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**speedy1966** · November 21st, 2008

How do you choose a receiver for the swap?? This is all opinion, and is NOT intended to start a bashing thread...I believe the track record of the brand should carry the most weight...Mainly uptime, or speed of support...

It is obvious who has been releasing quickest of late, and who doesn't even realize there has been an ECM...Not necessarily IKS solutions, but cardless brands as well...

It is plain to see that the IKS boxes are king in this swap with the statement nFusion has made with BEV...It may not be a hack, but the nFusion guys have the Canadian TV'ers happy until a hack does come...Look for ALL of the "major" brands to get some sort of dongle or IKS solution very soon for the sake of their own customer base...

Viewsat with all of their legal woes still seem to be popping out fixes quickly, usually one of the first out of the gate...Captain has come a long way in improvement of quickness, while the Sonicview support seems to be quickly approaching a less desirable ranking...For some reason they have gone from being a COUPLE of hours for solutions to 12 or more hours after most of the other brands have already released...Don't get me wrong, the highest quality is still there in the STB's, the support just seems to have waned a bit...They lost some of their best coders recently, and are in a re-building stage of sorts I assume, but I do look for a strong comeback from them with this majik board release...

Neosat/Neusat, and Icon...What can you say, other than you go guys...Since D1 and v2 merged cardless is extremely quick out of the box...This frees up time for the HIKS,and IKS N3 solution...CNX has had stellar uptime as of late as well...

Most of these brands mentioned have given N3 progress reports...I suppose the rest will be a wait and see scenario...I know all of the brands weren't covered here...This wasn't meant to leave anyone out, as there are many other reliable boxes as well...This is just some info, meant to help some of the less informed to think about the upcoming choices they will have to make...Good luck everyone, and happy viewing...speedy1966

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speedy1966 VIP Access Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 226 Credits: 583.05 Thanks: 117 Thanked 157 Times in 78 Posts	With N3 looming on the horizon... How do you choose a receiver for the swap?? This is all opinion, and is NOT intended to start a bashing thread...I believe the track record of the brand should carry the most weight...Mainly uptime, or speed of support... It is obvious who has been releasing quickest of late, and who doesn't even realize there has been an ECM...Not necessarily IKS solutions, but cardless brands as well... It is plain to see that the IKS boxes are king in this swap with the statement nFusion has made with BEV...It may not be a hack, but the nFusion guys have the Canadian TV'ers happy until a hack does come...Look for ALL of the "major" brands to get some sort of dongle or IKS solution very soon for the sake of their own customer base... Viewsat with all of their legal woes still seem to be popping out fixes quickly, usually one of the first out of the gate...Captain has come a long way in improvement of quickness, while the Sonicview support seems to be quickly approaching a less desirable ranking...For some reason they have gone from being a COUPLE of hours for solutions to 12 or more hours after most of the other brands have already released...Don't get me wrong, the highest quality is still there in the STB's, the support just seems to have waned a bit...They lost some of their best coders recently, and are in a re-building stage of sorts I assume, but I do look for a strong comeback from them with this majik board release... Neosat/Neusat, and Icon...What can you say, other than you go guys...Since D1 and v2 merged cardless is extremely quick out of the box...This frees up time for the HIKS,and IKS N3 solution...CNX has had stellar uptime as of late as well... Most of these brands mentioned have given N3 progress reports...I suppose the rest will be a wait and see scenario...I know all of the brands weren't covered here...This wasn't meant to leave anyone out, as there are many other reliable boxes as well...This is just some info, meant to help some of the less informed to think about the upcoming choices they will have to make...Good luck everyone, and happy viewing...speedy1966 Last edited by speedy1966; November 21st, 2008 at 07:43 AM..