Ice, thanks for noting that. Though drop in FTA equipment demand affected every legit. STB importer in NA, thus delaying new STB introduction with advanced features like 4:2:2, etc. Similar concerns were voiced many times on this forum. I'm surprised, this is the only thing, you managed to notice about the report.

Btw, based on European forum reports, OpenSat is not a stranger to supporting "3-d party" coders, and digging into non-standard modulations, so I wouldn't be that idealistic about this brand.

For those who still wonder what 4:2:2 Chroma Subsampling is, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4:2:2"][I]this[/ Wiki article will certainly help.

"Because of storage and transmission limitations, there is always a desire to reduce (or compress) the signal. Since the human visual system is much more sensitive to variations in brightness than color, a video system can be optimized by devoting more bandwidth to the luma component (usually denoted Y'), than to the color difference components Cb and Cr. The 4:2:2 Y'CbCr scheme for example requires two-thirds the bandwidth of (4:4:4) R'G'B'. This reduction results in almost no visual difference as perceived by the viewer.

Currently variants of 4:2:0 chroma configuration are found in all versions of MPEG, including MPEG-2 implementations such as DVD (although some profiles of MPEG-4 allow higher-quality sampling schemes such as 4:4:4)."

Seems like a really neat receiver. Once they get an ATSC tuner, hopefully as hot as the Pansat 9200 HD's tuner, I to will be jumping on the band wagon and making a purchase.

Has any one gotten inside the linux shell of this STB? What other services could we run on there?

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List of equipment - Pansat 9200 HD & Quali-TV 1080i

3 Foot DTN KU Band Dish fixed at 97 West
90 CM Fortec Star Dish fixed at 101 West

6 Foot C Band motorized Dish - Parked at 87 West
8 Foot C Band Dish fixed at 58 West

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I hope they come out with a ASTC tuner for it too......but I'd take blind scan first....

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Winegard 76cm dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual KU LNB/DirecTv dual..... Fortec 6 foot dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB aimed at 99W... Primestar 84e aimed at 91W.... WSIDigital 4 foot dish with Sadoun dual LNB aimed at 105W with 2nd LNB for 101W.... GeoSatPro 36" dish, SG2100 motor, Sadoun dual LNB
Coolsat 5000 on motorized....AZBox HD Elite on 99,motorized,105....Viacast DSR1500 on 99....GeoSatPro DSR200c on 2nd motorized.... Directv D15 DVR on 101W.... Pansat 1500 to aim dishes.... few receivers not set up yet
Other 6 foot Fortec dish with GeoSatPro dual C-Band LNB "ghetto moved" to various C-Band satellites
Third 6 foot Sadoun dish with GeoSatPro Prime Focus KU LNB on it for maximum rain fade combatting

I always go with the latest stable firmware. (especially with a device like this where it is easy to go back)

If there's an issue in the base firmware that is driving me crazy, or a feature I'm dying to use in beta firmware, I try the beta version.

Why do people stick with older versions? What I have read is they see the firmware version changelog and think the newer verions don't help them. Also, if it ain't broke(n) don't fix it. Other than that, change is a scary thing...

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