What is best software for Ultra ?

[madmadworld]

picked up a Ultra used.
what is the best software for 1)stability and 2)blind scan ?
came with 4879 keeper ?
on my AZ Premium have run the same firmware 2880 since day 2 of ownership.
so i'll most likely will never update again.
Thanks alot

 

[mr3p]

I don't think you're going to find a "best" version. I had used the latest version 5020 without any issues however MAZedit didn't seem to work well so I went back to 4991. Unless you are using MAZ, I'd suggest going with the latest version.

 

[madmadworld]

how does the Ultra react

thanks mr3p
would not want a new untested over time(few months) software. but it seems like a coin toss,
by all the replys guessing no one likes any of them enough to stay with one lol.
what would i be missing if i stayed with 4879 ?
the Premium will not take a tp if it's anywhere near close to one it already has. how does the Ultra react when this happens when blind scanning ?
thanks for reading and any words of encouragement.

 

[mr3p]

I'm a big believer in if its not broken don't fix it. I think my box shipped with 4001. That being said, diseqc 1.2 functionality had always flakey however was according to release notes was addressed in 4931. I mainly use USALS however the there were a couple of sats that I had tweaked and saved with diseqc 1.2 and it seemed to be working (remembering) so I think they may have gotten it fixed with latest versions. A few people have thought the blindscan was better in later versions although I never personally timed/compared it. I have recently noticed that 4991 missed a few things on blinscan but I haven't taken the time to see if it was specific firmware issue. Once I sort out my sat list issue, I will probably go back to 5020 unless a newer revision is released sooner. you can view the release notes at AZBox Snapshots although we'll probably never know what "minor adjustments" do.

 

[mr3p]

on a somewhat tangential topic, on a different forum it appears they are close to releasing a version of Enigma2 for the Azbox which should be interesting.

 

[pback]

on a somewhat tangential topic, on a different forum it appears they are close to releasing a version of Enigma2 for the Azbox which should be interesting.

For anyone who is interested, .

 

[Babadem]

For anyone who is interested, YouTube - AZBox HD Enigma2 MediaPlayer.

This deserves a closer look.

 

[mr3p]

So it does appear they have an alpha ver of E2 running on the AZbox. Azbox GUI isn't horrible but E2 does look pretty nice.

 

[pback]

Hope whoever is developing this leave the blindscan and 422 capabilities alone and fix the high bit rate issue