What receiver are you using?

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What receiver are you using?

Post by tedsat » Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:00 pm

What is the best C-Band receiver for North America?

What are you using?

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Re: What receiver are you using?

Post by rooneysat » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:27 pm

Azbox premium HD+

Works like a charm. Only RTV stuff on 87 west doesn't work for some reason. I use openbox for those...
8ft C/Ku Band Tek2000 Mesh Dish (8W to 91W)
24 inch SuperJack Actuator
10ft C/Ku Band Tek2000 Mesh Dish (40W to 139W)
36 inch SuperJack Actuator
Azbox Premium HD+ PVR
OpenBoxS10
DreamBox800SE
Scanning 8 West to 139 West...

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Re: What receiver are you using?

Post by Costactc » Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:28 am

I am using 5 receivers at the moment:

Technomate 5402 m3
Technomate 5302
Dr Hd F15
Azbox Ultra
X2 premium
10' mesh-24" vonweise actuator-psi x2 lnbf-X2 Premium III-Vu+Zero.
8' solid- esx 241 lnbf(c)-amiko l104 lnbf-24" vonweise actuator-GI HD-X2 Premium-Azbox Ultra.
4' solid- invacom twf-031 lnbf/gibertini c120 feedhorn-stab 1.2hh-TM 5402 M3.

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Re: What receiver are you using?

Post by mountainman » Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:32 pm

For 4:2:2 signals, you need one of the Azbox receivers. They are the only receivers that can decode these signals.

FYI, 4:2:2 signals include regular CBS Network feeds, CBC (Canada) feeds and some wild feeds (WWE, NFL, etc.). Definitely worth having an Azbox just for these channels.

For all other channels, almost any FTA receiver will do. My personal favourite is the Skybox F5. It is easy to customize with your own channels (using AliEditor) and has a nice EPG guide. It is similar to Openbox, but I like it better because it can display longer channel names, whereas Openbox chops off the ends.
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