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Samsung SMT - S7800 Freesat PVR 1080P
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I have had an email from Laskys stating this is now in stock, Also at Comet , The Samsung website has a video demo but no sign of the remote , it looks good and is quoting 1080P ! output, has anyone got one yet and if so whats it like ? I want to dump Sky but am now thinking this may be better than a foxsat ?:)
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You may need an aerial upgrade to get Freeview ? .
Interesting two channel recording and third channel viewing is mentioned which would make it the 2nd Freesat+ pvr to have this capability.
USB capability only mentions playback of music.
Anyone found a detailed review from someone who knows the ins and out of Freesat+
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/tv-audio-video/set-top-box/set-top-box/SMT-S7800/XEU/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=gallery3d
It says wifi via USB dongle and 1080P - does not mention Non freesat mode ? Guess we will have to wait for someone to review it ?
http://www.samsungdforum.com/
So anything possible?!
And the video demo shows video playing from USB
Nick
Don't really see the benefit of a 1080p output when HD channels are 1080i at best. Only thing I can think of is playing downloaded 1080p movies.
I don't want the Samsung to be better than the Humax, because I only bought the HDR a short while ago. I'd guess it won't have some of the HDR's annoying habits, but could well have a few of its own.
Interesting to see.
There's no point or advantage in 1080P, programmes are 1080i, and upscaling to 1080P in the box is no different to your set scaling it to fit the screen.
As far as 'better than a Foxsat' goes, Samsung certainly have nothing like as good a reputation as Humax do for set-top boxes.
As I said earlier in the thread.
I can't see what relevance your downlink speed of 7Mbps has to a reponse to a button push. Surely It's your upload speed and the response of the lplayer server to the command that's relevant.
As for the ITV player - I've not seen anyone's comments about the latest improvements, but when I've tried it's been so bad it made iPlayer look good.
It's a totally different server so it's not a a valid comparison. The amount of data in a command is trivial compared to the video and audio data. You need a different freesat-hd box on the same link to make any valid comparison.
"It's a totally different server so it's not a a valid comparison." Maybe me saying 'it's a different iPlayer, or front end' - possibly suggests I'd considered that.
"The amount of data in a command is trivial compared to the video and audio data." Forgive me, I've only been working with computers for twenty-plus years, and in audio and broadcasting for longer - you probably needed to remind me of that.
"You need a different freesat-hd box on the same link to make any valid comparison. " No, I don't. Here's the telling thing. I'm talking about how well the HDR meets expectations, you seem to be defending it against attack.
At the risk of being boring, I do think it's a good device. As others have said here, even in the last few days, a relatvely small amount of work would make it great. And comparing not to other boxes, but to reasonable user expectations of any AV device's functionality, A.D. 2011, the HDR's iPlayer handling is borderline laughable.
Simple question have you tried a different freesat HD box on iplayer with better results? If you have then clearly there's a problem but from your postings it looks as if you have not.
Not defending the box in any wayin this respect I don't use iplayer on the hdr for other than testing and it's not very good but that's clearly not evidence that the poor performance is down to the box. I use a VM box or laptop for vod services on the odd occasion i need to.
Dan.
Thanks Dan - thinking about it, it would have been odd for the Beeb (and now ITV) to choose Humax as the beta test platform if it had inferior performance to other Freesat kit.
Boxes are not shipped yet. Still waiting for a software update I believe,
Perhaps because of the bad software or maybe a hardware issue?
Automan.
.......samsung.com/uk/consumer/tv-audio-video/set-top-box/set-top-box/SMT-S7800.......
implies there should be a sub menu for set-top boxes but only dvd, homecinema etc can be found so they must have had a sub menu
What did you mean by "bad software or maybe a hardware issue"
Are you suggesting there might be a delay?
An earlier post in this thread suggests that may be the case and the fact the product has been removed from the Samsung website would seem to reinforce that.
Automan.
I suspect that the Beeb had absolutely no way of knowing what platform had the better performance. How could they, as neither the products nor platform had been built?
The ITV rationale is easier to understand, they simply followed the BBC.