And if I remember right we tore apart the receiver even before they were available especially on the blind scan capability?
3 reasons why I am excited for it....and by the way I do have one
1. it works out of the box like its suppose to
2. support is done here in the US and not across the ocean in Japan or Korea or China where their means for FTA are dramatically different
3. I've worked with enough Geosat products I'm sure Brian isn't going to put a pile out just to make some money like other companies do (what model is Openbox on now...model 667?). Brian listens to folks who have a product and makes changes as need be. Heck on the Geosat 200 we posted a list of upgrades needed on transponders and within a week there was an update.
I guess I'd rather spend the money for a product I know is going to be good from the get-go and if there is an issue Brian will get that fixed than spend a little less and be disappointed (or worse be a beta tester).
In my limited tests (very limited I should add) the tuner on the microHD has performed better then the Manhattan. The NBC-S2 signals on 105 my Manhattan could pick up but I would have a lot of breakup. Unplugging the cable from the Manhattan to and putting it in the microHD I get the same channels but am having no breakup on those channels.
Must be dish size related, obviously, as well, since I get both NBC muxes on my motorized 1.0M, on both the Solomend 800 and Manhattan . Last week I had to change my skew though, for a baseball game that I couldn't lock at all without a skew change. Once "re-skewed" , only my Profs 7500 combined with Tsreader/Vlc could give me a clear, non-problematic picture.
It wouldn't break my heart at all, if the MicroHD would do the same thing for me. For just watching TV, I'd rather not have to "crank up" the PCI solution.The specs for the microHD have been out for how long now? The fact that it does not have a component video output should not be a surprise to anyone at this point in the game.
microHD = 300 Grams 1 Dollar weighs 1 Gram microHD = $300 
LOL!!!
and going back to the Sathawk that's the issue we had. Brian sums it up best on his site when you click on the MicroHD item
Tired of waiting for firmware releases to fix the original problems that your receiver was sold with, then it creates even more problems?
I sent Brian a PM last night with 4 "issues" that I ran into....nothing huge. Just a couple annoyances I found. He responded back a half hour later with notes.
-The first item he agreed with me
-second item he didnt even think about and will get it fixed
-third item is already being fixed
-fourth item was a FYI...the transponder list was kinda outdated. The satellite list is current but TP list was outdated and I am sending him a newer list. As I noted "as long as we have 1 24/7 TP in there the end user can blind scan the rest)
Whenever I tried out a new receiver I always did the same thing. I moved the motor to 93W (my true south), reset the motor and hooked up the new receiver to try. As I mentioned to Brian last night "Honestly this is the first receiver I have worked with in a long time (a good 2-3 years) that after a half hour I didnt hook the Coolsat 5000 back up to the setup. "
There is a reason my Coolsat 5000 had been set up on my "main setup" since I got it in late 05. The other receivers I tried had so many issues mainly with the motor. Right now the 5000 is sitting on the kitchen table
