As far as I know the Pansat AP 600 is out of production and "Pansat USA" is no more. Are these a copy from China? Jess out in California
Jess your information is incorrect. Pansat the company is now DBA as Link TV Media, they also sell the Linkbox. It is still run by the same Pansat owners. These AP-600's are the original Pansat movers, no fakes or Chinese knockoffs.
The AP-600's have a hefty power supply that handles larger dishes well. It also is not plagued with bugs as other controllers are. Rainier tested all of them and took a lot into consideration before endorsing and selling this product. Rainier will only sell well tested quality products. Just like our D9865 receivers. They may be higher in cost then the run of the mill FTA box, but you also get a PowerVu CA system. Expansion for upgraded CA (future Rainier use) for subscription, and a FTA receiver in one. Cisco built this box to commercial quality standards. This well built quality shows when you use it with our subscription channels or FTA channels. It does not choke on high bitrate channels like many FTA boxes do, or have other anomalies that plague FTA boxes.
To get quality there has to be an increased cost. Many don't like it but that's the way it works. (you get what you pay for) Most FTA boxes cost around $25.00 to build. There is no way $25.00 worth of parts can compete with something that costs $100's to build.
The AP-600 is a workhorse and has been tested tried and true for years. Another reason why we chose it for our line, over the flash and glitz, inadequate or buggy performers that also are out there.
Rainier wants our customers fully satisfied.
