I took the plunge and ordered one yesterday from Ricks. I hated buying it from a non sponsor, but I checked with our sponsors before ordering and they had nothing like it.
I can't wait to get it.
I can't wait to get it.
Review: Azbox Elite HD FTA Receiver
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ebay, $349 with free shipping
Of the sponsors, only GoSatellite carries an HD receiver, let alone a DVB-S2 4:2:2 receiver.
But you can't go wrong buying from Rick's.
Of the sponsors, only GoSatellite carries an HD receiver, let alone a DVB-S2 4:2:2 receiver.
But you can't go wrong buying from Rick's.
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I would rather get it from Rick then some no name off ebay.
Rick has been around for a long time and I trust him and his service.
Rick has been around for a long time and I trust him and his service.
there are some on ebay for about 30.00 cheaperI took the plunge and ordered one yesterday from Ricks. I hated buying it from a non sponsor, but I checked with our sponsors before ordering and they had nothing like it.
I can't wait to get it.
I agree, though the guy on ebay has been selling fta equip for a little while.
If I didn't already have one, I would have no problem buying the units on ebay.
Never, I'd guess.
Some things money can't buy !
Rick's dedication to this hobby commands a certain amount of loyalty. Same reason as I shop at our Gold Sponsors whenever possible.I agree 100%,when i save up the money rick's is where I am going,the guy on ebay his feed back% is around 97,anything less than 99 and I wont buy.:upSome things money can't buy !
No one knows even IF there will be one. It is supposition that there WILL be one, because it has been said on some sites in Europe that it is coming. We will just have to wait. I can tell you what, the Azbox folks are fixing issues pretty well, we have gotten meaningful updates in the past few weeks, especially with the opening of the DVB-S2 4:2:2 HD signals that we couldn't do before, and removing the need to set the HD flag to view a feed.
As an aside, after a couple weeks with the Azbox, its still impressing me with its everyday brilliance compared to what we had before, its execellent picture quality, and decent, if not good, general useability. Yes, it could be made more user-friendly, yes the PVR could work better, but this isnt Directv or Dish Network. Asking a receiver to cope with all the different formats and bitrates and codecs flawlessly is just unrealistic, IMO.
I continue to recommend it, heartily. :up
I hear there is an ATSC tuner coming soon for the AZBox. I wonder if they will be sold here in the US.
Anyone using a hard drive on their AZbox? if so hows it working?
I can't wait to get mine. I rush home every night from work to see if Mr UPS stopped over with a gift for me.
Anyone using a hard drive on their AZbox? if so hows it working?
I can't wait to get mine. I rush home every night from work to see if Mr UPS stopped over with a gift for me.
Seeing how the USA is the only country in the world that uses ATSC, I'd say yes. Right now though, the developers are concentrating on squashing bugs. Since Cardsharing, while illegal here, is so big in Europe, they are spending a LOT of time on that. But I will put up with that as long as they throw us a bone every now and again...
I have a 1 TB WD Elements external drive hooked to mine Scott, with about 400 Gig of Divx files, mp3, pictures and the like, and it plays them all without issue. It will play .mkv files also, but the FAT file setup that the azbox requires precludes the larger files to be put on the drive, thus not being able to play them.
One cool thing is that once you have it networked, you can open the drive from your computer, and place files on the azbox drive very easily, using fileZilla, drag and drop. Easy.
I love it. Hell, my WIFE even likes it, and she has never liked ANY of my FTA boxes...LOL
Is there a chance we can get a detailed comparison between the Elite an Premium Versions of the AZBox? BTW, which of the two more features?
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