What do you get in 4:2:2? are many stations 4:2:2 or mostly feeds?
KU and C-Band or both?

If it is still not much I will put off getting a receiver that does this and stick with the Pansat 9200HD with card.

lots of sports feeds are 4:2:2
the main 4:2:2 channels are ther4 GDMX on G16 C-Band. They have syndicated programming that you see during daytime

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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've been pondering the same thing recently too. Ice probably has a good answer for this too. If I had a choice should I go with the Quali or the Pansat 9200HD with the extra board? I'm guessing the Quali. I don't have a computer fast enough for the other way of doing this. Of course it has to be somewhat user friendly...IE the wife. Blind

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30"Winegard Dish DS2076 with Sg2100 motor scanning from 63W to 125W, Fortec FS6D 6Foot with Geosat CK1 Lnb, and HARL2424 Powertech acuator and Gbox scanning 72W-135W, 8.5Ft Paraclipse fixed at 97W with BSC421, Fortec Star Dynamic Receiver, TechSat tracker II lnb's on KU dish,2-Primestars in storage

Hi Blind and the group, It might not take as much of a computer as you might think. My HTPC is only a 1.6GHz but it is a dual core and I have lots of memory - 2GB. It does 4:2:2 and even mpeg 2 HD just fine.

I run XP Pro on it with SP3 but I did have trouble with the updates to the net 2 framework that ProgDVB requires so I rolled the net 2 back and it has worked fine since.

Something I found interesting is I tried DvbDream and while the CPU usage was lower then with ProgDVB, the computer would have choppy video when playing fast sporting feeds. It plays the fastest sports with ProgDVB just fine with no chop at all.

Setting up a HTPC can be a chore but after it is done they are not too hard to use. Anyhow, let me know if you need any more info on the setup.

BTW - I'm sure you have run a blind scan with a DVB receiver set for FTA only and found new channels but when you go to view them the screen is black or maybe has lots of little color blocks and maybe audio plays for a second or stays on - thats it, chances are good you just found a 4:2:2 or mpeg 2 HD feed.

If you find these often then it might be worthwhile to get setup for 4:2:2 and HD. If you do not scan much then maybe not worthwhile.

PS - also check out the AZBOX I just got one and after the firmware update it is doing 4:2:2 and HD. Cold case files is coming up on G16
Got to go watch it. Later, DC

Hope this helps, DC

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Dish HD ViP222, OTA SR-15, FTA - two fixed Ku dishes. One Fortec 80CM with Invacom QPH-31 on 30W. One Winegard 76 CM with KUL1 on 103W. One Fortec 80 CM with motor for feed hunting on arc from 58 to 105W. Pansat 3500SD, Mercury II, AZBox Elite. C-band 10 foot mesh dish with Chaparral feedhorn. On the arc from 55.5W to 121W.

you mean Pansat 9200HD with S-2 board ?
when it comes to 4:2:2 it is the AZBOX or computer card.

if you are a sports nut more feeds are going 4:2:2 .




Pansat 9200HD with the extra board S-2

Quali no S-2 and more 4:2:2 feeds are S-2
so you end up back to the AZBOX
but the wife would find the Pansat 9200HD more like the Fortec my guess.

good luck

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C-band>4-10'KTI,3-10'Wineguard, 7.5 Star Trak,8'Echostar,Drake 1824&1624,GI-920,Toshiba's 1520 2220,GI 350,NextWave500,
KU>5)Fortec 36"90 cm,on 5) STAB 100 Motors 1) Fortec 31"80 cm @97°
Fortec's 5400,Classic na,ULTRA,Pansat's 2>2700,2800,5>3500,9000HD,9200 S-2 HD,Coolsat 5000,SV-8000 HD,Visionsat IV-200,and a Azbox named it Andy Pettitte because he keeps misremembering stuff

Thanks for the info by all. The Azbox is linux based correct. It's gotta be easy or the wife will scream lol. I thought the Quali did Dvb, S2, and 4:2:2. Maybe I misread it somewhere. Thanks Blind

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30"Winegard Dish DS2076 with Sg2100 motor scanning from 63W to 125W, Fortec FS6D 6Foot with Geosat CK1 Lnb, and HARL2424 Powertech acuator and Gbox scanning 72W-135W, 8.5Ft Paraclipse fixed at 97W with BSC421, Fortec Star Dynamic Receiver, TechSat tracker II lnb's on KU dish,2-Primestars in storage

The Quali only does 4:2:2 and its an old receiver

azbox does MPEG4, DVB-S2, 4:2:2 (along with 4:2:0)...the azbox isnt that hard to work with once the channels are set up

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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

It does 4:2:2. just not S-2 ones and that's lot of them.


The Azbox is linux based correct.
yes

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System
C-band>4-10'KTI,3-10'Wineguard, 7.5 Star Trak,8'Echostar,Drake 1824&1624,GI-920,Toshiba's 1520 2220,GI 350,NextWave500,
KU>5)Fortec 36"90 cm,on 5) STAB 100 Motors 1) Fortec 31"80 cm @97°
Fortec's 5400,Classic na,ULTRA,Pansat's 2>2700,2800,5>3500,9000HD,9200 S-2 HD,Coolsat 5000,SV-8000 HD,Visionsat IV-200,and a Azbox named it Andy Pettitte because he keeps misremembering stuff

Yes, The AZBox is linux based.

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AzBox HD Elite and Coolsat 5000. DG-380 Motor (37.6°W to 129.0°W), on 1.2M Geosat Pro. DMS BSC322-2 Universal LNBF. 2nd 1.2M Mini BUD Geosat Pro for C-Band.

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Being Linux Based really has nothing to do with being Easy.

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10' Unimesh w/ DMX741, GBox 3000, AZBox Elite, SatHawk PVR800 with Motorized Prime Focus 36" Backup.
Diamond 9000, Motorized 80cm BJU.
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