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<blockquote data-quote="danit" data-source="post: 604533" data-attributes="member: 193448">couldn't agree morethis pretty new box has some absolutelt new spec (for the end user market, I mean...)it's a HD dvb-s2 mpeg4/h.264 PVR ready (USB + Sata) linux based receiverit has a built in Sigma SMP 8634 chipset, that means:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">it's 1080p compatible, an absolute &quot;premiere&quot;, no use for satellite channels yet (as none is broadcasting in 1080p, just 720p or 1080i) but it can be useful as multimedia player (DivX, XviD, MKV, AVI SSF etc.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">it's 4:2:2 compatible: unfortunately many tests have showed it's perfect with SD 4:2:2 feeds and with HD 720p 4:2:2 feeds but not with HD 1080i 4:2:2 feeds (similar to the multimedia player Popcorn Hour, using a Sigma SMP 8635 chipset not compatible with 4:2:2 HD 1080i), developers say it's a software limit that could be fixed in the next future, hopefully...</li>
</ul>other issue is the lack of blind scan: btw the sat tuner is the same used by Vantage 8000 (and others similar) so it should be possible to implement bind scan feature by software updateSTB is not stable yet and has many CAMs compatibility problems, but this often happens with new and innovative STB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="danit, post: 604533, member: 193448"] couldn't agree more this pretty new box has some absolutelt new spec (for the end user market, I mean...) it's a HD dvb-s2 mpeg4/h.264 PVR ready (USB + Sata) linux based receiver it has a built in Sigma SMP 8634 chipset, that means: [LIST] [*]it's [B]1080p[/B] compatible, an absolute "premiere", no use for satellite channels yet (as none is broadcasting in 1080p, just 720p or 1080i) but it can be useful as multimedia player (DivX, XviD, MKV, AVI SSF etc.) [*]it's [B]4:2:2 compatible[/B]: unfortunately many tests have showed it's perfect with SD 4:2:2 feeds and with HD 720p 4:2:2 feeds but not with HD 1080i 4:2:2 feeds (similar to the multimedia player Popcorn Hour, using a Sigma SMP 8635 chipset not compatible with 4:2:2 HD 1080i), developers say it's a software limit that could be fixed in the next future, hopefully... [/LIST] other issue is the lack of blind scan: btw the sat tuner is the same used by Vantage 8000 (and others similar) so it should be possible to implement bind scan feature by software update STB is not stable yet and has many CAMs compatibility problems, but this often happens with new and innovative STB [/QUOTE]

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