2010-04-29
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HD PVR Noisy.
Is it only me or is the UEC HD PVR noisy? I finally decided to migrate from al old singleview decoder to something that can actually do HD picture to go with my HD sound system. To my disappointment I found that the HD PVR fan makes a loud enough noise to irritate the living #$%^ out of me.
I've returned devices for far less noise and this one is borderline going back to Makro. At least my old decoder was whisper quiet albeit I had to reboot it almost every day and it gives only SD pictures.
Ingo
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2010-04-29
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A big, eagle-eyed baobab.
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Yup, the UEC is noisy. Definitely not a decoder for the bedroom
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Twin LNB > Explora Switch > Pace HDPVR 2P + Explora (+UEC HDPVR 4U)
Video: HDMI > 4x2 switch > TVs
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2010-04-29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ingo
Is it only me or is the UEC HD PVR noisy? I finally decided to migrate from al old singleview decoder to something that can actually do HD picture to go with my HD sound system. To my disappointment I found that the HD PVR fan makes a loud enough noise to irritate the living #$%^ out of me.
I've returned devices for far less noise and this one is borderline going back to Makro. At least my old decoder was whisper quiet albeit I had to reboot it almost every day and it gives only SD pictures.
Ingo
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I have mine very well ventilated about half a meter from the aircon on top of a wall unit without any sides, it runs cool and fans not to noisy (more noise from the aircon!).
Having said that, there is a hard drive which gets warm and power supply/processor which gets hotter than the old SD dumb boxes which need cooling.
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Explora & UEC 2U in Xtraview. HDMI via Yamaha RX-V765 amp and Panel.
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2010-04-29
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It was a dark and stormy night.
(But because his installation was sound, his DStv reception was perfect.)
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The UEC was noticeably noisier than the Pace when placed in the same position but I've grown used to it and now it just blends into the general background noise.
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Explora, Explora MS + Pace 2 Tuner HDPVR, Xtraview activated, Quad LNB. 90cm Dish. Pace 4P 2 x 4MS Dual LNB separate install
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2010-04-29
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What a shame, you would think with newer technology comes better cooling methods.
UEC, what were you thinking???
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2010-04-29
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Changes remote batteries hourly.
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Originally Posted by Ingo
What a shame, you would think with newer technology comes better cooling methods.
UEC, what were you thinking??? |
Costs and price. MCA mandate is the cheapest possible unit
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Explora & UEC 2U in Xtraview. HDMI via Yamaha RX-V765 amp and Panel.
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2010-04-29
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You should've got the Pace.... Its whisper quite and sexy.  __________________
Quad LNB > Pace HD PVR > Samsung LED TV | Single LNB > DSD 1131 (Secondary) > Sansui LED || Xtra-View Enabled
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2010-04-30
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Technical Myriad
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Originally Posted by Ingo
What a shame, you would think with newer technology comes better cooling methods.
UEC, what were you thinking??? |
And that is exactly where you are wrong!, the more processing power needed and the bigger the HDD, is the more power it draws, the more heat it generates, the more NB cooling becomes, the bigger the fan gets, the more costly it gets to reduce the noise level from the fan the more expensive the STB gets. So short cuts are inevitable and one of these is on noise level supression/quiter running fans ..............
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Easyview, UEC 4T HD PVR, SD PVR, XV
Spare decoders: SD PVR, PACE HD PVR 4T, DSD 660
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2010-04-30
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QFHD!
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You should've got the Pace.... Its whisper quite and sexy. |
“beauty is in the eye of the beholder” …lol. i personally can live with the UEC hdpvr with its better response ...and the said "noise" is not anything I can condemn it for
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