looks like GT Media has left the satellite receiver business

[Jim S.]

Sometime in the past few weeks, all mention of receivers has been removed from not just their website, but the support forum too.

 

[comfortably_numb]

They're still selling receivers on their website and on Ebay.

GTMEDIA GTX Combo TV Box 4K 8K Android 9.0+DVB-S2/T2/C2 2G+32G Support CA&CI Plus1.4, SATA-HDD, BT4.1 Satellite Receiver Decoder

Descriptions 1.CI Plus 1.4, SATA-HDD bracket, PVR, 1000M ethernet,YUV4:2:2 decoding 2.Android 9.0, Amlogic S905X3, RAM 2GB DDR4 + ROM 32GB 3.DVB-S/S2/S2X,ATSC-T1.0/C,DVB-T/T2/C/C2,ISDBT 4.8K H265_Main10 decoder, 4K display 5.Wifi 2.4G/5G+BT4.1, 802.1.1b/g/n/ac 6.PowerVu, BISS auto roll...

www.gtmedia-store.com

 

[Hyper Casey]

Sometime in the past few weeks, all mention of receivers has been removed from not just their website, but the support forum too.

Uht-Oh Trouble?

 

[cyberham]

With the worldwide need for FTA receivers, these type of receivers whether GT Media or other should continue to be available for the foreseeable future even if you must source them from overseas.

 

[Jim S.]

They're still selling receivers on their website and on Ebay.

GTMEDIA GTX Combo TV Box 4K 8K Android 9.0+DVB-S2/T2/C2 2G+32G Support CA&CI Plus1.4, SATA-HDD, BT4.1 Satellite Receiver Decoder

Descriptions 1.CI Plus 1.4, SATA-HDD bracket, PVR, 1000M ethernet,YUV4:2:2 decoding 2.Android 9.0, Amlogic S905X3, RAM 2GB DDR4 + ROM 32GB 3.DVB-S/S2/S2X,ATSC-T1.0/C,DVB-T/T2/C/C2,ISDBT 4.8K H265_Main10 decoder, 4K display 5.Wifi 2.4G/5G+BT4.1, 802.1.1b/g/n/ac 6.PowerVu, BISS auto roll...

www.gtmedia-store.com

Something's fishy. The old forum at GTMEDIA Forum - Index page states that their website is GTMEDIA Official | Imaging & Multimedia Products, and there are no FTA receivers there, just a satellite meter and an ATSC receiver (since when does China sell ATSC receivers?) and of course their other products like thermal cameras.

As for eBay, the account I bought mine from, gtmedia-business, only has one receiver left, the new 4:2:2 model. Another account that *also* claims to be the official account, gtmedia-prime, is still selling various receivers.

I also note that their eBay listings no longer claim that the receivers crack PowerVu and BISS. This *could* be an eBay thing, but I did see quite a few people on the GT Media forum, while it supported receivers, complaining that the private key server had been down for a few months.

(As an aside, eBay's rules about what you can sell are ridiculous anymore. You can no longer sell radioactive minerals, which are completely legal [that's where I bought all of mine], but yet you can apparently sell peyote buttons if you post a picture of them but don't say what they are!)

 

[comfortably_numb]

I am aware, from a reliable source, that GTMedia was threatened by legal figures representing certain European sports leagues. As a result, they have discontinued some receiver "features." Other than that, nothing has changed. Their newer receivers are still a solid choice for FTA use with stock firmware. I would strongly advise NOT to load any third party firmware to these receivers. Stick to what they come loaded with.

 

[WhiteBeard]

Not many people here in the U.S. are going to buy new receivers because of 5G. I haven't been watching much C-band and I'll probably take my dishes down this summer. If there were enough services on Ku I'd put my Ku antenna back up.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Not many people here in the U.S. are going to buy new receivers because of 5G

It's far more likely that people will not be watching C-band because there won't be any C-band to watch, if the FCC has their way.

 

[cyberham]

... If there were enough services on Ku I'd put my Ku antenna back up.

Considering the relative simplicity of installing a Ku dish, it's still worthwhile focussing on 101W, 99W, 97W and 87W. For now, C-band is still worthwhile too if you already have a dish in place.

 

[WhiteBeard]

Considering the relative simplicity of installing a Ku dish, it's still worthwhile focussing on 101W, 99W, 97W and 87W. For now, C-band is still worthwhile too if you already have a dish in place.

Even after upgrading my LNBFs, I still have a lot of interference from 5G. I'm not going spend any more money on C-band.