Best HD FTA Receiver with blind scan
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The BEST is a tough judgement, but considering the current state of blindscan in HD boxes, possibly the Pansat 9200 HD with the new DVB-S2 blindscan option might be the choice ( but it certainly wouldn't be the unanimous choice , nor even mine ).
On Ku band there are HD feeds and uplinks, but only a few HD channels. There is more HD available on C-band than on Ku band. Furthermore, considering that a lot of C-band is moving to DVB-S2 8psk modulation, to really cover all the bases you'd need a 10 foot dish and the ability to view 4:2:2 chroma channels. The Pansat 9200 cannot do 4:2:2 chroma, but the new AZbox CAN ( but doesn't have blindscan ). In fact, except for it's lack of blindscan, I'd call the AZbox HD Elite the BEST HD receiver available.
So , you see, there's no simple answer, because of the variety of signals we can conceivably run into, and no one box yet does it all-including blindscan . ( Haven't even talked about DCII, yet )
On Ku band there are HD feeds and uplinks, but only a few HD channels. There is more HD available on C-band than on Ku band. Furthermore, considering that a lot of C-band is moving to DVB-S2 8psk modulation, to really cover all the bases you'd need a 10 foot dish and the ability to view 4:2:2 chroma channels. The Pansat 9200 cannot do 4:2:2 chroma, but the new AZbox CAN ( but doesn't have blindscan ). In fact, except for it's lack of blindscan, I'd call the AZbox HD Elite the BEST HD receiver available.
So , you see, there's no simple answer, because of the variety of signals we can conceivably run into, and no one box yet does it all-including blindscan . ( Haven't even talked about DCII, yet )
As far as I know, there is only one with blind scan at the moment, the Pansat 9200. However, that receiver requires a separate add-in card for DVB-S2 (the new standard of DVB which supports MPEG-4), and uses a non-standard file system for the PVR hard drive. The best all-around HD receiver at this time is probably the AZBox. There is a review in the equipment reviews section.
If I had to, I could live without the blind scan. Since I can manually update the channels using Channel Master, I would consider that route.
Has anyone tried using Channel Master with the AZbox?
I'll take a look at the review.
Why don't you just use the AZBoxEdit v.0.9.7b?
I know it is in the beta, but still works good.
Has anyone reviewed (or seen) the new S2 blind scan card for the 9200?
Several members -do- have the Vantage, and I believe it blind scans S2.
But, many who have it, also got an AZbox.
It's still very much a transitional time for HD boxes.
Those few on the market which are aimed at the FTA crowd (if any), are still evolving.
Or, at least that's my take on it.
Several members -do- have the Vantage, and I believe it blind scans S2.
But, many who have it, also got an AZbox.
It's still very much a transitional time for HD boxes.
Those few on the market which are aimed at the FTA crowd (if any), are still evolving.
Or, at least that's my take on it.
That's for sure!
I just finished reading the review for the AZbox. Very interesting. It looks like the features of a Wii combined with an FTA box.
Considering all the formats that are beamed from the different birds, I can see why blind scan would come later. They would have to work out all the bugs for each format before they could successfully blind scan for channels.
The other notable feature is that the price keeps creeping downward.
I'll be keeping an eye on this box for a while.
AZ (media player)
It bottomed out and has popped back up a bit.
If that hadn't happened last weekend, I'd have had mine on order.
It bottomed out and has popped back up a bit.
If that hadn't happened last weekend, I'd have had mine on order.
I have the new DVBS2 plus board it is a small board with two connections on it. I posted an update in the review section.
I have added pictures of the new board as well.
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The QPH031 is a standard linear, LO =10750 for two ports,
and a circular LO=11250 for two ports.
The QPH031 is a standard linear, LO =10750 for two ports,
and a circular LO=11250 for two ports.
I really like my sonicview 8000. Blind scan. Local hdtv tuner. Record local or sat channels. PBS hd and fashion tv hd as well as a handful of unpublished treats. No s2. No 422.
It can do S2 with an add-on board, but you need to get the right one. Most are hack boards, but there is a legitimate one also.
I don't think there is an add on board that can do DVB-S2 for the sonicview 8000.If it is.Could you show me a link to it.
I've been looking for a legal DVB-S2 add on board, for awhile, for the SV 8000 HD, and have not
found anything, anywhere.
found anything, anywhere.
AFAIK, the only receiver to get a board that is not for hacking purposes is the pansat 9200. The other receivers that can do dvb-s2 all had it built in (Pansat 9000, Coolsat 8000/8100, Diamond 9000, azbox, etc).
Of course, there are boards for the pansat, sonicview, viewsats and probably others (I don't know for sure) that were only for 1 thing really.
Of course, there are boards for the pansat, sonicview, viewsats and probably others (I don't know for sure) that were only for 1 thing really.
From what I've been reading in the reviews section, the AZBox with S2 blindscan and without the 20mbps stream cap would be the perfect HD receiver.
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