Alien 2 status

[rrob311]

Did anyone get their hands on this box yet? How does it compare to the Raptor?

[ViP3R]

Did anyone get their hands on this box yet? How does it compare to the Raptor?

It should be out later this month..production is going on now..I don't no anyone who has one to test. they made changes after the first run and they were not happy with it.

I will be curious to see how the blind scan performs,,

I would not expect it to be in the same class as the Raptors features / Hardware and performance.

[eastof111]

It should be out later this month..production is going on now..I don't no anyone who has one to test. they made changes after the first run and they were not happy with it.

I will be curious to see how the blind scan performs,,

I would not expect it to be in the same class as the Raptors features / Hardware and performance.

And yet on the other "site" you would almost believe that it will cook breakfast for you.

[ViP3R]

And yet on the other "site" you would almost believe that it will cook breakfast for you.


LOL, I'm not surprised at that at all. Contrary to popular belief on other fantasy sites...LegitFTA brought the original Alien to NA and we announced this first..Easy to see on timeline posts..lol.

I will say I was fooled by the Telesat magazine article where they listed the specs of it as having blind scan and to my disappointed it did not exist..
In the EU blind scan is not something they use very much at all.

Any new boxes we bring here will be fully tested first to assure they meet our standards of what we all look for..that includes speed/performance and support.

And, if they can cook us up some breakfast even better....lol

[rrob311]

Haha cool ya I like the looks of this Optibox. I would like to replace my Openbox here someday with something better before it breaks as I have been abusing it for over a year.

[eastof111]

Have you heard anything new other than what is on the other site?

[ViP3R]

Have you heard anything new other than what is on the other site?

No, have not heard to much on this as yet..I don't really know who has one right now apart from the telesat magazine guy's who did the great write up,,lol.. but of course they are paid to say great things...My distributor does not have one yet, he did say he would ship me one to test, so we shall see.

I still firmly believe the Raptor even right now will still blow it away, and hopefully soon the Anaconda and Gekko as well.

[eastof111]

Looks like the other site is shipping their A2s. From their posted test on blind scan it doesn't seem to be much faster than the Raptor.

Their test:

Quote....
For speed and accuracy tests I used G19/97W Ku. Same Hotdish90/Avenger PLL setup as the other day. The HD-8240 & Traxis DBS-6000 numbers are from that testing. In fairness, I think a few more channels were added, that is why Alien2 found more than HD-8240.

Amiko Alien2
3 minutes, 5 seconds. 282 video, 149 audio

Amiko HD-8240
4 minutes, 7 seconds. 278 video, 148 audio.

Traxis DBS-6000
6 minutes, 10 seconds. 268 video, 148 audio.
Unquote-------------------------------------------------------------

So, I checked the blind scan test I did on 97 ku last week, the times are pretty much identical. I did a FTA ONLY which takes longer vs. their full scan which logs anything with a signal.

From their description it sounds like the Raptor with a spectrum analyzer in their blind scan display; plus they seem to be having firmware problems also.

[el bandido]

The transponders on 97W ku are well defined and have high Symbol Rates. This ku satellite is easy to scan, but how good is the Alien2 on satellites with transponder that have low symbol rates?

The Raptor is looking for transponders with a SR 999 and up. This takes extra time when compared to a receiver that is looking for transponders with a SR of 1500 or 2000 and up. I doubt the Alien2 is looking for low SR transponders right now because I could not get the Alien1 to lock on low symbol rate transponders.

There have not been any real advances in satellite blind scan technology for a while. Right now, faster blind scan speeds usually result in missed channels or transponders. I expect some advances to be made in satellite blind scan, but it will probably be late in 2013 or 2014 before we see them.

[eastof111]

In my post above, I was joking by saying "almost believe that it will cook breakfast for you". Reading the review in Tele-Sat magazine they say it also uses the Spark application. One of the Spark apps allows you to order pizza or other take out items. Of course, you have to live in Europe to have it delivered.:yes2::yes2:

[el bandido]

The Alien2 has some issues and bugs, but these things can be expected in a newly released receiver.
People that have already bought the Alien2 have paid too much money for this receiver. Anybody that wants an Alien 2 might want to wait a little bit before buying it. More information about the Alien2 should be available soon. EB

[rrob311]

Cool I am pretty sure you can order Domino's online now so maybe one of these newer receivers will allow you to do that through the dominos website or whatever. hahaha

[el bandido]

Did anyone get their hands on this box yet? How does it compare to the Raptor?

The Alien 2 doesn't compare to the Raptor and it never will.

We will be focusing on the Golden Media TripleX which is about the same thing as the Alien 2. This is being done because the Triplex costs less money than the Alien 2.
The TripleX section and a thread on it can be found in the links. EB

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[udayansen]

im interested on alien2, but after read the post in this forum, is valuable to buy alien2 ? is the feature is ok and work optimally ? coz, i googling, very a little review on this box, just review tele-satellite ?

thks

[el bandido]

The Alien 2 and the Golden Media TripleX have beta firmware right now. The current firmware is buggy but most of it works for me.
Currently, the TripleX receiver costs about 40 dollars less than the Alien 2 here in North America.
You will not find much information on either of these receivers right now because they are new receivers. EB

[ViP3R]

The Alien 2 and the Golden Media TripleX have beta firmware right now. The current firmware is buggy but most of it works for me.
Currently, the TripleX receiver costs about 40 dollars less than the Alien 2 here in North America.
You will not find much information on either of these receivers right now because they are new receivers. EB

Or even more..The Canadian retailer is selling the A2 for a whopping $355.00 cnd. :twitch:

[eastof111]

"Or even more..The Canadian retailer is selling the A2 for a whopping $355.00 cnd."

Does that include Pizza delivery to your home?:doh:

[ViP3R]

"Or even more..The Canadian retailer is selling the A2 for a whopping $355.00 cnd."

Does that include Pizza delivery to your home?:doh:

You would hope so, but I think not...lol

[udayansen]

The Alien 2 and the Golden Media TripleX have beta firmware right now. The current firmware is buggy but most of it works for me.
Currently, the TripleX receiver costs about 40 dollars less than the Alien 2 here in North America.
You will not find much information on either of these receivers right now because they are new receivers. EB


wa[Only registered and activated users can see links] info,
I just want to buy Alien2 on ebay, have not been paid, but after reading your review, I will immediately cancel it,

maybe I'll switch to azboxme

thks bro

[DJ COOKIE]

Or even more..The Canadian retailer is selling the A2 for a whopping $355.00 cnd. :twitch:

GET OUTTA HERE !!!!!.... Thats too much money .. Here in purto rico no one will pay that amount

[ViP3R]

GET OUTTA HERE !!!!!.... Thats too much money .. Here in purto rico no one will pay that amount

Some people are just ROBbers....lol

No one in there right mind would pay that price! anywhere bro!