Seeking the secrets of a satellite receiver DirecTV set-top-box design focuses on modularity for the mass market. By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor -- EDN, 1/18/2007 My wife and I are currently enjoying two concurrent six-month free subscriptions to DirecTV, including hardware, the outcome of a "spam fax" class action lawsuit filed against the company several years ago (and a reflection of the two fax lines at my residence that got spammed). A DirecTV D11-500 satellite receiver currently sits on our living room's home-theater cabinet, but I've dissected its predecessor, a D11-100, for your voyeuristic enjoyment. What's inside the svelte, silver, satellite-satiated case? ... http://www.edn.com/article/CA6406715.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.