Ive made up my mind and will be purchasing a Nfusion HD. Only issue I have is there are so many dishes to choose from. I want something simple that will get all the basic/ppv/obviously HD channels. I see a lot of Dish network HD satellites on ebay for cheap. Any Satellite recommendations? Willing to spend a little extra cash to get something nice. Thanks alot

Witch is more reliable & versatile?
from what i read i narrowed to sv8000 & nfusion.

GreatWall package and ETTV channels plus iSET are opened with the new iHub and SV files now. V team has done it. I am glad I have the faith in SV. Although there are still some Taiwanese channels not yet opened, I think SV team will have them opened too. Thanks!

cdo_care's review of i-Link IS-8000

First I would like to say....Thanks, to Richiemiami(i-Link support team) and Truss to allowed me to test this receiver IS-8000..Well I got this Unit yesterday for testing Purposes only.

SPECIFICATIONS:

I. Input Connector - Ftype (Output loop-through), IEC 169-24, Female
Signal Level - -25 to -65 dBm
LNB power and Polarity - Ver.: +13.5/18.5Vdc+-5% and Hor : +18.5Vdc+-5% and Current : Max, 500mA. Overload protected
22KHz Tone : Freq.: 22+-2KHz
DiSEQC Control : Amplitude : 0.8+-0.2V (Version 1.2 , USAL Compatible)
Demodulation : QPSK
Input Symbol Rate : 2-45Ms/s Convolution Code Rate (1/2 , 2/3 , 3/4 , 5/6 , 7/8 Constraint Length K=7)

II. A/V & DATA INPUT/OUTPUT

RCA : CVBS(Yellow), L,R Output(white,Red) with Volume Control Component Video output.
SPDIF : Dolby Digital Bitstream Out (Coaxial)
Data Interface : RS-232, Transfer rate 115Kbps, 9 pin D-Sub male Type and USB : USB 2.0 Type A Connector

III. RF-Modulator

TV Standard : NTSC
RF Connector : 75 Ohms, F-Type
Frequency Range : VHF CH3 , CH4

IV. MPEG Transport Stream & A/V Decoding

Transport Stream : MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818 / Transport stream Specification
Profile Level : MPEG-2 MP@ML
Input Rate : Max. 90 Mbit/
Video Resolution : 720 x 576(PAL) / 720 x 480(NTSC)
Audio Decoding : MPEG/Musicam Layer I & II
Audio Mode : Single channel/Dual channel Joint Stereo/Stereo
Teletext : VBI & OSD
Sampling Rate : 32 , 44.1 and 48KHz

V. System Resources

Main Processor : ARM946 RISC Processor
Flash Memory : 2Mbyte
Program DRAM : 32 Mbyte
Channel Capacity : Digital channel: 5,000
Front : 7-Segment Display (4-digit)

VI. Power Supply

Input Voltage : AC 90 to 240V , 50 ~ 60Hz
Power Consumption : Max. 30W
Protection : Separate Internal Fuse
Type : SMPS

The Unit (i-Link IS-8000):

Silver look approx. Size(W x H x D) 290mm x 50mm x 220mm and net weight 1.5kg. And it also has a front panel door w/c conceals a card slot,(No reader installed), and the USB port for upgrade via USB.And can be use for PVR...The rear has the usual coax connectors, (Sat as well as Antenna), as well as RCA connectors, (Y/Pb/Pr), Component video output, S-video, SPDIF, On/OFF switch and RS-232 Connector..

In Upgrading you can use via USB or RS-232,(but RS-232 is no available loader yet).. But I used the USB Flash Drive. In loading the new Bin File took approx. less than 1min. and reboot the STB.

The Main MENU is very sparse and not complicated to navigate. It does have 5 neat Features:

1] Channel Manager : (Channel Manager)

2] Installations : ( Satellite search , DiSEQC switch , Motor setup , Factory default)

3] Options : ( OSD setup , Control Panel , Time Adjust , Parental Lock , Network)

4] Utility : ( System information , USB , Time Record , Game)

5] Accessory ( RS-232 , PVR , Emulator)

The Unit I received came with an IKS(internet key sharing) Dongle netwrok Module.And is connected via RS-232 port to the unit. This unit can be running via Stand alone and IKS.

About scanning the Sats was easy and takes approx. 4min. in two Sats(110-119) to complete.And list how many channels were scanned.

Switching of channels was fast and smooth.

The Video Quality in this Unit is Great....

This new Baby have a VERY Good Support so Far with this Unit, but based on what I have seen so far, this is an Excellent unit for those who are looking for SD and easy to setup...

BTW, First time setup for Network use Hard wire to prevent problems.Meaning use hardwire from router going to STB.

Again thanks to Richiemaimi/Truss.

This section doesn't look very busy (I didn't even know it was here) so I wanted to start a thread for some current information.

I currently have 3 SV 8000HD's in three different rooms. I'm tired of waiting around as SV hasn't added a single useful channel in months now. I'm considering jumping ship and was considering trying an Nfusion before IKS was even required because I heard good things. Now that they appear to have more than a leg up on SV and have many many more channels I'm thinking about buying anywhere from 1 to 3 of their HD receivers. For starters, which one do I want? I see Phoenix, Nuvenio, HD and a few others and am confused by what is what. I want HD with the ability to PVR and whatever their latest box is and whichever works the best. I think the Nuvenio is what I want but read something about it being discontinued so maybe I'm wrong?

Now, a few questions on the differences between the Nfusion and SV stuff. For starters, has anyone used the network to save or play movies as advertised? SV marketed the iHub as the ability to stream media within a home network but I have found ZERO support on this. With three locations it would be very nice to have a central location that I record to and stream from. In stead I have three 1TB drives at each location and it's a PITA to know what programs I have saved at what location. If we're in the theater it seems the movie or shows we wanted to watch are up in the living room or vice versa. I would really like to take advantage of the network capability if this is possible. Also, I download movies on my PC and it would be nice to convert them to whatever format the receivers need to see and use them as a front end device for streaming. I also read that the PQ might be slightly better on the SV but am wondering how much of a difference there really is, if there is one. I've read conflicting reports as to which is more user friendly when it comes to GUI so if someone has both I would appreciate some details there.

Now in regards to equipment overall: Can I simply split the satellite feed at each location with a cheapo splitter and feed one to the SV and one to the Nfusion and toggle back and forth w/o causing any issues? Will I be overpowering the LNB with six receivers feeding power back or ?? I have Harmony remotes so it would be pretty easy to program an option for SV and an option for Nfusion. I assume I would also need two separate HDDs for each location so each box can have it's own drive to record to and play from. Again, the network functionality would really help here so I could have a single HDD for SV and one for Nfusion.

Anyway, I know I'm not the only one who has been somewhat fed up and is starting to see what the other options are so I think it's time to spark up this conversation again. So, let's have it... good or bad but first hand knowledge is ideal.

I bought this box a few years ago and stopped using it because I had to put keys in a couple times a day..cable just got shut off and I am missing "Dexter & Curb"so I need to get back up soon but I dont know if this box is any good.. The guy that hooked it up just gave me a dn dish with a dual lnb..I dont have the dish anymore but need to know is that all I need? If not I would like a couple suggestions on a reciever and dish that wont break me.. Are the keys still changing all the time? Sorry for all the questions.. Thanks in advanced guys....:thumb: