Posts by jaes

Spark ver 2.0.55 firmware available now.

... developer ver 2.0.55 available now with a few tweeks

Its possible to put bug reports or general feelings re: the A3 directly to the guys that are involved more deeply with the A3 development on the American "Fridge-FTA" forum site once registered. A lot more reading on the A3 available.

..... boy how things have evolved since the days when i used to use such receivers as the Echostar LT8700 etc .... i really like this little A3 and like you would be exited to see the next generation .

... Iv'e tried to join the American site for Amiko .."Fridge-FTA" forum to put this problem to them but the site won't let me register saying that i am using a proxy server, which as far as i am aware i am not.

The A3 itself has the provision for setting 1080/50 1080/60 etc in the resolution menu but it looks like xbmc Android version on the A3 will not set any higher than 720p at the moment in the xbmc set-up menu. My pc based xbmc has full HD video and audio but that machine and it's components are a completely different animal to the A3 hardware wise.

Hi all,
Well i took delivery of my A3 yesterday afternoon.... due to it's small size it's purpose was to be used mainly on the satellite receiver blind scan for feed hunting to replace my bigger units and also to hopefully be able to relieve my full size HTPC pc. It's other attributes are an added bonus.
So far iv'e just about got my head around the satellite tuner side of it and have to say i'm quite impressed with the performance but needs a bit more development for easier display of 4:2:2 signals .... still on a steep learning curve at the moment.
Now, xbmc ..... i also have the same problem with 720p max resolution which is not good for me projecting high res images on a 120" projector screen. Also at the moment i have audio drop-outs using bitstream pass-through and although it can see the NAS with the hdd holding the movie's i'm having a struggle to get it to scrape the fan art and give me a video wall. All works perfectly on the pc based xbmc, this must be an Android thing ?. Early days yet but it does look promising

Thanks for that Northern Monkey, i logged into them earlier on today with my trade account but couldn't see any reference to it at al. Does it go under any other name ?.

Hi,
looking for a supplier of the Alien 3 in the UK if anyone can oblige please.