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HISTORY<br />
<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> Archives<br />
10<br />
Edited by<br />
Alexander Wiese<br />
Nokia Mediamaster 9800S<br />
Almost everyone in the digital <strong>satellite</strong> reception<br />
market was curious about the successor of the<br />
famous Nokia 9200/9600 family of <strong>satellite</strong> receivers.<br />
Almost three years after the European launch<br />
of digital <strong>satellite</strong> television, it seems that Nokia has<br />
set the market standard for digital set-top boxes.<br />
No wonder, it was the first receiver capable<br />
of doing software and settings updates over<br />
the air, but even more importantly through the<br />
Internet. Get the latest channel lists from the<br />
Internet and upload them into your receiver within<br />
minutes. It saves a lot of time and your receiver<br />
always has up-to-date channel settings.<br />
MTI LNB AP8-T2<br />
For most experts, Microelectronics Technology is<br />
probably better known as MTI. Professionals have<br />
known MTI for years by their VSAT installations,<br />
SCPC reception units and microwave transmitters.<br />
Of course, the development of LNB is a continuous<br />
process whereas improvements are made over and<br />
over again. Recently, MTI has introduced the AP8-<br />
T2 LNB. As a professional manufacturer should,<br />
MIT do their best providing realistic specifications.<br />
For MTI, the outstanding performance of the<br />
AP8-T2 is very stable in its LOF. We ordered two<br />
samples and gave them a thorough test, not in our<br />
lab but up on the roof. Only the extreme temperatures<br />
in out our test had to be created articficially.<br />
Radix S.T.E.A.L.T.H.<br />
110 <strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> & Broadband — 10-11/2008 — www.<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong>.com<br />
In<br />
the<br />
Years<br />
Ago<br />
Travel into the Past<br />
<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
Issue 10/1998<br />
In last issue, we reported about our visit to the<br />
Radix distributors meeting. There, the official<br />
introduction of their latest receiver, the Radix<br />
Stealth, took place. Most distributors immediately<br />
placed their orders. We took one sample with us<br />
and gave it a thorough test. And now, just before the<br />
holidays are coming, the Stealth has hit the shops.<br />
What is so special about it? You may associate<br />
the name with invisibility. That is almost right. Of<br />
course, the box is not really invisible, but you can<br />
put it anywhere behind books or in a cupboard.<br />
Hirschmann Hit-Sat<br />
Hirschmann offers a complete kit with all<br />
components you need to get started right<br />
away. All included in one sturdy box are a dish<br />
(65, 75 or 85 cm), a universal LNB (digital<br />
compatible) and an analogue Satellite receiver.<br />
The included LNB is a Twin LNB, so it is very<br />
easy to connect an additional digital receiver,<br />
which can be operated completely independent<br />
of the analogue box. Another fine solution could<br />
be the use of one dish for two households.<br />
SkyMedia 200<br />
Special MPEG streams on <strong>satellite</strong>s all over<br />
the world contain Internet information and<br />
other data such as pre-selected material or<br />
continuous streams of information. You will<br />
need a personal computer if you want to subscribe<br />
to such a service. But as there’s more<br />
digital stuff on <strong>satellite</strong>s nowadays, such as<br />
TV channels, why not receive them as well?<br />
Telemann-Satellite Solutions offers the SkyMedia<br />
200, a special PC card that allows reception<br />
of almost all kinds of digital <strong>satellite</strong> signals.<br />
The television or radio signals can be fed to<br />
your television or hi-fi set, and the data services<br />
stay where they belong—on your computer.<br />
Professionals can now watch CNN (available<br />
on almost every <strong>satellite</strong>) and at the same time<br />
receive data services from the same orbital position.<br />
But this combination makes sense even at<br />
at home. You can, for instance, use a <strong>satellite</strong>based<br />
Internet service while the rest of the family<br />
watches a digital channel on the usual TV set.<br />
Prosat P-2002S<br />
Two years ago a minimalist digital receiver would<br />
set you back some 900 Euros—only to allow you