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F15 tuner sensitivity
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<blockquote data-quote="timo_w2s" data-source="post: 800323" data-attributes="member: 196043"><p>I thought I'd posted this already but I guess I forgot... </p><p></p><p>A few weeks ago I compared the tuners of the F15 to the Sky DRX595 (the small non-PVR Sky HD box, which I believe is similar to a DRX890 reception wise, and slightly better than the Pace 2600C1) and an old Technomate 6900 non-Super using a few weak southern beam signals from 28.2E on an 80cm dish in Helsinki.</p><p></p><p>The conclusion was the F15 easily beat the TM6900. A few channels that the TM6900 couldn't lock at all were showing with just a bit of breakup on the F15. </p><p></p><p>The DRX595 was very similar to the F15. Video wise not sure if I could say which was better (the DRX595 had a few random blocks, the F15 missed whole frames occasionally but no real blockiness), but perhaps the DRX595 held on to the sound a tiny bit better. Not really much in it. However, as reported in other threads, I found that when my Inverto Black Ultra was connected via a short (3m) cable directly to the F15 it was overpowering the tuner. By looping the signal through a DiSEqC switch and the TM6900 before feeding it into the F15 it give me much higher signal qualities (giving the similar results to the DRX595).</p><p></p><p>I also was able to lock on to a number of other transponders on other satellites with significant improvements over the TM6900. For example the Swiss HD transponder on 10971/H on Hotbird won't hold a lock long enough to decode anything on the TM6900 but the F15 was working with no problems. A number of transponders from 9E where also visible for the first time using the F15.</p><p></p><p>Attached are a couple of photos of side by side comparisons from 28.2E.</p><p></p><p>I got to say I'm impressed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timo_w2s, post: 800323, member: 196043"] I thought I'd posted this already but I guess I forgot... A few weeks ago I compared the tuners of the F15 to the Sky DRX595 (the small non-PVR Sky HD box, which I believe is similar to a DRX890 reception wise, and slightly better than the Pace 2600C1) and an old Technomate 6900 non-Super using a few weak southern beam signals from 28.2E on an 80cm dish in Helsinki. The conclusion was the F15 easily beat the TM6900. A few channels that the TM6900 couldn't lock at all were showing with just a bit of breakup on the F15. The DRX595 was very similar to the F15. Video wise not sure if I could say which was better (the DRX595 had a few random blocks, the F15 missed whole frames occasionally but no real blockiness), but perhaps the DRX595 held on to the sound a tiny bit better. Not really much in it. However, as reported in other threads, I found that when my Inverto Black Ultra was connected via a short (3m) cable directly to the F15 it was overpowering the tuner. By looping the signal through a DiSEqC switch and the TM6900 before feeding it into the F15 it give me much higher signal qualities (giving the similar results to the DRX595). I also was able to lock on to a number of other transponders on other satellites with significant improvements over the TM6900. For example the Swiss HD transponder on 10971/H on Hotbird won't hold a lock long enough to decode anything on the TM6900 but the F15 was working with no problems. A number of transponders from 9E where also visible for the first time using the F15. Attached are a couple of photos of side by side comparisons from 28.2E. I got to say I'm impressed. [/QUOTE]
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