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10-07-2009, 12:53 PM
|  | The No Pain Train | | Proud Staff Member Join Date: Nov 17th, 2003 Location: Places men fear to tread
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| | I have a azbox elite and LOVE IT!!!
I use a Coolsat 5000 to blind scan then any HD or 4:2:2 feed I plug the info into the azbox and voila...TV
__________________ 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 | 
10-07-2009, 01:15 PM
|  | Westside FTA Locos | | Supporting Founder Join Date: Jul 18th, 2005 Location: SoCal
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Originally Posted by Iceberg I have a azbox elite and LOVE IT!!!
I use a Coolsat 5000 to blind scan then any HD or 4:2:2 feed I plug the info into the azbox and voila...TV  | Yuppp. ... I blind scan with either a Pansat 3500a or Sonicview 8000HD then ------> to Azbox Elite HD
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10-07-2009, 01:35 PM
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stogie, appreciate the invite! i dont usually get over to the west but if i do i will give ya a ring, i would like to see your setup!
i think im sold, not i need to count my pennies.
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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver | 
10-07-2009, 02:31 PM
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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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10-07-2009, 02:36 PM
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i know right, why so inexpensive for such a quality product?
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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver | 
10-07-2009, 02:39 PM
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nobody can still make a box that can blind scan s2 and do 4.2.2 feeds. come on fta companies your getting closer but not quite there yet
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10-07-2009, 07:53 PM
|  | Crazed Cajun Rebel | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Jan 7th, 2007 Location: Slidell,LA
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Originally Posted by olliec420 stogie, appreciate the invite! i dont usually get over to the west but if i do i will give ya a ring, i would like to see your setup!
i think im sold, not i need to count my pennies.  | Anytime, any day.
__________________ Azbox Elite HD/Gbox Positioner, fed by a 12' Paraclipse with H-to-H mount, Precision Ortho Feed with Generic LNB's, collecting C-Band 43w-139w. Vantage 1100S/Twinhan 1020a/Tracker 1r positioner, fed by a Birdview 8.5' Solid, CK-1 LNB, Collecting C/Ku 43w-139w. Coolsat 5000/GS120 motor driving a P* 1m Dish/Eagle Aspen Dual Ku LNB, feeding them all VIA multiswitch. "I'd smoke chains if I could light 'em." -Brother Dave Gardner
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10-09-2009, 09:25 AM
| | SatelliteGuys Freshman | | Join Date: Jul 27th, 2009 Location: 43.9N 8E
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Originally Posted by Lak7
Vantage 1100 does:
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Shutters horribly on High Bit Rate HD feeds
... | tested a high bitrate HD mpeg2 feed a few days ago with 2.52 firmware (now 2.53 is available), no shuttering problems anymore, picture perfect and stable, hope they fixed the bug definitely (gonna have some more tests, tough)
p.s.: I have a Vantage 8000HD, not 1100, but they have the same firmware
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10-09-2009, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Lak7 | has anyone bought from this guy before? im about to pull the trigger
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10-09-2009, 09:44 AM
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tested a high bitrate HD mpeg2 feed a few days ago with 2.52 firmware (now 2.53 is available), no shuttering problems anymore, picture perfect and stable, hope they fixed the bug definitely (gonna have some more tests, tough)
p.s.: I have a Vantage 8000HD, not 1100, but they have the same firmware
"Location: 43.9N 8E"
| Are you in North America? The unit works fine in Europe, just not with some types of SCPC feeds in North America.
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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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