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Posted at 2:08 PM on Wednesday 01/23/08 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Hawking Hi-Gain HWU8DD USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter for $55 - $10 rebate [Exp 1/31] = $45 with free shipping. Hi-powered USB wireless-G adapter for your Desktop or Laptop PC. [BizRate]
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    abbazaba - Posted 2:16 pm PST 01/23/08 (302 Posts)  Report Spam

    HA! Do they make one for cell phones? People could wear it like a hat

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    5head1 - Posted 2:30 pm PST 01/23/08 (303 Posts)  Report Spam

    I'm going to mount this on top of my truck so I can get the internet wherever I go.

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    statik - Posted 3:37 pm PST 01/23/08 (201 Posts)  Report Spam

    prolly wouldnt work for a tivo box huh

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    sethook - Posted 3:38 pm PST 01/23/08 (1582 Posts)  Report Spam

    Can you hear me now?

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    Enduro - Posted 4:17 pm PST 01/23/08 (1079 Posts)  Report Spam

    Reminds me of classifieds in the back of old electronic magazines... Get over 40 stations free!

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    channelv - Posted 4:41 pm PST 01/23/08 (1052 Posts)  Report Spam

    And see through clothes with this super high gain dish!

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    Nivram - Posted 4:58 pm PST 01/23/08 (1706 Posts)  Report Spam

    Actually, I've seen a write up of a guy that took a couple old dish tv satellite dishes, and used them for a longer distance setup, similar to what this device is (allegedly) good for. I suppose that's easier than digging a slit trench and burying a cable, if you have a significant (>100ft) distance to run.

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    the lawyer - Posted 5:44 pm PST 01/23/08 (4118 Posts)  Report Spam

    they should make this for n-wireless.

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    guyinaz - Posted 5:49 pm PST 01/23/08 (510 Posts)  Report Spam

    I'll get cancer looking at porn next to this thing

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    prichard - Posted 5:59 pm PST 01/23/08 (111 Posts)  Report Spam

    At first glance I thought this was a cover for the George Foreman Round Electric Grill deal which is about 5 deals below this one!

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    c2nah - Posted 6:20 pm PST 01/23/08 (402 Posts)  Report Spam

    These work very well and I have the smaller cousin to this one for more portability.

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    barrysanders - Posted 8:18 pm PST 01/23/08 (202 Posts)  Report Spam

    Is this like Direct TV? Does this get ESPN 8 - The Ocho?

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    Ross - Posted 10:01 pm PST 01/23/08 (1206 Posts)  Report Spam

    I bought one of these. Now my nuts tingle all the time. Then again, it could be all the porn.

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    statik - Posted 10:18 pm PST 01/23/08 (201 Posts)  Report Spam

    stephen makes these by hand.

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    btc909 - Posted 11:13 pm PST 01/23/08 (2658 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yes it looks goofy but it does work well. Be sure to toss the driver CD & download the latest.

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    pcspecialist - Posted 11:27 pm PST 01/23/08 (269 Posts)  Report Spam

    this doesn't do nearly as good as a Wokfi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WokFi) which costs considerably less.

    Cantennas are even better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna

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    aquaflare - Posted 12:23 am PST 01/24/08 (3140 Posts)  Report Spam

    I think you can hook this to anything.. hook it to your TV and you get instant PPV.

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    Wand - Posted 5:43 am PST 01/24/08 (1417 Posts)  Report Spam

    I had an older version of this (HWU54G) when I was in grad school to catch free internet provided by university it was very effective where laptop's inbuilt antenna was useless. It saved me lot of money for the whole duration of my school. I saw this one too it is a cheaply built that dish will come out if you handle it bit rough and this one is pretty heavy too and it's very hard to carry this crap where ever you go.

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