I set 1 up for a customer over a month ago, that he got off Ebay an he had a problem setting it up. me after working with his unite as a slave on his C & Ku dish I would never get 1, no S-2, an needed lots of signal to lock, an very poor blind scan. I my book they leave a lot to be desired.
now if you want a cheep HD receiver look at a Diamond-9000, I have 1 here an like it works great, an just bought another 1 off e-bay last week under $150 new. but they have some bugs, but liveable, an I don't care what HD mpeg receiver you get, they all have their share of bugs.