No More Sonicview I-HUBS! Woes Continue

Its official. According to the SonicviewUSA website, they are no longer offering Sonicview IHUBS for sale. Many EBAY auctions have been closed and most well known FTA Dealers are unwilling to sell Sonicview Dongles because legal action could be pursued against them.

It is a well known fact that Sonicview has been in a lengthy court battle with many well known Satellite Broadcasting companies, and a recent court injunction has prohibited Sonicview from Selling the dongles, putting a damper on their profit margins.

Here is Sonicviews official announcement regarding the situation.

“Until further notice, Sonicview iHub has been discontinued. Due to a court order, Sonicview will not be able to sell, traffic, or market this product until a final decision has been made in the court. We are not able to accept exchanges or returns for this item due to the order as well. All of our receivers are uneffected by this decision. We continue to sell, market, distribute, and support them. We are aggressively defending ourselves and our products, and do not recommend purchasing the Sonicview iHub or clones of it at this time. We appreciate your understanding in this matter, and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.”

Sonicview had thought to circumvent this injunction with the Sonicview PRO line of FTA Receivers, but when reached for comment, an anonymous source from Sonicview USA has told GoodFTA that the PRO line of receivers were initially going to have a built in ethernet adapter, then was switched to the IHUB for savings on manufacuring costs, now internally there is a large divide against the people that made the call to not have an internal ethernet dongle.

The Built in Ethernet device could have saved Sonicview, but it seems as though, this court case will not end any time soon. This is bad news for anyone who wants to purchase a Sonicview FTA Receiver

If you have your heart set on getting an IHUB you might want to check around with lesser known dealers wanting to get rid of stock, you will not be able to buy the dongle from an official Sonicview Dealer.

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