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Originally Posted by smokinsiggy
:mozilla_cool: shawn , thanks again . your advice is well needed and very much appreciated, "excellent"!!! now you mentioned u sold your "coolsat and going to pansat" . that sounds a lil like takin a step back, or do you know something about coolsat(having owned 1), that i don't know or missed ?? reason being , i have 2 coolsats ordered now. awaiting snail mail!!! anyhow , thanks again =D>
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No, I loved my CoolSat. Nothing at all wrong with it. I even managed to get
AC3 audio working with the new firmware that CoolSat released to support the card reader (even though I didn't have the reader).
I went with the PanSat 3500s for two reasons:
#1 - I needed polarotor (skew) control now that I'm setting up a 5' BUD :mozilla_cool:
#2 - The Component video output was a BIG plus for my as my TV seems to HATE s-video.
The PanSat has better AC3 support than the CoolSat from what I've been reading. I don't think it's so much that it works better but rather that it will scan in the AC3 APIDs better than the CoolSat does. I was missing audio on ImaginAsian for quite a while until I went with the new firmware and was able to edit the APID in NDFEdit.
A weak point on the PanSat is the blind scan is slower and has been known to hand on some transponders.
I probaly should have kept my CoolSat. I have this sinking feeling that I'm going to miss it.
This is my new 'dish tree' (work in progress!):
Shawn