Newsgroup: it.hobby.satellite-tv
Titolo: Uniden UST-4400

I just bought a Satellite System with a house attached ;^). What are the
pros and cons of the Uniden UST-4400 receiver?
It appears to be a full featured C/Ku band unit, but are there any known
problems???  What's it's position in the satellite receiver food chain?
I understand it is an older unit, I'm curious what the informed c-band
folks have to say.
Thanks.
Uman
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A lot of people slam Uniden equipment, but I have been using mine for
years without any problems.  The 4400 is a bit limited on features, but
for basic satellite viewing with or without a VCII+ board, it is ideal. 
I am also using a 4200 as a slave receiver ALSO without any problems. 
Check out rec.video.satellite.tvro news group for more C-Band info.

Thanks for the opinion.  I am thinking right now I will wait and see what
is going to happen with the 4DTV issue, and maybe use the 4400 as a second
receiver later if I decide to upgrade to the digital receiver.  I am
assuming that none of the dish hardware (feedhorn, LNB) will need to change
to use 4DTV (or whatever digital system ends up winning out).  
Does anyone know how long it will be before we start seeing some of the
Analog programming turn to 100% digital?
Uman
 

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Today.  CourtTV and the International Channel are 100% DCII now.  Both
of these services used to be available on analog C band.
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ups...@geocities.com
It is a decent receiver. Uniden is bad about using capacitors
really close to tolerance, so if you ever have problems, it will
likely be a bad cap. 
Also, the master password will not be found in the manual, if you
have it.  I have it written down somewhere if you need it. Or you
can call Uniden for it.
William R. James

P.S/// sorry I didn't mean you'll need a special feedhorn for a GI-4dtv
receiver, you don't. Your ones on your dish are whats needed.

I have had my 7foot c,ku band system for around 6 years now and never
had any problems with the uniden ust-4400. C-band i think offers a great
picture, sometimes better then digital. Because of rain and boxy or
pixels in digital movies. But i did just get the GI-4dtv receiver, 
mostly to see whats different on digital,and allso i subscribe to a
bunch of channels on c-band like the regular stations and the movie 
channels,so what ever is the same on the digital side of my receiver, 
like hbo and max, i get it at no extra charge in digital format. When 
you get your 4dtv receiver you have to let the people you subscribe from
know that you whant the digital hbo and max turned on. You give them a 
code for the digital part of the 4dtv. Allso i got my receiver from 
Skyvision and i had to call them to turn on a special guide like a tv 
guide,once again you give them a code. About how long c-band will be
around, no one knows. I hope many years. Like i said digital movies go 
nuts sometime blocky, mostly hbo. And digital gets some of it's signals
from c-band sats. You allso have a lot bigger choice of free stations
and backhulls on c-band. Thats my 2cents worth,keep the big dish and get
4dtv or a special feed horn with 3 LNBs on it one of them a DBS, LNB..