. Uncommited switch 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. about $20...
View ArticleConaxsat Trio Initial Review
Since this box does FTA, divx video and PVR, I am going to do a general review of the unit, then the FTA portion, then PVR capabilities, then Divx portion. Mods: I didn't post this in the review...
View ArticleEMP Centauri 8 x 1 (GOTO nn switch)
For background information, when I first got into this so-called hobby back in May of 2006, I bought universal LNBs at first, not knowing (or even imagining) that in about six months time I'd have...
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