4:2:2 solution would increase the cost of a receiver considerably. Since there are several options available for receiving 4:2:2, we instead chose to focus on a this solution to provide the most requested features, with a USA based development and support team at a very competitive price. We have no development plans for a 4:2:2 consumer set-top box at this time. S2 (8psk, 16psk, 32psk) transmissions are quickly becoming the preferred encoding and I expect 4:2:2 usage to continue to decline as older legacy equipment is upgraded.
Your perception of the AZbox share in the North American satellite receiver market is greatly inflated. AZbox sales in North America are extremely low and are purchased by a small niche group of hobbyists. The incentive to take away most of their North American business would not be a lucrative proposal....
The AZbox is a great 4:2:2 solution and well supported. An even better economical and elegant solution is the current S2 PC cards with blindscan and support of all current formats and encodings. The receiver currently supports 150 satellite and 100 DiSEqC 1.2 positions. The factory list was built from submissions by several SatelliteGuy members and is separated by KU and C-bands. You may either perform direct entry, edit and deletion of satellite, transponder, channel information or use a channel editor. Your set-up scenario is supported with 150 satellite positions.
