4:2:2

[gmd63]

stanleyjohn,

I had an Elite before and the Ultra is much more stable

Whats your reasoning or points for this. I have not had a problem with the Elite not being stable.

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

Just that my Elite seemed to frequent rebooting.

 

[Mr Tony]

are there any particular satellites that you normally find them on?

or is it just guessing and blind scanning and hit and miss?

the "feeds" sats are usually 74 & 91 along with 79,85 and 89...105 once in a while but not as much

 

[fire1000]

how about the AZBOX EVO XL dose it do 4:2:2?

 

[brentb636]

No, there's no indication that it does 4:2:2 from the specs. I think the AZbox HD series only supported 4:2:2 by a fluke accident of design. They picked a chipset that supported the format, and only later developed it for the North American market. Early firmware on the Azbox Elite supported 4:2:2 only on some encoders, then gradually , firmware changes made it a much more well rounded 4:2:2 stb. There has to be the hardware chipset compatability, though, to start with.

 

[Panavision]

I believe this is what happened with the Quali-tv, too. I wonder if 4:2:2 is less common in other parts of the world.

 

[brentb636]

That's what I gather. From early reports , the programmers thought we were crazy in North America , but when they received the recorded stream data, they went to work and put out some good 4:2:2 code for the Azbox. This stuff was originally designed for the rest of the world.

 

[SatelliteAV]

That's what I gather. From early reports , the programmers thought we were crazy in North America , but when they received the recorded stream data, they went to work and put out some good 4:2:2 code for the Azbox. This stuff was originally designed for the rest of the world.

Actually, Azbox had little to do with the 4:2:2 capability. The Sigma chipset choice was available for OEM on a predeveloped platform provided by the manufacturer. Through a stoke of luck to the North American hobbyist, the video decode chip has 4:2:2 capability. AZ developers merely enabled the chipset feature.

 

[brentb636]

Thanks, Brian .

 

[Mr Tony]

good to know

 

[stanleyjohn]

Finding some of the 4:2:2 when my AZbox ultra comes in should be pretty easy for me since ii have some scanned in already on the solomend but only shows up at a noisy green screen.

 

[Mr Tony]

yep. When I scan for cfb games I use the Coolsat 5000 to scan then load the HD/4:2:2 TP's into the azbox