Set up question - yep, I'm confused!

[TJCams]

If this is in the wrong section, please move accordingly. Otherwise.....help!

I understand things have changed from a few years ago.

My set up then was as follows: 2 birds (one at 110/119, one at 82/91). They went into a Captiveworks CS700S, which used the USB for keys. It is my understanding that this is now basically obsolete. I was able to receive both dn and bev. Since that time I have been viewing my bev subscription, and unfortunately scrapped one of my dishes.

My main confusion is what to set up to test now.... I have been presented with 2 different options.

A) Local dealer suggested 2 different standard def receivers (can't remember names off the top of my head one was a dreamlink?), that set up just as my current bev. Price includes 1 yr of programming. Would have to purchase a new dish and lnb (which I have to anyways).

B) I was given an x-fta dongle. This appears to be a basic wireless g router. I currently have a good wireless n router (which can use g also). I am confused as to what I am supposed to do with it? I also have access to a Viewsat receiver (not sure of model number right now) that came with this dongle (it is quite a small receiver). I was under the assumption that this receiver was gone the way of the dodo bird, just as my captiveworks is.

Does the receiver in (B) connect to the wireless x-fta dongle?

I was told the this x-fta dongle would give me bev and dn???? But in standard def :grr:

Is it also true that a HD receiver for receiver the dn signal is going to run me $500????

So satfix community, anybody help clear things up for me?

[jvvh5897]

Right now only the only viewsat reciever that is up is the ultra with somethink called wfemu (a form of IKS), but a project might have the platinum and ultra up with a more standard rq-sssp that the xfta router can be loaded with.

You can buy HD receivers for about $70US, but it is not known if they will work if the providers go to a turbo-FEC 8PSK DVB-S2 format (in general nothing is certain in stealing signals and you are better off with a sub in the long run or just do true FTA). Those newer HD boxes tend to have internet connector built in and can do IKS--often out of the box (ie pre loaded with the software needed)

I think the CW box works with sssp form of IKS too. That means you either use something like the xfta to connect to the internet and pay someone for an IKS server connection, or you connect the serial port of your box to a PC and it connects to the IKS server.

I don't do IKS. I do true FTA.