PSI HD Sat Receiver (1990 Baht)

[muratremix]

Finally I got one box installed today. Satellite guy claims it only works with C band antenna (big one). I asked if channel 3/5/7 works with Ku band small sized (True) antenna aswell, answer was no (but I'll try when I'm back to Bangkok before change my satellite antenna).

Anyway I open this thread because I'm impressed with the tiny PSI HD box. It is very small (can mount behind tv), has an external sensor to receive remote signals. Remote is same model of TOT IP TV in black/fog color. Picture quality of HD channels are awesome. Sharpness and details are very good. By default it sends 1080i50 signal to tv, which seems to work perfectly with our 42" plasma in village home. However it wasn't working good on 27" lg led tv so I set it to 720p50 mode and picture quality improved. Depending on your TV's de-interlace quality, you can choose 1080i or 720p mode.

Channel switching seems to be fast (around 1s) and picture quality of channel 3/5/7 is much much better compared to AV (Composite) receivers. Forget about FTA HD feature of this device, forget card sharing, just picture quality of SD channels is enough reason to upgrade to this box. Besides, it comes with a very nice remote controller.

Our sat guy offered 300 baht discount for old PSI boxes (doesn't have to be working, they are only interested in box, not remote or cables or box) and 190 baht for non-psi receivers.

Actually I'm not watching TV at all, but I'm a pixel enthusiast and I hate bad picture on TV or anything with a display. Somehow having an HD receiver with improved PQ for SD channels makes me feel better. Also, price of this receiver is 1000 baht cheaper than GMMZ receiver and it comes with SUN TV (Football channel for Thais) and it will have euro 2014 I guess.