Reviews: SatHawk PVR800 WorldDVB DVB-S2 HD FTA Receiver

[Lak7]

1) Should be no Problem with well aligned Dish
2) Sathawk has HDMI connection, so no problem there
3) Yes, early Firm locked-up quite often. Make it the first thing you do.
4) Yes. Anything FTA and proper Dish.

Blind Scan means it will find Transponders / Channels on a given Sat with out having to pre-program them in.

This may not be the best First Timer receiver. But if you just have a simple setup - One Dish & One LNB, I don't see why not.

What Dsh & LNB do you have?
What programming do you feel you are missing?

 

[stanleyjohn]

1) Should be no Problem with well aligned Dish
2) Sathawk has HDMI connection, so no problem there
3) Yes, early Firm locked-up quite often. Make it the first thing you do.
4) Yes. Anything FTA and proper Dish.

Blind Scan means it will find Transponders / Channels on a given Sat with out having to pre-program them in.

This may not be the best First Timer receiver. But if you just have a simple setup - One Dish & One LNB, I don't see why not.

What Dsh & LNB do you have?
What programming do you feel you are missing?

Thanks for the reply! I bought the m1 motorized package with the sathawk upgrade heres the link http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Satellite-systems/Motorized-Systems.htm

like i said before im a big RTV fan!we had a cablestation that carried it for a short time last summer untill it was dropped.There is another OTA station in Ct that carries it but its very low power meaning you need to live almost next store to it to get anything.I have been catching RTV via live tv internet stream from a couple of its stations but one has stopped the streaming and i have a feeling that the other wont be doing it much longer also.

 

[sanjap]

Does anybody know the link to DVBworld website were one can download the firmware for this half-baked STB?

 

[Lak7]

Bottom of this page....
sadoun.com/Sat/Products/WorldDVB/DVB-S2_SatHawk_PVR800_WorldDVB_DVBWorld_HD_Satellite_Receiver.htm

 

[i4tas]

Bottom of this page....
sadoun.com/Sat/Products/WorldDVB/DVB-S2_SatHawk_PVR800_WorldDVB_DVBWorld_HD_Satellite_Receiver.htm

Its been 1 month since firmware update! Need a new one

 

[warnerwlf98]

Its been 1 month since firmware update! Need a new one

I would agree . . . except that I'd rather not rescan everything from scratch after applying the update :rant:

 

[Blindowl1234]

Well at least a word that the update is on its way would be nice. Warner, I'd hate to load all the channels again too. If something fixes the issues then I'm ready. I'm avoiding changing the channel names at this point knowing I'll just lose them with an update anyway. ....Blind

 

[i4tas]

you can save your channel list via rs-232 cable.

 

[Sadoun]

A new update is on its way. It is being tested before releasing to the public.

 

[stanleyjohn]

I called Sadoun.com today to check on my order and got a chance to chat with Sadoun himself! nice guy!and he said sometime next week the sathawks should be in.He said he would send the rest of the order which is the rest of the M1 motorized package!this way i can get everthing set up for the receiver when it gets here.Delays happen!When you get good service and kept updated like sadoun.com does!the wait is no problem at all.

 

[Blindowl1234]

Sadoun...Good to hear a new update is on it's way. It will be interesting to see whats in it. Thanks Blind

 

[Mr Tony]

if they can fix the switch/motor issue that would be great

 

[Blindowl1234]

Ice 100% agree with you on that one...Blind

 

[drboyddrboyd]

HDD?

I've got one of these on order - my first of several receivers, I'm sure - and I need to order an external USB drive to go with it.

Has anybody hooked up a drive yet? What kind of drive do you use, and how's it working?

Thanks!!

 

[Mr Tony]

yes I have hooked up a drive. Used an old 40GB portable one. Worked just fine to record programs for fun.

It does have issues with recording high bitrate feeds but that is a known issue with this receiver and the azbox

 

[DBSat]

FYI...I hooked up a portable 120gb drive and haven't had any stutter problems yet that I can noticed. The ABC mux HD stuff on G-16 records and plays back fine for me. I do notice that all recordings, when played back, have a minor lip sync problem. It's a few nano seconds off, but I do notice it. The clock is useless...DB

 

[Mr Tony]

which ABC HD? There are 2 of them...one DVB-S2 and one DVB that is in the Puerto Rico mux

I have issues with My Network HD stuttering

 

[warnerwlf98]

The clock is useless...DB

Yeah. It would be great if the next update fixed it.

 

[DBSat]

Iceberg...The S-2 HD is fine, and also the Regular ABCNY 720P looks good. I haven't looked at My Network feed. I need to scan that in and take a look to see the studder. I get that channel OTA, so not a big issue. What other channels do the studder? I can't go below Satmex 6, or above G28 at this point, due to trees...DB

 

[madmadworld]

anyone got a pair of 8x1 DISEqC switches working with this box ?
if so what brand.
figure by end of the month this box should be finished hope