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[dishdizzy]

I believe I posted in the wrong place before so here it is again

I just bought from you guys today and I'm very excited about getting up and running so I'm starting the questions early so not to slow my day of install.
my cordinates are:
Location: 35.922976 N, 83.879793 W
so which sat will be my furthest southern sat?
and I'm using a twinhan 1030a
any suggestions and what kind of computer to build
(equip and os (windows plz))
Thanks for any replys

[wejones]

Originally Posted by dishdizzy

I believe I posted in the wrong place before so here it is again

I just bought from you guys today and I'm very excited about getting up and running so I'm starting the questions early so not to slow my day of install.
my cordinates are:
Location: 35.922976 N, 83.879793 W
so which sat will be my furthest southern sat?
and I'm using a twinhan 1030a
any suggestions and what kind of computer to build
(equip and os (windows plz))
Thanks for any replys

I'll let someone else help you with setup of the mount, but looking at Lyngsat, http://www.lyngsat.com/america.shtml
It looks like AMC9 is closest to your longitude, but you may have a problem finding a full time Ku signal on that sat, so you might be better choosing AMC3, or perhaps AMC5. The other sats in that area aren't suitable.
Re computer, I'd really advise getting a computer over 2 GHz, and possibly faster. For standard definition, you can probably get by with a 500MHz computer, but if you try watching HDTV channels, you will have a problem with freezing video,etc. I'd also recommend getting a video card that has options for TV output, like svid and the digital output (I forget what it is called, something like DVI). Ie, if you want to display channels on a TV, you'll need that capability. I'm using an ATI 9200, which has both dvi and an svid that has a converter for regular A/V connection.
Did you have a specific reason for getting the 1030 rather than the 1020? Some third party software may not work with the 1030, and you will almost certainly end up using something other than the software that comes with the Twinhan card.

[dishdizzy]

Thanks for the reply. I bought the 1030a just because I thought it might be better and I'm planning on using mytheatre 3.08 8) with this card. Think I'll be ok? Thanks for your help!

[wejones]

I think it should be OK. I am not familiar with the Mytheater program, but I remembered a note on the DVBAPPS software page, mentioning problems using their software with the 1030 card, but I just went to look, and it says that the problems are with a 1030CI card, not the 1030a , so I think my statement was probably wrong.
I don't think that there is likely to be any difference in quality between the 1020 and 1030 cards.

[dishdizzy]

Thanks for the help and hope to return the favor someday!