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<blockquote data-quote="alec" data-source="post: 829288" data-attributes="member: 176125">Thx for the info and tips, sonnetpete. An upgrade to 1 m is certainly more attractive so it's good to hear you think the 1.25 is not necessary. I almost chose a Black Ultra but the quad version of the MTI Highline (a tad dearer than the Inverto) seemed to have slightly better reviews, so I went for that.One thing I tried this afternoon was to wash (with warm water and washing-up liquid) rinse off and wax (normal car wax) the existing dish, which is about 12 yrs old and was looking a bit grimy.This has given me another good 10% quality improvement. At 16:00, when before everything on 2F would have vanished, the Toppy was pulling in 4/7 with no artefacts (90%/51-56%) and Channel 5 was still visible although not watchable (95%/30%).Unfortunately the Foxsat is a lot less sensitive - only occasional flashes on 4 HD and lots of artefacts on 4/7 - but that's still better than before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alec, post: 829288, member: 176125"] Thx for the info and tips, sonnetpete. An upgrade to 1 m is certainly more attractive so it's good to hear you think the 1.25 is not necessary. I almost chose a Black Ultra but the quad version of the MTI Highline (a tad dearer than the Inverto) seemed to have slightly better reviews, so I went for that. One thing I tried this afternoon was to wash (with warm water and washing-up liquid) rinse off and wax (normal car wax) the existing dish, which is about 12 yrs old and was looking a bit grimy. This has given me another good 10% quality improvement. At 16:00, when before everything on 2F would have vanished, the Toppy was pulling in 4/7 with no artefacts (90%/51-56%) and Channel 5 was still visible although not watchable (95%/30%). Unfortunately the Foxsat is a lot less sensitive - only occasional flashes on 4 HD and lots of artefacts on 4/7 - but that's still better than before. [/QUOTE]

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