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Welcome to Satellite Guys! I believe they still exist, at least their products are still for sale. They are part of the old Freesat I believe if you want to find them.
Yeah, I see them on ebay all the time and I tried to set up an Account on freesat.cn/forum and worked Once, then nothing. Afraid if I do get a GTMedia device because of that,I'll be left holding the bag. Are they a good product, seems I'm leaning towards V8X, I don't need The Terrestrial function, so.
again thanks for your help.
again thanks for your help.
They aren't really all that good receivers for FTA. They are mainly used for piracy.
I'd only recommend TWO receivers at present:
1: If you are limited in money: Amiko MINI 4K UHD DVB-S2 S2X H.265 HEVC FTA Receiver
2: BEST, if you have a little more money, and want a receiver that'll likely serve you well for YEARS and YEARS. I have the single tuner version of this, and LOVE it!: Edision OS MIO+ 4K S2X + S2/T2/C Grey
I picked up a Channel Master 10' Fiberglass dish from down the road and was wanting to receive C/Ku band. I know things are totally different from when I had a BUD back in the mid 90's, late 80's. so, I'm back to learning again. I was looking at the Amiko Mini HD265 or the
Amiko Mini 4K UHD. whats the Difference between those 2?
Ed
Amiko Mini 4K UHD. whats the Difference between those 2?
Ed
The only difference between these 2 is the Amiko Mini 4K UHD will do UHD channels, the Amiko Mini HD265 will not. Currently there is only one UHD channel i am aware of on FTA and that is the NASA UHD channel on Galaxy 13 127.0W C Band. Otherwise these 2 receivers are exactly the same.
GT Media forum is shady. But their V8UHD model receiver does work well. Blind Scan is fast and doesn't miss much. And I can watch the 4K NASA feed on my 4K TVs. The interface is decent. Their other models are not as refined.
Amiko is better, but if you want to save a few bucks, the GT Media V8UHD isn't terrible.
Amiko is better, but if you want to save a few bucks, the GT Media V8UHD isn't terrible.
It has an older looking menu interface and not as fast scanner. But it works pretty well for $35 on ebay.
I found some Hispanic UHD channels, but they're all encrypted. NASA is the only open UHD I've found so far.
As far as Ku, I have messed with it for a couple years and unless you're bilingual, I really don't see much that interest me.
Lots of Arabic, Hindi and Muslim channels, which are useless to me. I do watch the Camel races on Galaxy 19Ku, but that's about it.
I've been watching the UHD thing and from what I've seen, they're moving toward higher definitions when 4K programming is hard to come by.
Instead of sinking money into 4K or higher equipment, I decided to invest in 4K DVD's and player to enjoy the higher definitions. It works out well for us since we have 70 4K LG TV.
