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Does everyone need to upgrade to HD receivers to watch 118.7? Will it be possible to use standard def receivers for international channels in the future?

Thanks for the answers above guys, you answered the hell out of my Q except for 1 thing . . I have been searching for info on this, I read that Dish is switching to mpeg-4 only. Is that correct? Any time estimates, eg.. 2012?

Hi guys, nobody has been talking about these for years but I would like to know if I can start a basic subscription with a model 2800 and a 3900 that I got for free :D ?

Thanks for the tips guys! I swapped out my boxes and still had the same problem. I had a handful of diseqc switches from over the years so I kept on trying them and one finally worked. Even when grounded those things are pretty crappy if u run more than 1 or 2 lnb through them...

I hooked 3 LNB into my simple 4x1 diseqc switch and everything was working until I hooked up 2 more LNB with 22khz. I put the 22khz switch between the diseqc and the LNB. This gives me 5 LNB through the 4x1 switch and all work but the picture randomly locks up now for upto 10 or 15...

It is a good idea Alaa but wouldnt it just be cheaper and easier to buy 4 QQbox? Then you can access all 4 birds simultaneously. At that point though, I would just recommend buying a tuner with proper diseqc drivers. Who is not dissapointed with QQbox, I sure am. But for $30 shipped it was a...

That driver doesnt support any switches unfortunately. In DVBdream it misses on 1/4 channel changes as well. I've given up hope for a driver to fix the problems, too bad because the hardware seems decent and it is so cheap.

http://www.satelliteguys.us/191998-qq-box-usb-dvb-s-tuner-12.html#post2075228

Driver fix to add Diseqc functionality to the QQbox?

MC7 has a harsh learning curve to setup, but it is the best thing you are going to find. It is better than any solution you can buy, if you can get it working.

For DVB-S in MC7 you need to use software from DVBlogic. The one I use is called DVBlink for DVBdream. Basically, it streams (TS) everything from DVBdream into media center. So you keep DVBdream running at all times and MC7 controls it. It costs $30 but there is a 30 day trial. It is tricky...

With the latest drivers from DVBdream, the QQbox in Media Center 7 is cheap and awesome. Media Center blows away any STB like the sonicview, eg two week EPG, up to 8 tuners, auto sync shows/music/pics with bluetooth mobile devices, commercial autoskip, show/movie thumbnails in EPG, etc etc...

Uhmm mine didnt come with a remote. Are you mixing up Qbox with QQbox?

After some digging with the search, found the buried FAQ Pendragon mentioned above: http://www.satelliteguys.us/fta-mpeg2-faqs/134124-switch-setups-simplified.html I keep hearing mention of backstacked LNB's but I cant find a definition of what those are, is it the same as a dual LNB?

Since being forced back to DVBdream 1.4i because of the beta timeout bomb hidden inside 1.5, I have been able to get my twinhan card working by copying the DVBdream.exe and guids files overtop of my 1.5 installation. However, the QQbox still will not initialize :( If anyone knows how to fix...

I got a deal for 6 used wb68 switches for $60 shipped, lol. So I have room for testing. I am fuzzy on how the switch would know which flexport to select. Since the 4 regular inputs for 2 satellite locations are ?somehow? grouped into pairs 13/18V the receiver does not need to know to send...

It should be able to work with 2 tuners on the same PC, I havent tried though. In DVBdream you have to manually select which tuner instance you want to use when the tuner is a QQbox. If the driver is really bad though, like the obsolete twinhan tuner drivers you have to use if u have a...

The author of DVBdream is pretty good about adding compatibility. It does already allow Raw DiseqC commands and it also already allows you to repeat the commands x number of times. However, there is no diseqc timing but maybe he would add it. So the 2 flexports could be used as a single...

Pendragon posted raw diseqC commands to use the flexports but the problem was that they need to repeated every few seconds because the switch has some sort of internal timer that switches back to the main LNB ports. The switch works nicely with 2 legacy LNB. Now for the flexports. I am...

You can add more LNB to a round dish. There are even solutions for it such as the "magic bracket"

QQbox win7 and DVBdream1.4i In need of another tuner(s) so I can change the channel while MC7 is recording I decided to dust off one of my QQboxes and see what I could find. First of all, here is the link to the driver for win7 32 and 64 bit...

I received the BSOD a few times as well. And when media center is doing the tuner check, if you use DVBlink you need to unplug the tuner right before you cancel the tuner detection . . or it will hang. After spending some time trying to watch DVB with the QQbox, there are constant picture...

Another QQbox problem is that it just wont tune some channels. The signal is fine and I disabled all switching. Other tuners work fine but QQ just cant tune many channels, seems to be aprox 1/7 that wont work. It looks like it has a marginal signal because it squelches and sometimes gives a...

I tried 2 QQbox on win7 and it is impossible. The driver sucks hotdogs. Other problems are the slow startup time for the QQbox in DVBdream and the BDA driver confusion it causes in media center when configuring.

What is the problem with windows? The QQbox seems to start up really slow, at least in DD. Not really a problem but it is a bit odd. Also, having to select the Device, as I pictured above, is something that I do not need to do with my other tuners. I have it running with media center now...