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Sonicview 8000HD Review Thread, Request for Reviews.I have a friend who recently purchased one of these, and she's had it only a day now but so far loves it!After looking at spec's for it, it looks like a really good box to me. As you may know i do carry the Sonicview 360 Elite Dual Tuner model, but have never tested a 8000HD.

I may want to carry these but I wonder if anyone can give some feedback on how great, or not so great these are.How well do the blind scan, is the terrestrial tuner any good, does the USB PVR work well for HD playback etc.Any comments would be most welcome.Logged. These are a bit dated, and contained a bit of hack talk (which I removed).so here they are;DSonicview 8000 HD ReviewThe Sonicview 8000 HD is our TOP PICK for a high definition FTA satellite receiver with recording option. The Sonicview 8000 HD is the most popular and #1 selling model in the HD FTA category. We really love this FTA receiver because of its amazing picture quality when connected through an HDMI cable. This receiver will display high definition and standard definition channels depending on what satellite or channel you are on.This is a digital satellite receiver with one satellite tuner and one OTA (over the air) antenna input tuner. This OTA (or also referred to as a terrestrial antenna) is very exciting because you can buy an HD antenna from us and get all your local channels and major networks in HD. Unless they changed the chipset subsequently, the Sonicview HD8000 will not support DVB-S2.It uses the Broadcom BCM4500, and that device won't do it.

( I have a V2 8PSK board).I have an HD8000 and it's a fairly good unit and will demodulated MPEG2 HD well. It, of course, has no support for MPEG4.The blind scan is OK as well.I use it to record to a hard drive, (I record Kojak off RTN) and that functions reliably.My unit had an incredibly noisy fan, so I enlarged the hole in the back of the chassis, intsalled a fan grill and slowed the fan down a bit.TLogged. Unless they changed the chipset subsequently, the Sonicview HD8000 will not support DVB-S2.It uses the Broadcom BCM4500, and that device won't do it. ( I have a V2 8PSK board).I have an HD8000 and it's a fairly good unit and will demodulated MPEG2 HD well. It, of course, has no support for MPEG4.The blind scan is OK as well.I use it to record to a hard drive, (I record Kojak off RTN) and that functions reliably.My unit had an incredibly noisy fan, so I enlarged the hole in the back of the chassis, intsalled a fan grill and slowed the fan down a bit.TKayaker, you are right.

I went and looked around at the specs and it has no support for MPEG 4 DVB-S2. The 8PSK board only give you that, 8PSK.Another question, it does decode AC3 correct? No need for a stereo hooked up to it, AC3 right to your tv correct?Have you tried the A tuner?

Does this work well?Logged. I guess I lucked out by getting a 'noisy' fan. Actually, the fan itself isn't noisy, rather it's the speed at which it's turning and the blocked airflow.I think I read that the fan was an after thought and it shows.The ATSC tuner seems to function well, and I actually do use it on occasion.AC3 is good also, (no problems at all), and audio is transmitted with video over the HDMI port, which is how I connect it to my high-def TV.I'm relatively new to FTA and I find it amusing how the vast majority of products were designed for hackers, (what is the function of an 8psk module that only decodes turbo-FEC?).(Don't answer that).

Well after a week of playing around i love the reciever and it does recieve MPEG2,MPEG4 and DVBS2 as well. I did order mine with the 8PSK board already installed so that the whole box was covered by the 2 year warranty. The blind scan seems to find everything and even week signals. The only thing i have had problems with is the remote requires a bit harder push on the keys but that may be because its brand new. Over all for what i paid im totally happy and would buy another box for my computer room if i had the money. If you do get one i would order it with the 8PSK installed so you dont void any part of the great 2yr warranty. I also like the info button it will show you what resolution the channel your on is being broadcast in.

New Bin File Sonicview 8000 Hd No Signal Phone

I have it hooked to a Sony 60' DLP rear projection useing the HDMI cable and the picture shown is as clear as OTS signals with no high comtrast like some of the HD programing on Direct Tv shows somwtimes.' This'tv which is ac3 audio comes right through so no more need for a digital converter on ac3 channels thats another plus for this reciever. This would be a great reciever for Hypermegasat to carry for those who want a good HD Reviever at a lesser price.« Last Edit: February 03, 2010, 11:41:38 AM by tracieok »Logged.