DrDish TV Nov4/5: Promax Explorer, Triple Dragon & Quali-TV

Zaphod

http://www.drdish-tv.com/schedule.html

19:33 CET
DrDish Television Journal - Week 44
Launch News: Sea Launch places US radio satellite into orbit
Satellite News: Cooperation between SES and Eutelsat on W2A
Media News: New international news channels to go on air
and much more

19:47 CET
DrDish Magazine:
Test Report Triple Dragon DBS 3000
DrDishTV Nostalgia: Old LNBs
Test Report Promax Prodig-5 Measuring Instrument
Test Report Elanvision EV 8000S
Test Report Quali 1080 for MPEG 4:2:2
DrDish Knowledge: Technical Q&As
International Press Review

21:12 CET Channel News

21:22 CET
Digital Showroom: EYCOS 1000 PVR

21:28 CET
Test Report: CLARKE Tech 2000 (Blindscan Receiver)

21:33 CET Test Report: XORO HRS 5500 PVR (PVR + Blindscan)

21:40 CET ESA: The new MetOp-A spacecraft
21:46 CET DrDish Television Journal - Week 44
Launch News: Sea Launch places US radio satellite into orbit
Satellite News: Cooperation between SES and Eutelsat on W2A
Media News: New international news channels to go on air
and much more

watty

CET ..
19.33 CET = 18.33 UTC/Zulu/GMT/Irish Time I think now that we and rest of Europe are on Wintertime

Reception parameters:

Satellite: Hot Bird 8
Location: 13° East
Frequency: 12.359
Polarization: Horizontal
SR: 27.500
FEC: 3/4
Channel ID: Dr Dish TV

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Thanks Zaphod!

Tony

Zaphod, can you post up a web feed if it becomes available, in the middle of moving house here and dont have hot bird

watty

I think I've recorded it.. 179 minutes of something went on HDD.

Tony

I'm primarily interested in the promax review if its possible to post that

Zaphod

No webstreams for DrDish but I have it recorded. I'll be able to post an mpeg file next week if Watty hasn't obliged in the meantime.

byte

Great stuff.

Pity DrDish doesn't utilise the likes of YouTube.

Tony

Thanks Zaphod

watty

I'm in Dundalk and my recording is in Limerick.
Earliest I can do it is next week or weekend.

I suppose any of us with a recording could piut it on You Tube if Dr Dish didn't object

byte

Well, it costs nothing to host video on YouTube, afaik. It would benefit DrDish in that it spreads the word, and costs them nothing on hosting.

Zaphod

Dr Dish TV - Promax Explorer Review (130MB)

http://file.uploadr.com/ac64

Tony

Thanks, has anyone tried playing this, i get video on WMA but no audio, jet software wont play it at all

Zaphod

The file is mpeg2 - I didn't do any sort of conversion because I didn't want to mess up the picture quality. I tested it before uploading with WinDVD and it played OK.

If you still have problems try downloading a copy of ProgDVB or Elecard player and playing it back through that - might be something to do with elecard/moonlight codec which I use with the DVB-S software.

http://www.elecard.com/download/

Zaphod

Dr Dish Tv - Quali-TV 1080 Receiver for 4:2:2 Feeds

http://file.uploadr.com/ac7c

Tony

thanks Zaphod

byte

Thanks for the links Zaphod.

As for the video, maybe it'll play right in VLC Player, it seems to play nearly anything!

Zaphod

@Tony - did you get it to play OK? And have you written your letter to Santy yet?

Tony

yep played fine, I have one already

byte

Tony wrote:

yep played fine, I have one already

And how are you finding it (sorry for going a bit OT)?

Tony

byte wrote:

And how are you finding it (sorry for going a bit OT)?

well a little difficult to be honest on the basic stuff like lining up astra 2 but could be i'm just so used to the previous MC577 and I believe the latest firmware update helps this, I cant try it yet as there was no lead included which i think should have been the case on a unit costing this much.

byte

What kind of lead is missing?

Tony

byte wrote:

What kind of lead is missing?

Null modem lead with wiring described here http://home.promax.es/ftp/Acrobats/English/PkUpdate-Manual.pdf at the end

byte

I thought all null modem cables were wired the same.

Maybe Donberg Electronics could help. I got a null modem cable from them before for updating my satellite receiver. Cost under €5 iirc, though postage is €4.50 I think.

watty

All "real" Null modem cables are the same.

But if one end does not support full HW handshake (Of which there are two sets of pins for two modes) then you need a Data Only Cross over cable with loop back handshakes. But that is *NOT* a null modem cable.

Tony

byte wrote:

I thought all null modem cables were wired the same.

Maybe Donberg Electronics could help. I got a null modem cable from them before for updating my satellite receiver. Cost under €5 iirc, though postage is €4.50 I think.

I've ordered one off ebay. Really though if you are paying over 2 grand for something lead should really be included .

byte

Ah grand so, and yes, for such a cheap accessory, it should have been included. Maybe they didn't want to encourage people flashing their meters, but still, supplying it wouldn't have cost much.