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[Alphachild]

Hello, this is my introduction I guess. I'm new to all this, was pointed towards free-to-air and programmable receivers by a friend.

I'm new to all this, like I said, so please bear with me if I ask tired and tedious questions. I've sifted through the site and gleaned a lot of information, but I still need help with equipment and what have you.

I'm hoping to get a receiver and a dish hooked up and running soon, funds permitting. I think I can get an old Primestar dish, and should have no problem coming up with a DTV dish. I also purchased a Samsung SIR-4040 Tivo DVR that at a yard sale that *was* a Dtv system.

Is this hardware any good for anything? I saw it and the price was a five spot, so I figured at the LEAST I had a $5 40 gig hd for my next computer.

I run linux on my home system, and am an avid technology fan. Picking up satelite feeds would be an awesome addition to my arm's length long list of hobbies.

Thanks for your help guys, and also, since I am a tightwad usually in a tight spot what are your guys' reccomendations for a barebones, budget, easy-for-a-goof-ball to use set up?

I heard of autorolling .bins (bins I believe are the keys to private satelites?), someone told me you hit the channel you want, and a string of numbers goes across the screen and after some time you get sound, then picture then you are set. What kind of set up is that?

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[jc7257]

Great to have you join us here at ABA. You will find the greatest help right here. Take a look here at this link. It is members giving reviews on different STB makes...
Receiver Reviews - ABA DSS - Free to Air Satellite TV Community
Some of the DTV dishes will work. I would suggest the single eye LNB, the tripple eye that DTV uses is a pain in the a$$ to use for charlie (DISH NETWORK). If you look around, you can find charlie dishes for free. When subscribers move, they leave the dish, per charlie instuctions, so pick one up this way, get the 18" dish with a DP LNB. These work great. I really like the Sonicvie lineup in the STB's. They are at the top with support and new STB's on the market. Take a look at the SV-360 Premier with a single tuner PVR for recording, and the SV-360 Elite with dual tuners for recording one channel and watching another. If you are into HD (High Definition), check out the SV-8000, best on the market, my opinion. Also, check out our VIP membership, this will get you into the download section where we keep all our tested and safe files. Click on my sig (Be a VIP member) and take a look. You will be glad you did...

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[Alphachild]

Thanks for the great welcome I look forward to learning a lot!

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