Looking for cheap alternative to Scientific Atlanta D9887 -to receive HD digital feed

[mikebrown]

Hi, can anyone suggest a cheap satellite receiver suitable for receiving an HD digital feed...

I want to receive the following feed:
Channel: CBN
Satellite: Galaxy 28, 89degrees West
Bandwidth: 9MHz
Downlink: 3946.5 MHz
Polarity: Vertical
Encoding: MPEG-4 DVB
Conditional Access: None (FTA)
Modulation: QPSK
Symbol Rate 6.113MSym/s
DataRate: 8MB/s
Video: 1080i/59.94

The broadcaster recommends using a Scientific Atlanta D9887 or D9854. I'm interested to know if there is a cheaper receiver that would work (rather than paying thousands $$??

Thanks, Mike.

 

[pro96]

I say a cheap HD FTA receiver that does MPEG4 would do just fine. Examples like:

Coolsat 8000HD
Coolsat 8100HD
Diamond 9000HD
Neusat 9000HD

Just look for mpeg4 when looking for an FTA receiver. A lot of them only do Mpeg2 so look for that detail.

 

[Lak7]

I don't see that TP info active now

 

[turbosat]

Is that the same GBN that is on 72W KU? 12144mhz Vertical? It's a gospel channel
that's been there a long time, but not HD.

edit: I just checked, that channel is still active on 72w right now. (they're explaining how dancing is wrong,
because its a prelude to 'other things".

 

[Mr Tony]

no this says CBN
CBN.com - Christian Broadcasting Network

 

[photoman76]

The signal is not up 24/7. It's a CBN feed. The usually have an SD and HD feed. Both are DVB, but HD uses H.264.

 

[turbosat]

I need bigger fonts! haha

 

[ikki]

I would think if its not encrypted then a Pansat 9200 would work fine. Correct me if I am wrong?

 

[brentb636]

This signal is ACTIVE right now. Locked it on my 4 footer with CS8000 .

 

[brentb636]

I would think if its not encrypted then a Pansat 9200 would work fine. Correct me if I am wrong?

Even the Pansat 9000, I believe !

 

[Mr Tony]

any receiver that can lock MEPG4 will work

 

[Copykat]

Hi, can anyone suggest a cheap satellite receiver suitable for receiving an HD digital feed...

SatHawk/Solomend HD 800 PVR is about the cheapest, new, that will get that feed.

 

[Mr Tony]

Coolsat's on EBay are cheaper