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[RimaNTSS]

You bet! Hope to have it in hands within two weeks.

 

[RimaNTSS]

I am tracking GigaBlue HD Quad delivery online. Package arrived to country but not yet in my post office, so will not play with it during weekend :-crying
I have a Friday's quiz: How it is possible if Snr is less than 3 dB, but picture is stable enough, no problem at all Any ideas?

 

[Captain Jack]

I have a Friday's quiz: How it is possible if Snr is less than 3 dB, but picture is stable enough, no problem at all Any ideas?

Easy - FEC is 1/2.

 

[RimaNTSS]

Easy - FEC is 1/2.

Not so easy :-shifty fail

 

[Lazarus]

Photoshop ............. :-hide

 

[Captain Jack]

1/2 is the highest FEC possible (I think), which means that 33% (I think) of signal is used for error correction. TPs with FEC of 7/8 require maybe about 7dB to lock properly.

 

[RimaNTSS]

Photoshop ............. :-hide

I can not do such nice Photoshoping after couple of beers wrong

 

[hairybadger]

I can not do such nice Photoshoping after couple of beers wrong

low symbol rate thus not requiring as strong a signal?

 

[Captain Jack]

It's the FEC that matters....

 

[RimaNTSS]

OK CJ and hairybadger, you are right about FEC ½ and SR, but main reason anyway is that there is circular LNB, also configured little bit different, receiving linearly-polarized signal.

 

[hairybadger]

OK CJ and hairybadger, you are right about FEC ½ and SR, but main reason anyway is that there is circular LNB, also configured little bit different, receiving linearly-polarized signal.

You've lost me there (easily done!) I don't follow your reasoning...

 

[RimaNTSS]

Finally got my new toy delivered at home. FIR: It is smaller than DM8k, remote is bigger. Booting just in 40 seconds! Only connected terrestrial antenna by now where we have 4 FTA channels. EPG is workings OK. There was not HDMI cable included, so used simle banana-wires to see some picture on TV. SCART is not existing at all. Will not accelerate with using this receiver, step by step :-rub

 

[Lazarus]

Excellent - enjoy your GigaBlue.

Odd there was no HDMI lead - not come across an instance of such kit being supplied in the UK without one.

That's why I've got a small mountain of spares!

 

[hairybadger]

Excellent - enjoy your GigaBlue.

Odd there was no HDMI lead - not come across an instance of such kit being supplied in the UK without one.

That's why I've got a small mountain of spares!

er - maybe that unit has already been returned by somebody else and he "forgot" to put the cable back in....

 

[RimaNTSS]

er - maybe that unit has already been returned by somebody else and he "forgot" to put the cable back in....

No kidding! I can make difference between used and unused thing ({}) HDMI cable is simply not included to set, same as internet cable.

 

[hairybadger]

No kidding! I can make difference between used and unused thing ({}) HDMI cable is simply not included to set, same as internet cable.

maybe they were an option for another 40EUR or so

 

[RimaNTSS]

I did not think about that at all. No problem, will pick-up new HDMI cable on the way home today. I doubt that will coast me more than couple of euros.

 

[RimaNTSS]

Got HDMI cable and installed hard drive. Without internal power supply receiver looks almost empty, not like in old good times.

 

[Lazarus]

Shouldn't overheat, then!

 

[Huevos]

So what's your choice of image?