Star Choice

[Tommyboy]

So for $35 a mo.. and $75 a year i can get

STAR CHOICE English ESSENTIALS for $30
and add on SPORTS for $5

and can i use my 10ft c/ku band satellite for STAR CHOICE or do i need a diff.. lnb

p/s i am is miami fl

 

[Satellite Expert]

Forget using your BUD. SC uses 30 transponders on F1 and 17 on F2. You will have a burned out polarotor in no time. In addition, the wait as the dish moves back and forth between F1/F2 will become very tiring.

Go with electronic swtching between satellites and polarity.

Use either:
SC 75 cm elliptical dish (has built in 4 port multiswitch)
or
find 2 old Primestar dishes (that are the same) and use a DirecTV multiswitch to tie them together.

As for pricing, don't forget taxes (7% GST + provincial tax which is 7% in Ontario). Result is that price in Canadian$ is about the same in US$ when taxes are included

 

[mikester]

Sure why not

 

[Mr Tony]

So for $35 a mo.. and $75 a year i can get

STAR CHOICE English ESSENTIALS for $30
and add on SPORTS for $5

and can i use my 10ft c/ku band satellite for STAR CHOICE or do i need a diff.. lnb

p/s i am is miami fl

yes you could since what you want is on F1 (107.3)
KU band

 

[Jumbo Dumbo]

yes you could since what you want is on F1 (107.3)
KU band

NFL Network is on F2 - isn't it?

 

[Mr Tony]

yes it is

learned that last night when I lost F2
same with NFLST

 

[icstephen]

Silver package might be better...for 39$ you get essentials and 3 bundles so you could have sports 1 & 2 plus another bundle for about 5$ more,taxes not included.

 

[Mr Tony]

2nd set of US nets is good (thats what I just changed to)

 

[icstephen]

I just upped to gold...I am really enjoying this SC....I am even toying with the Idea of canning my Directv (or at least cutting back my receivers)...once I go FTA I will more than likely drop the Dtv and save some green.

 

[rkrenicki]

Or, pick up an HD receiver, and get the HD nets for free

 

[Satellite Expert]

and can i use my 10ft c/ku band satellite for STAR CHOICE

One thing I forgot to mention. You cannot use a 4DTV 920 or 922 as dish mover. As soon as it sees the ku side of F1; it overloads the 4DTV TDT count. It will max out at 1920, causing problems with the 4DTV mapping.

 

[Tommyboy]

where do i buy a 75 cm dish for SC and how much does it cost
and a DSR-505 HDTV Receiver

 

[rkrenicki]

KuSAT has the DSR505 w/75cm dish for $194 USD plus shipping

http://www.kusat.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=330

 

[Tommyboy]

SORRY?

 

[Jumbo Dumbo]

I doubt if you will find anyone here who condones "Account Splitting" - something about legality

 

[rkrenicki]

Account splitting is Illegeal, and is not tollerated on this site.

 

[Tommyboy]

If i get SC do they blackout NHL games.
What i want to see is the canucks games on RSN.
I will have CI too on DTV but i like the here it on RSN better.

 

[Satellite Expert]

If you British Columbia address, you will see Canucks games on Rogers Sportnet. Canucks games on CBC and TSN are seen by all regardless of address

 

[Tommyboy]

So if i want to see the canucks i want to use a British Columbia address?

 

[Mr Tony]

yep