humax receiver

[mce331]

Hi all,
Anyone know what the humax IR-ACE receiver is like.
I am looking to buy a new receiver, but dont want to spend a fortune. I have seen these on ebay new for $299.

Cheers....Matt.

[VK4BKP]

Over to decoders.

Sure you don't want something that will blind scan?

[mce331]

By "blind scan" you mean to search for a receivable frequency automatically ?

[vetrun]

That's what he means by blind search. :)

vetrun

[mce331]

That doesn't bother me too much as I am entering freq's manually on my current machine. Main reason for update is to get something that will receive ntsc and pal. Have a hyundia hss-100c
(pal only) and the main channels I watch are supposed ntsc.
Pas8 hallmark, bbc world, soundtrack channels, all in glorius black and white at the moment.

.....Matt.

[vetrun]

I don't know about the new humaxes but the 5400z did a very bad job with NTSC out of the box so you might want to make sure it will do the job properly before you buy it.

vetrun

[VK4BKP]

Okay, this is something I've picked up with some limited experience and reading. If I'm wrong on any of these points, someone let me know, but this is how I understand it.

A modern multisync TV will not have a problem displaying NTSC in colour. TV's that are not multisync will only show a black and white picture. Some decoders like my MediaStar will convert standard NTSC3.58 to NTSC4.43 (some call this psuedo PAL) which will show a colour picture on a PAL only TV but the frame rate will stay at 30fps. This is fine to watch but you still can't record it on a PAL VCR.

Decoders don't always show what sort of conversion is done (if any) in the specs so finding one may be tricky. It may be easier to get a TV that you know will display PAL as well as NTSC in colour.

[theslydog]

Most sat boxes these days with just CIs and no onboard encryption do Pal/NTSC especially the Asian ones.

Just look at the specs b4 u buy.

Specs at humax say IR-ACE do PAL/NTSC ok.
http://www.humax.co.kr/products/ir-ace.htm

I had a play with a new box from Zinwell last week and that had onboard Irdeto and it dose Pal/NTSC. It will sell local for around the $299 I reckon. It also had DisEqC1.0 and 1.2. pdf info here (http://www.zintech.com.tw/data_store/ZDX-7000-DM.pdf)
It looks the same as the mediastar DVB-T box.

The 5400 (no Z) does Pal/NTSC fine. If u flash the 5400z to TOH 3.1 it does PAL/NTSC OK.

If I was going to get a cheap box I would prolly get something with a CI slot incase u ever want it in the future. More future proof than onboard encryption.

U can now get Emtech200s for under $400 with a Cam so without should be less than $300. I reckon this is a better buy.


tsd

[walvarez]

Thanks SLYDOG - you have answered a question I had about the Hummy - it has been pestering me for some time now!!!! Igues I'll have to patch it to TOH 3.1

Matt:
You can buy this box from AUTOSAT (Sydney) for $250!!
Ultra-sensitive for weak signals (have seen it in action)

http://www.pbi-china.com/product/product_stb/srs-5518-fta.htm