Next Great Receiver?
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Clarketech 5000 Plus and Technomate 6800 / 6900 Super , IF they release their NTSC Firmware. Both have DVB-S2 Blind Scan, PVR capable, no ATSC or 4:2:2 though.
I really think the only DVB-S2 4:2:2 option will be PC Sat Card.
I really think the only DVB-S2 4:2:2 option will be PC Sat Card.
I've had no luck with the Clarke-Tech 5000 people, I send an e-mail about their NTSC firmware about once a week but nothing from them for a month or so. I've read that the Azbox elite and Azbox premium are both 4:2:2 capable but no blind scan....there always seems to be something missing.
I looked back through my e-mails, Clarke Tech told me on January 29 they would have news about a NA version of the 5000 in 4 weeks.
I know the shortcomings of the Pansat 9200, Diamond 9000, and Coolsat 8000/8100.
What's short on the Vantage 1100?
The SCART connector is not a problem.
It can't do North American ATSC Off The Air digital TV, but that's understandable.
(I'd kill for a box that did ATSC with a proper GUIDE! DishNetwork seems acceptable. )
I insist on decent PVR capability, and don't know anything about that feature.
I'm not sure 4:2:2 is ever going to happen, so I've written off that one item from my want-list.
Wasn't Fortec Star going to have something?
SatelliteAV was making noises a while back.
The High Bit rate feeds (anything above 28000 symbol rate) stutter badly when trying to play them. Other Lower Bit rate feeds play fine.
I've asked that on a European forum but no one seems to know. I inquired to a dealer who was selling them with the "supports 4:2:2" as its main feature and he couldn't say, so I don't know. The same dealer also told me blind scan would probably be added later....but who knows. It would be nice to have 4:2:2 and dvb-s2 blind scan that is for sure
That is High Bit Rate (around 80 and above) DVB only, not necessarily tied to Symbol Rate. TPs with a SR 29270 and more than 1 Channel play fine, stuff like ABCs HD TP does not. DVB-S2 has been fine at any Bit Rate,so far, like NBCs DVB-S2 HD TP.
Not yet, it's still a little buggy for my liking.
I purchased knowing full well of all bugs.
It does Blind Scan pretty well, but under certain conditions, it will log the TP but not log the Channels.
I purchased knowing full well of all bugs.
It does Blind Scan pretty well, but under certain conditions, it will log the TP but not log the Channels.
I looked at the specs and features of the HD elite and premium, and since it is running Linux, I wouldn't be suprised to find a PC motherboard inside the box with a DVB PCI card to handle the satellite channels. This would probably make it capable of 4:2:2.
I had a DVR that ran Linux. When it died I opened it up to have a looksee, the main board was nothing like a PC motherboard with the exception of a IDE port for the hard drive. I'm not saying you're wrong, but sometimes things are not what we expect.
Its possible, but there are a ton of Linux based boxes out there now and this one is the only one that claims 4:2:2, at least that I know of. This Azbox has been around for a bit, and only recently have the dealers been touting it as 4:2:2 capable, I wonder if someone stumbled onto this 4:2:2 capablity by accident?
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