Thread: Review: Sonicview SV-HD8000

The factory has old Sat information. Is there new software available for up to date satellite and transponder settings for FTA satellites?

for the above poster
i have loaded
boot loader 02.03
main software 02.50
front software vb-07


had this box over 2 years been great so far. it does run warm like most hd boxes i added a fan on top 3in. day one. the factory fan died early on. lot of dust here lol so i clean it out evey 6 months or so.
the blind scan is good not a pansat or a fortec. my FORTEC STAR FSIR-5400 it still the best no S-2 but does show a picture if HD jumpy but still.

as a pvr it is ok kinda like a vcr but works good for me no hi bit rate. it will do STO-HD it is 16 Mbps and PBS-HD well. the recorded files can be played on my computer with the KM Player the best player i have free from pansat.
if you don't need S-2 or 4:2:2 this is a good box glad i bought it when i did.

Originally Posted by Gordon Corbett

Dear Kirara,

Do you know whether Sonicview plans to introduce either a DVB-S2 auxiliary blind-search board for the SV-HD8000, as Pansat has done for its 9200HD, or a new blind-search receiver that will show pictures transmitted by 4:2:0, 4:2:2, DVB-S2, and, of course, in HD?

Thanks.

Gordon F. Corbett

As far as I can tell, I don't think that Sonicview will bother adding DVB-S2, 4:2:2, or 4:2:0 to this box. I honestly think their target consumers are people interested in pirating signals, so unless there is a signal that can be hijacked that uses the above mentioned formats, you most likely won't see any support for those formats from Sonicview.

It's really a shame that's the market they chose to appeal to as it's actually a pretty good box.

With the hack-market dried up, you'd think the makers of these boxes would take the low-cost road and enhance 'em for us.
What market share do they have now? None?
With a little work, we would eat 'em up.
And, a few fixes to an existing product is cheaper 'n quicker than a whole new development project.

My SV-HD8000 died yesterday. I think it's the power supply, and will check it out later this week.
One & a half year old. (1 year warranty)
Stuck the (highly hated) Captain 8000HD in to replace the SV, and its doing the job.
Will post, what I find on the SV, later this week.

Bob

With the hack-market dried up,

Sonicview is still actively hacking. I don't do it. I don't have the additional hardware to do it. Some people are doing it with this box and others.

I agree with you that it is in their interest and ours to provide more support to legitimate users.

Originally Posted by Anole

With the hack-market dried up, you'd think the makers of these boxes would take the low-cost road and enhance 'em for us.
What market share do they have now? None?
With a little work, we would eat 'em up.
And, a few fixes to an existing product is cheaper 'n quicker than a whole new development project.

I agree,I sent sonicview an email asking if they were going to make an s2 card like pansat,and I have not received an email from then yet and it has been about two weeks.

Checked the Sonicview site, and found out that, there is a 2 year warranty on the 8000, so I called
support, and the service guy said, that it sounded like the power supply went out, and he gave me a rma
number to send it back for repair.
So, I'm very relieved that it fell under the warranty period.
I just wanted everyone on the site, to know that the remarks on the SV-8000 power supply, in this thread,
are very true.

Bob

Great post!