Does anyone who has either of these boxes have anything good to say about them. I have been looking on eBay and it looks like I want that for feed hunting.

I have a 31" offset now, and i have a 10' SAMI that is not up yet and probably wont be for a while. Would recommend this box is all i can get is KU? or am i wasting time and money?

Last question i know it does dvbs2 and dvs and hd sd and 4:2:0, mpeg2 and mpeg4 so is the only thing this box is missing 4:2:2?

I also looked at that Vantage and it seems to have a lot of good features as well? Any opinions?

Thanks!

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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver

4:2:2 works, I don't know where you got that info from.. I have the Elite HD model and its my best unit I own.

Recommended from me for sure, and others.

As far as Elite of Prem, you will pay more for Premium which has everything the Elite has except you can add a 2.5" HDD and has built in wifi. Other then that, Elite works just the same as Premium for way less $$$$$.

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Bunch of HR20's with 2TB external drives.
6FT CBAND - 1.2m Mini BUD - SWM5
Dell Studio XPS 13 Dual Boot w/Win7 64bit & OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2

Read my reviews of each of them in the review section. I humbly suggest that most anything you need to know will be covered in those two threads.

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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
" I believe in EVERYTHING. You say, "EVERYTHING?" I say, YES! That don't leave no room for argument!"- Brother Dave Gardner

Oh cool!!

So your telling me that the box does everything, its the all in one solution?

MPEG2 DVB-S & DVB-S2 4:2:0 4:2:2 SD & HD & MPEG4 H.264

If its a ITC feed i can see it?

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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver

Don't forget to look at the Pansat 9200, a Non 4:2:2, DVB-S and DVB-S2 Blind Scanning unit that can Record High Bit Rate HD feeds to an external SATA Drive.

The AZBox does:
DVB-S 4:2:0
DVB-S 4:2:2
DVB-S2 4:2:0
DVB-S2 4:2:2
Records SD and Low Bit Rate HD (under 20 megabit)

AZBox does not:
Blind Scan

Vantage 1100 does:
DVB-S 4:2:0
DVB-S2 4:2:0
Blind Scans (both DVB-s and DVB-S2)
Records SD and Low Bit Rate HD
Shutters horribly on High Bit Rate HD feeds
Can handle AAC sound (not to be confused with AC3)

Vantage 1100 does not:
DVB-S 4:2:2
DVB-S2 4:2:2
With Firmware above 2.44, can not do AC3 sound

It all depends on what you watch.

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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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For Sale: Traxis 3500 - make offer

ahh will do thanks stogie!

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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver

Not a problem..the fellas have beat my threads to death with questions....they are quite a sight...LOL

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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
" I believe in EVERYTHING. You say, "EVERYTHING?" I say, YES! That don't leave no room for argument!"- Brother Dave Gardner

stogie, ur review is great. i think i want one! hehe

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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver

lak, thanks for the quick breakdown as well. i can live with out blind scan and hopefully they will add it in the future!

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Sony 52" XBR4 LCD, Sony ES 7.1 receiver

If you're ever in the New Orleans area give me a shout, I'll show you BOTH of them. Or if you want to take a ride, even, its only two hours or so each way, more or less...LOL

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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
" I believe in EVERYTHING. You say, "EVERYTHING?" I say, YES! That don't leave no room for argument!"- Brother Dave Gardner