HD & 422 feed hunting

[Murco]

Hello All,

I need to upgrade my kit I currently have:

Echostar 3600
Quali-tv for 422 feeds

I'm interested in feed hunting and I'm unsure what receiver to buy which will allow me to:

Blind scan for HD and 422 feeds (does it exist?)

Opologies if this question has been asked before, however reading the many threads I'm beginning to get confused!

Can anyone help or point me in the right direction

Thanks for your help.

[satwyn]

blind scan for 4.2.2 yes for mpeg4 I know of none I used codaco professional receiver for 4.2.2 the quality tv receiver will also do the job on the cheap and some satellite computer cards will also work

[Eugenie]

! EDIT; My post just below is partly outdated and no longer fully accurate.

A receiver with the mentioned characteristics does not exist on the domestic market.
No domestic HD receiver will decode 4:2:2 croma.
Only one or two DVB-S2 capable units have hardware blindscan...and in these cases the results have not really made any big waves!

Believe me, we´d all like to see a proper hardware DVB-S2 blindscan and 4:2:2 decoding in a domestic receiver but it is just not happening. You´ll have to look to the future or dig deep and buy professional gear...and you won´t find it cheap on fleabay just yet!

[Murco]

Thanks for your replies. I had a feeling this might be the case.

[Murco]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know whether the Azbox will support 422 feeds in DVB-S?

Thanks

[tinos]

Yes it does support 4:2:2 DVB-S/S2 but not blind scan yet... firmware is still beta.

[kevinsert]

what is the difference between Technomate 6900 HD and Azbox ? i heard 6900S good also 422 and blindscan ability!! im going to buy one of these..im going to just use for feed cap and recording hd movies for usenet group abhdtv..

[Murco]

THanks for your replies.

Looks like it could be the Azbox for me.

[^^COMPASS^^]

what is the difference between Technomate 6900 HD and Azbox ? i heard 6900S good also 422 and blindscan ability!! im going to buy one of these..im going to just use for feed cap and recording hd movies for usenet group abhdtv..

Technomate 6900 HD cannot do 422 feeds

[Dr Watson]

also ventage 8000s very good receiver to blind scan

[oregon]

Yes it does support 4:2:2 DVB-S/S2 but not blind scan yet... firmware is still beta.

Users have reported that this box does NOT do DVB-S2 4:2:2.

Only does DVB-S 4:2:2. With an increasing number of feeds moving to dvb-s2, I hope they will add this capability.

[ManikM]

Users have reported that this box does NOT do DVB-S2 4:2:2.

Only does DVB-S 4:2:2. With an increasing number of feeds moving to dvb-s2, I hope they will add this capability.

Ok, time to update.

THE AZBOX PREMIUM PLUS does hardware blind scanning, and 4:2:2 HD feeds.

CONFIRMED from various sources.