Mike, thanks for the response... replies below:<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Frisch</b> <<a href="mailto:mfrisch@isurfer.ca">mfrisch@isurfer.ca</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Keep in mind that most 4DTV channels are subscription only and even<br>then, much of the good programming is not accessible to consumers
<br>(they are used for feeding cable systems).<br><br>I had a 4DTV and had my Twinhan DVB-S connected to my C/Ku-band dish.<br><br>I sold my 4DTV (due to lack of interest) last year and took down my C-<br>Band dish earlier this year. It's dying. Far more exciting stuff
<br>out there with a 1m dish and a DiSEqC motorized mount.</blockquote><div><br>
This sort of lines up with what Robert was saying. Sounds like
C-band isn't the way to go now. So how many channels do you get
with a 1m dish? I hate to amdit it openly but I'm all about "free
channels". With a motorized 1m dish how much can I get for
free? </div><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">With a large dish, there are 1 coax each for C and Ku-band, two DC<br>power wires, and 3 additional wires for the polarotor motor.
<br><br>The smaller dishes (typically 1.2m or less) that use DiSEqC motorized<br>mounts send the dish positioning signals and power for the motor down<br>the same coax as the signal. Given the size/weight of typical C-Band
<br>dish, there isn't enough power carried on coax to move one of these.<br></blockquote></div><br>
That's really cool, is there linux software than can move the dish with
DiSEqC over a coax cable? Are you using one of these setups with
a myth machine? If so I would very much like to hear about it
(dish type, card type, config info, etc).<br>
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Thanks again,<br>
-Greg<br>