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By Vaporman87 At 14:28 On 11 June 2015 10471 Posts King of the Hill	Inspired by a thread on RJ, I dedicate this thread to images and discussion of those behemoth TVRO/C band dishes that once dominated the landscape. Recollections of the days when you could watch your favorite channels (that weren't NBC, ABC, CBS, or FOX) for nothing at all. Not a dime. Or you could pick up feeds from clear across the country, commercial free. The last major use I had for these monstrosities was picking up the west coast feed of the Golden State Warriors games. Only by satellite could I have had the chance to watch my favorite basketball team lose all the time to other teams. Occasionally we would use it to watch Pay-Per-View wrestling events, but that was rare by the mid-90's. Nowadays, these rusting relics sit virtually unnoticed in the yards of their owners, not being used for any purpose. Some people have gotten creative with them and routinely painted their favorite sports team logo or other design on them. What say you about this technology of a by-gone era? Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.

By shakin steak At 15:18 On 11 June 2015 2173 Posts Turtle Powered	You used to be able to break in and see what was happening on the sets of live shows during commercials with one of these things. I always kind of wanted one, but dunno how useable it would be today. I hope the guy in that thread tells me what he's up to. And I hope he's not just turning it into a gazebo. Quote Disable Sigs
By Vaporman87 At 15:21 On 11 June 2015 10471 Posts King of the Hill	shakin steak wrote : You used to be able to break in and see what was happening on the sets of live shows during commercials with one of these things. I always kind of wanted one, but dunno how useable it would be today. I hope the guy in that thread tells me what he's up to. And I hope he's not just turning it into a gazebo. -end quote That live Golden State Warriors feed was funny sometimes. You could hear the announcers speaking with production staff, cursing, telling jokes, berating the play of the players, all kinds of stuff. Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.
By shakin steak At 15:21 On 11 June 2015 2173 Posts Turtle Powered	Hmmm.... you could use even a little DirecTV one to amplify a roof antenna and get those Columbus TV stations. Quote Disable Sigs
By Vaporman87 At 15:46 On 11 June 2015 10471 Posts King of the Hill	Interesting. But yeah... more work than I'm willing to do for those channels. Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.
By jkatz At 17:33 On 11 June 2015 896 Posts Fresh Prince	Vaporman87 wrote : The last major use I had for these monstrosities was picking up the west coast feed of the Golden State Warriors games. Only by satellite could I have had the chance to watch my favorite basketball team lose all the time to other teams. Occasionally we would use it to watch Pay-Per-View wrestling events, but that was rare by the mid-90's. . -end quote I bet that would've come in handy these these past few weeks. You sure you don't want to dig yours out of the garage and use it today? Quote Disable Sigs The women of New Vegas ask me a lot if there's a Mrs. New Vegas. Well, of course there is! You're her. And you're still just as perfect as the day we met.
By Vaporman87 At 18:03 On 11 June 2015 10471 Posts King of the Hill	jkatz wrote :You sure you don't want to dig yours out of the garage and use it today? -end quote Well I lost my love for sports years ago. Couldn't care less about today's Golden State Warriors. But at least I can say I was a fan of theirs before it was popular. I liked watching RUN-TMC play for them (Hardaway, Richmond, and Mullin). Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.
By comic_book_fan At 18:48 On 11 June 2015 207 Posts 8-Bit	i have one of those in my back yard but we haven't used it since 93 or 94 we used to get midget wrestling on ours and some times fox would tune out and you would get some adult movies late at night you never knew what you were going to get with ours different things would tune in and out at different times. Quote Disable Sigs 'you think just because a guy reads comics he can't start some sh*t'
By massreality At 18:52 On 11 June 2015 382 Posts More Than Meets The Eye	My uncle had a massive satellite dish with one of those "special" chips inside it that unlocked everything. As a kid I got a chance to watch a ton of WWF events, and had my first exposure to adult entertainment by going into that set of channel I was banned from watching. After I saw Stay Tuned, I would stand near the satellite dish hoping it would suck me into the TV. I know it wasn't as fun as it would seem in the movie, but I was hellbent on becoming an animated mouse like in the movie. Quote Disable Sigs Brandon Middle-Aged Fat Kids
By Vaporman87 At 18:58 On 11 June 2015 10471 Posts King of the Hill	massreality wrote :After I saw Stay Tuned, I would stand near the satellite dish hoping it would suck me into the TV. -end quote Yeah, the Stay Tuned satellite was the model for that technology to the Nth degree. Too bad such a thing isn't a reality. Quote Disable Sigs You love this signature.
By EISXUOIS At 18:55 On 12 June 2015 162 Posts Rugrat	I was wondering could you use it to transmit fm signal to remote controlled drones and such Quote Disable Sigs

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