Sparky McBiff
02-12-2013, 02:04 AM
Greetings.
I used to be pretty heavily into the whole FTA scene back in the day but I essentially bailed after N3 and after realizing that the iHub that Sonicview had introduced wasn't working worth crap. I was not willing to endlessly fiddle with something and still not be able to watch a damn thing. This was essentially what was happening when I turned off the SV 8k for the last time.
I would occasionally fire up the box just to see if my moveable dish was still aimed properly and sure enough it still picks up most of the birds but I would just leave it sitting on Galaxy 19 @ 97°W. The only time I would ever turn it on would be to show a friend all the weird foreign channels on there.
However after doing a bit of reading yesterday I managed to update my iHub (which was at version 1.4) and get it to 2.2 and now its at version 4.12 and I'll be looking at the P/S situation and how reliable it is for people.
To be honest I don't really feel the desire to get sucked back into the idiot box (the Internet is vastly more important to me now) but I do miss the hobby somewhat.
It's a shame for me to have that big moveable 1.2 meter dish with an Invacom on my roof doing nothing so who knows?
I guess now I'll do some reading and try to find out people's personal opinions about various p/s.
Thanks.
I used to be pretty heavily into the whole FTA scene back in the day but I essentially bailed after N3 and after realizing that the iHub that Sonicview had introduced wasn't working worth crap. I was not willing to endlessly fiddle with something and still not be able to watch a damn thing. This was essentially what was happening when I turned off the SV 8k for the last time.
I would occasionally fire up the box just to see if my moveable dish was still aimed properly and sure enough it still picks up most of the birds but I would just leave it sitting on Galaxy 19 @ 97°W. The only time I would ever turn it on would be to show a friend all the weird foreign channels on there.
However after doing a bit of reading yesterday I managed to update my iHub (which was at version 1.4) and get it to 2.2 and now its at version 4.12 and I'll be looking at the P/S situation and how reliable it is for people.
To be honest I don't really feel the desire to get sucked back into the idiot box (the Internet is vastly more important to me now) but I do miss the hobby somewhat.
It's a shame for me to have that big moveable 1.2 meter dish with an Invacom on my roof doing nothing so who knows?
I guess now I'll do some reading and try to find out people's personal opinions about various p/s.
Thanks.