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    Sonicview 8000HD - 1080/hd picture quality

    As I was reading the thread about the new Edision and got flashback about this. The last time I played with Enigma 2 was on a DGStation (about 10 years ago) and it took for ever to scan for channels. I would start the scan, eat dinner, come back and it was still scanning. After it is done, I...
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    Google Trends for "Free-to-air"

    Many people also uses FTA when referring to OTA TV. Regulars here are hobbyists but don't forget that most FTA users are consumers. To get ethnic or religious channels, they hire an installer or search the internet for instructions to set it up once and not think about it as long as stay...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    Sorry if I was unclear. It is the EBox, the old receiver, that has the bulging capacitor. This problem is far from uncommon.
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    It wasn't the JynxBox that has the bad capacitor but the old EBox receiver that failed. It was running 24x7 for who know how long but after turning it off, it won't come back on again. The capacitor with the black marker line on top next to the heatsink is the one with the bulging top...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    Wish I could have got it for $75. Just because they are dumping it doesn't mean that it won't work as a FTA receiver. Chances are it is because it can't steal HBO and Playboy. When you are talking about new Android box are you talking about a media/streaming player or FTA receiver? I see...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    Nah, for some of us the fun part of the hobby is to plug and play around. It wouldn't be much of a hobby if you just plug it in and watch TV. For me, it is the trying of the different equipments, receivers, LNB's, dishes etc. For others, it is the scanning the sky to see all the satellites and...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    Not a good day. Got my receiver today. Opened it up and installed the ATSC tuner. Since I have not run cable to the new location yet, I borrowed the connections of another receiver in the same room. Unplugged the EBox Stealth, a Coolsat 8100 clone IIRC, and plugged in the JynxBox. Only the...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    That's not a problem for us because the local ethnic channels that we cared about have none or very basic EPG information. Each half hour block would have a "news", "music", "drama" etc. which may match what they are actually broadcasting. The satellite channels have no EPG at all. When I...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    I found several threads in other forums one mentioned that the box run cool. That clinched it for me. I don't like receivers with those tiny 20mm fans but was afraid that it would over heat. The guy mentioned problem pvr functions but that is OK because we would never use that features. I...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    Got one with an ATSC tuner for $219 shipped. Not bad at all. For some reason, receiver with ATSC tuner cost a lot more than one without. Ordered it this morning and got tracking number already so it is a viable Christmas present for my father as long as when I install it for him I mumbled...
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    Jynxbox Ultra HD

    Looking for a FTA/OTA combo receiver I found a new candidate, the Jynxbox Ultra HD. Looks like a very interesting box but I have never heard of Jynxbox before. Have any one here got any experience with this receiver especially with the ATSC tuner?
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    Enter To Win: GEOSATpro microHD FTA Receiver

    I want a microHD for 2013
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    NEW YEARS GIVEAWAY: GEOSATpro SL1PLL

    I Want to Win!!
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    Cheapest FTA receiver ever?

    But those were used. Most of us here know that periodically you can usually pick up really cheap receiver from pirates who gave up after a major Dish anti-piracy countermeasure. When I ran across that listing I tried to guess how much it cost the seller per unit to be able to sell it at that...
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    Cheapest FTA receiver ever?

    Today I was searching Ebay to see if there is any new models of FTA receiver with OTA ATSC tuner. Did not find any but did ran across a listing of an X2 M1 for $22.75 shipped. This is the lowest price for a new receiver that I have ever seen and the shipping is even free. I think I've...
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    pansat 9200hd with dvb-s2 tuner

    Don't have a Pansat but on my Sonicview I changed audio output Dolby to PCM to get sound.
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    Volume Problems

    The Fortec Star Mercury II has a manual audio offset that can be set per channel. Push the "Audio" twice to get the menu. I've ordered the Minicom before I found this feature.
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    setting up for 148

    Is the center LNB in the last picture the one from Bell Express Vu? Got one just like it from Ebay and thought the seller made a mistake and sent a circular LNB because I did not know that BEV also use linear. Sat in the pile for a while until I read your message about your own BEV LNB.
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    Enter to win: Tool kit from Sadoun - Ends 3/31/09

    This remind me that my brother has not returned the set of compression tools he borrowed a couple of months ago.
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    FTA Receiver with ATSC Tuners + PVR

    The DGStation Relook 400S (and the DreamBox) can do that, in fact, it can record straight to a network share. Since these boxes are linux based, they are more like computer then other STB's. Other possible uses for network access is web based record scheduling, IPTV's, podcasts, Youtube...
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    Sadoun introduces Monoblock FTA LNBFs

    A couple of months too late for the Vietnamese viewers. VPTV is gone from AMC4. Only VTV4 on G25 now.
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    Should I purchase a HD FTA box?

    Is there any box that will also do QAM? Google shows the CaptiveWorks 3000HD but it seems more like a computer with DVB cards rather than a STB.
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    SatelliteAV Motorized System Giveaway, We Have a Winner!

    I would like the Visionsat IV-200 for the PVR feature. I am surprise so many make the same choice since the Mercury usually got great reviews from users in this forum.
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    Diseqc

    If you are getting a Chieta, make sure that you that you get the heavy duty one. That's the one with low insertion loss, 1.5dB vs. 3dB of most DiSEqC switches including the cheaper Chieta ones.