how often will we need updates - ABA DSS

harmil13 · August 23rd, 2008

I have been reading and searching several forums for about 2 weeks and no one no where is in a hurry to tell you how many times a year or month I might have to update???? am I the first one that would like to know ? cause I'm about to spend over 800 bucks for an HD box w/8psk board, 33" or 36" dish w/motor and inviacom lnb. plus setup tools,cables,switches,etc. from places that do not accept returns, are there any stats on how many times has it been down since 01-01-2008 and or last years 2007 total and what is the reality of down time, is it hours or days ?? thanks

**RICKSBEACH** · August 23rd, 2008

ok .. we call it testing and we don't know when we will take a hit. Usually most brands will be back up and running withing hours.
Your setup sounds great and I really won't worry about it.. sit back and enjoy it when your set up....

**RICKSBEACH** · August 23rd, 2008

also if you upgrade your membership you can go back into the archives and take a look at how many times the new bins have come out.
go here for membership info:

http://www.abadss.com/forum/images/s...upgradenow.gif

thanks

**tnp12** · August 23rd, 2008

there is no way to know how many times a month you will go down. I have seen them go down every couple days and stay up for 4 to 5 months at a time. if you buy a setup with good support you will have nothing to worry about.

**chill dawg** · August 23rd, 2008

What we can tell you is that after you upgrade to vip access member, all updates will be tested and available right here at ABADSS!

**tomcat01** · August 23rd, 2008

most people use this as a test for this fta hobby and have a backup for tv like a sub .. as the guys are saying you can't tell how much you are going to be down but if you want a solid tv experience i say talk to a provider in your area .. this will not be for you .. not being a *** but this is the truth ..

with this you will go down and sometime for a while there also could be alot of downtime when nagra 3 hits (could be a month or longer ) who knows just want you to know whats up ..

now if you are still interested i say get a cheap reciever ..

viewsat ultra or a cw700-800 or a sonicview 4000 for 100-150 bucks and test have a back up and have fun learning the guys here are ther best to learn from

harmil13 · August 23rd, 2008

thank you all ,but I must get an HD receiver as I own a sony 6ft lcd HDTV that 3 yrs ago cost 8k, the cost of the equipment is not a problem, I simply wanted an idea of how often I'll be walking my usb stick into the tv room. and upgrading to a vip membership without equipment is simply not practical. I will join this site [as I have been to several] when I have equipment, and first make sure it works out of the box including pvr function which many receivers seem to have problems with, I have no sub tv for over 2yrs now, so being down for a while doesn't scare me, I just wanted a ball park idea of what to expect. I currently rent and play dvd's from the video store which will also be my backup during down time. thanks again

**tomcat01** · August 23rd, 2008

ok good deal there is always other tv you can get 123w you will need a 33 inch dish and a linear lnb for that and that never goes down harder to get but nice .. now as for the sv8000HD i have it and love it to death good choice ..

you can get a 18x24 in olptical dish and get 110,119 on it or get a large dish and a magic bar and pick up all on one dish ..

or you can get a large dish and a motor and get all more info but if you are serious about the hobby you will have a great time playing with it ..

now it can go down evey weeek and then some times it can be up for a month ,, as we say no way to tell what they are doing ..

now for a pvr i would get a external drive but not one with a sleep mode .. you can get a external case and put in a drive seperate and hoook up via usb mine is awesome .. then you can rip and copy the movies to the drive and watch on your sv8000( note: you have to convert to xvid with audio of ac3 or you will get video with no sound ) but i have over 200 movies on my 500gig drive i have slowly converted to xvid with ac3 audio ..

total converter is great for that we have it here .. if you want more ifo keep posting LOL