Coolsat 8000HD SPECS

Features

- MPEG-2 & MPEG-4 support high definition (ATSC Only)

- Digital terrestrial (ATSC) & satellite set-top-box (TS combo)

- Multiple video outputs: HDMI, RGB, Y/Pb/Pr, S-Video & CVBS

- Selectable output for 1080i, 720P, 576P and 576i format

- Tunes & decodes all 18 ATSC broadcast formats

- Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 Channel Surround Sound via optical

- Aspect ratio adjustment: 4:3 (16/9 crop), 4:3 (16/9 letterbox), 16:9 (4/3 pillar box)

- Multilingual audio & digital closed caption support

- User friendly OSD and operation

- Favorite channel selections

- S/W upgrade through RS-232

- Parental guide and rating control

- PIP (Picture-in-Picture) support (Aux input/optional) (Option)

- EPG (Electronic Program Guide)

- DiSEqC 1.0 and/or DiSEqC 1.2

- Flash memory 4MB

- DDR RAM 128MB (DDR400 16MX16) X 4ea

- Universal remote control

- Smart Card Reader (Option)

Would this stb be capable of opening s2 channels?

Yes, but since it doesn't have Blind scanning capaity you will need to enter all the S2 TP information including S2 8psk or s2 Qpsk, Pilot off or ON and of course the TP freq and SRs

Thanks for the reply Carlos. I saw one for sale in my area and was debating on making an offer. No blind scan and probably won't open s2/8psk either. I'll wait for my new azbox and the release of the new Manhattan stb.

This box does every DVB-S2 channel I put into it and it is the most sensitive tuner I have ever used. Awesome HD picture as well.

I've said before that if this stb had a blind scan it would likely be the best on the market. It's only down side is that you have to enter all tp's manually

I noticed this box also allows an IF input of below 950. Not sure what the bottom spec is but it goes below 950. If only there was a way to edit the channels...............