Advice Needed Any thoughts on TNTSAT boxes

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Need to buy one for a relative. I've seen one by Strong at about 100 and another
Metronic for about 120.

I guess they'll all be cheap and nasty, but any reccomendations?
 
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All of them are nasty, and the channel selection is highly dependent on getting the dish and LNB outside spot on. A light loss of signal through misalignment and/or skew settings and you can lose half the channels on the satellite.
 
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All of them are nasty, and the channel selection is highly dependent on getting the dish and LNB outside spot on. A light loss of signal through misalignment and/or skew settings and you can lose half the channels on the satellite.
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Are you saying the tuners on them are poor then Channel Hopper?


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Perhaps get a Fransat card + CAM?
 
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Perhaps get a Fransat card + CAM?
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Then it's the question of what receiver will play nice with the CAM+ module then, I've been looking at French TV options as well.

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Are you saying the tuners on them are poor then Channel Hopper?


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The demodulators are set up primarily for capturing wide footprint transponders for the specific broadcast bouquets. There is usually no issue with the primary / home channel lock, leading to a search that finds the important channels as the central frequency is pretty hard to miss. My experiences though have identified a drift once the receivers have warmed up, and some channels cannot be viewed unless the receiver is powered down and restarted.



I would recommend only searching once the receiver has reached a stable temperature after about two hours once plugged in.
 
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Hi,
I have a Technisat TNTSAT box that I don't need because of the changes in footprint in my location Israel.
I have advertised it in this website recently. You are welcome to contact me if you are interested.
 
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I also had a Humax TNTSAT TN7000HD and it was absolutely fantastic but I don't have it any more.
There is a newer model TN8000HD costs EUR 105,00 from Amazon France.
I can't see the difference why it is cheaper but the remote is simpler. Maybe the Ethernet works now on this model?
 
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There are 5 FTA HD channels French Suisse on Eurobird 9E, in case you didn't know.
They went HD recently.
 
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Ok. Thanks for all the comments. I bought a Sagem box about 4 years ago and after an enthusiastic 4 or so weeks decided that French TV left something to be desired. I'd promised the box to my french sister in law but only passed it over 2 months ago and then the t...ts went HD 5mins later. I'll think about the Humax, thanks. They need something idiot proof!

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Ok. Thanks for all the comments. I bought a Sagem box about 4 years ago and after an enthusiastic 4 or so weeks decided that French TV left something to be desired. I'd promised the box to my french sister in law but only passed it over 2 months ago and then the t...ts went HD 5mins later. I'll think about the Humax, thanks. They need something idiot proof!

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Amazon France is a good place to buy. If they say they can't ship to your location, click on the neuf link which will open a list of all sellers. Select Amazon and hopefully you will not have a problem.
You can return the unit within 30 days get refund if you don't like it for any reason.
The new Humax model Ethernet connector doesn't work according to questions asked.
 
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