AC3 Receivers!

cricos · #1 (**permalink**) 11-17-2003, 11:40 AM

What other FTA receiver model than Fortec Lifetime, has AC3 output for PBS station?

Thank you

permalink · #2 (**permalink**) 11-17-2003, 01:40 PM

many other receivers , but you can't get them in the USA. Most of receivers are sold in Europe , North Africa or the Middle East.

dtsexpert · #3 (**permalink**) 11-17-2003, 02:14 PM

FYI, the ST9900 is available in N.America
Check out the link below:
http://store.yahoo.com/hightech/stvanrec.html
The price is a bit high though.
Michael

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Originally Posted by tanjiabdou

many other receivers , but you can't get them in the USA. Most of receivers are sold in Europe , North Africa or the Middle East.

permalink · #4 (**permalink**) 11-17-2003, 07:20 PM

wow!! very expensive for just having ac3 .the price $399 !!! fortec lifetime price is unbeatable!! :lol: very expensive products !!!

dtsexpert · #5 (**permalink**) 11-17-2003, 07:57 PM

Yes, it's more expensive than the Fortec line, but it does have some interesting function such as "search by freq", "smart eyes Lnbf"...
I don't have it so I can confirm how good/useful these function are.
If one has a good PC, take advange of it by using a DVB PCI card and a hardware decoder. You will get all the feeds you want (AC3, 4:2:0, HD, 4:2:2 in softmode)
Michael

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Originally Posted by tanjiabdou

wow!! very expensive for just having ac3 .the price $399 !!! fortec lifetime price is unbeatable!! :lol: very expensive products !!!

etlam34 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-17-2003, 09:08 PM

Pansat receivers have AC-3.

cricos · #7 (**permalink**) 11-18-2003, 12:42 AM

Which one? 2300A or 330?

etlam34 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-18-2003, 08:51 AM

Model 2300A has AC-3.

cricos · #9 (**permalink**) 11-18-2003, 01:02 PM

Thanks.

Sadoun · #10 (**permalink**) 11-19-2003, 10:11 PM

BTW The PANSAT 330A and the FORTEC STAR LifeTime receivers come from the same factory and assembly line.

The latest LifeTime F/W upgrade (V 2.19 from www.fortecstar.com) makes it super sensitive to signals and the quality/signal level bars are very smooth.

Here is what TUNDARUM wrote about the LifeTime on satforums.com

From: Canis Lupus (TUNDARUM) Oct-01 11:06am
4854.23 in reply to 4854.21

I took today off from work to finish the review. I can tell you now that I prefer the Lifetime receiver over the ST-9900 because I can receive marginal signals far better with the Lifetime receiver than with the ST-9900. This comparison was done using the exact same equipment...all I did was swap out receivers. I don't care that the ST-9900 has a slight advantage with signal searching...it doesn't matter when you can't reliably receive the signal anyway compared to the Lifetime receiver. I informed Pete (Smallear) of this problem months ago and nothing has been done to correct it. Well, I better get back to finishing the review. Best regards.

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