Thread: Newbie 4dtv question

what is the best reciever to get for 4dtv

i found a dsr 922 dsr 920 and a dsr 905 on ebay

Originally Posted by jmc98

what is the best reciever to get for 4dtv

i found a dsr 922 dsr 920 and a dsr 905 on ebay

922 is my choice, if only I could afford one.

922 is the best there is.

I bought a dsr-922 for $225 last month on ebay. I have seen brand new units there for $399 if you can afford that. Some channels cannot be mapped into older units such as dsr-905 from what I understand.

Go for the dsr-922.

Originally Posted by lonewolf454

I bought a dsr-922 for $225 last month on ebay. I have seen brand new units there for $399 if you can afford that. Some channels cannot be mapped into older units such as dsr-905 from what I understand.

Go for the dsr-922.

The 905 can do all the SR/FEC that a 922 can do. It's the DSR 920 that is limited. The 905 is only a DC2 decoder (like a 410) The 920 & 922 is a full unit that moves the dish too.

watch the date on older units
if the battery goes,then its a doorstop

i hate that battery issue with these dcII boxes.. such a pain in the rear. You have good boxes that are destroyed because of a stupid battery that they knew would die. i know the service life of the boxes was probably predicted to be over long by now.

Just another example of Motorola / GI logic.

GI designed the battery circuit so if you played with the board to hack it, it would kill itself. It's old technology in those days lots of things ran ram memory battery backed up. The battery should last 10 years under normal conditions. When in doubt swap it out, lithium batteries are cheap.