i have a friend that wants to buy a receiver only to watch globecast and he was asking which is the most recommended one? i have a pansat 2500 which i converted to a 2700 so i told him to stay away from this one!
GC is NOT something that FTA receivers usually receive in NA...it rarely works, and when it does, its ONLY for short periods (1-2 weeks)...Pansat, Viewsat, Sonicview, and even FLU's converted to a 2700 clone, have had GC bins lately for a short period ONLY, but not now again...so for anyone to buy a FTA receiver based on GC availability is a VERY poor reason... its like a person in Florida buying a snow shovel, hoping that it may snow ocassionally...
BTW, your converted 2500 is as good as any other for GC..