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Originally Posted by bali
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i think i'll keep an eye out for a low cost 4200v
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While the 4200 can tune the free things that a 4dtv can, plus several things that a 4DTV can't... be aware that a 4200 is not for someone who wants convenience. I think I said this already, but say you're tuned to the Neb
PBS mux on G26, and want to move to say the Oklahoma mux on G11. You have to move your dish, hit about 10 keystrokes to get to where you can reset to factory conditions. Do the reset, wait about 15 sec while it resets, then do the 10 keystrokes to get to where you can change the frequency, type in the frequency, select the SR and FEC, then hit tune, then wait, and wait, and wait, while it locks and loads in the VCT, which takes anywhere from about 2 minutes to 5 minutes. At this time, you can use the channel up/down to select the channel you want. I think I counted keystrokes once, and it was something like 55 or so. So this isn't a particularly convenient receiver to use. But it can be tuned to any frequency/SR value, unlike the 4DTV, which can really only be tuned to freq/sr values in it's map. There are some tricks that 4dtv'ers use, but they don't work on everything.
I personally prefer the 4200 to a 4DTV, mainly because I'm not interested in subscribing, and want the capability of tuning any free channel, and generally just leave the thing tuned to one of the several free PBS channels. Although the main PBS left DCII for the most part, there are still things like NET, Oklahoma, Georgia, La, and some others, plus the occasional subscription channel that goes FP. Just didn't want someone to buy a 4200 then get dissappointed at how much of a hassle it is to tune channels in.