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Will the Viewsat V-Link save Viewsat?
Posted by: | CommentsThere is an abundance of speculation in the FTA Forum and FTA industry whether or not that the Viewsat V-LINK will save Viewsat.
Viewsat has lost a lengthy and arduous court battle and many of its north American distributors and programmers whom made the FTA FILES are either in jail currently and have had millions of fines against them.
As Viewsat legal troubles slowly reared their ugly head towards their company, companies like Sonicview, KBOX, ILINK, CNX, and others have provided their customers with IKS Dongles to access FTA and allow their recover to have an internet connection.
Viewsat missed the boat on this device, for about a year, while their competitors flooded the market with new dongles and new FTA Receivers to compete.
The FTA Receiver market used to be dominated by Viewsat, for three years they were the popular brand most new people to FTA first got. It had an easy setup procedure and was quickly understood how you could maintain this box over the long term.
Once Nagra 3 occurred, and stand alone files became useless some machines never lost their strides due to their existing online infrastructure, such as Nfusion. Many companies rushed out devices to gain a huge market share. Many of the dominant companies during the Nagra 2 iteration such as Coolsat, Captiveworks, Viewsat and others never released a dongle and have seen lacklustre sales over the last year.
Companies such as CNX, Sonicview and ILINK increased the number of units purchased and with internet dongles became the dominant players in the Nagra 3 iteration.
The Viewsat V-LINK arrives close to eight months after Nagra 3, and most people have already given up their old receivers and bought new ones. Some loyal Viewsat owners have been patiently waiting for a new fix to arrive, and it has! You do have to buy a Viewsat V-LINK dongle though.
The Dongle costs around $110.00 and plugs in the back of your receiver, there is support only for the Ultra and Ultra-Lite right now, with support coming in the near future for both HD devices. There is no word on support for older models such as the Extreme, PRO, 7000, Platinum and others.
With the cost of the dongle equalling a new receiver, our advice is to upgrade to a more current machine that has been stable for the last six months. Companies such as CNX and ILINK have their infrastructure working very well, and have all of the quirks worked out. You can expect with a new system with the V-LINK that there will be months of growing pains, freezing, and days of outage as the new servers accommodate heavier loads of traffic.
Stay tuned to our FTA BLOG for further developments
It is our thought that Viewsat missed the boat not releasing IKS files or a solution faster, and has downgraded their status and visibility in the market place. If they can weather the storm of legal troubles and everything else and come out on top, still remains to be seen.
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What is the Viewsat V-LINK? Questions and Answers
Posted by: | CommentsSo you have some questions on Viewsat and IKS and the new V-Link we intend on answereing all of your questions.
1) What is IKS?
IKS is shortform for Internet Key Sharing, it is a way through an external Device, usually called a Dongle that allows your receiver to talk to the internet, and get the keys automatically as they change.
2) What is a Dongle?
A Dongle is a small device that plugs into the back of your Serial Port. This Dongle allows you to connect Ethernet Cable or a Wireless Connection to your modem or router. The Dongle then facilitates a connection between your receiver and the internet.
3) This sounds complicated.
It really isnt, we have step by step guides and tutorials that guide you through this process.
4) How Do I load the Bins onto my Viewsat?
in this section we have the new Viewsat V-Link Loader, as well as the Guides that teach you how to load files into it. If you have experience with the old Loader 2 Program from viewsat you will have no problems. If you do not have experince with Loader 2, we will instruct you how to do this. Basically You would connect the dongle into the back of your receiver, and then run ethernet cable from your dongle to your modem or router, once you do that, and download and install the loader program, y ou will be able to load files onto your viewsat, without having to use a USB drive, or hook the viewst up to your computer. Your computer reconizes the Dongle, as a device, and allows you to send files to it over a network. This is a easy process.
5) When are the bins coming out for this?
You can expect new files will be posted within a week or so.
6) What does this V-Link look like?
7) How much does the V-Link cost?
It will retail around $89.00 to $109.99
8.) Will you guys make videos on how to setup the v-link?
Yes, like most major FTA Receivers we support, we will create How ‘ To videos on everything from loading files, to installing the device and so on.
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GoodFTA Crosstalk – V-Link shipping dates and new KBOX HD
Posted by: | CommentsIn this edition of GoodFTA Crosstalk we talk about the new Viewsat IKS Dongle coming out called the V-LINK! We also break the worldwide news on the new KBOX HD! We tell you the specs, what it has, and what you need to get it to work! We give you a full IKS Status update, and share news on Brazil Sat and Dreambox 500.
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Viewsats new Nagra 3 FTA Receiver! “Viewsat Ethernet 2000″
Posted by: | CommentsWe are happy to announce the new brand new internet ready Viewsat 2000 Ethernet FTA free to air satellite receiver. Viewsat users have been demanding a new fta receiver with card sharing features. Well we got great news for you with the brand new Viewsat 2000 Ethernet you can now do Internet Key Sharing (IKS).
Time For The Next FTA Solution, The Viewsat Solution
The Viewsat 2000 Ethernet web unit is one of a kind with a fully secure internet web server already up and running by Viewsat. With the Viewsat 2000 ethernet unit you can have the receiver change its own key codes by using the Viewsat sever setup. This unit is creating a lot of buzz and talk in the FTA world so some of what you hear may not be correct. Many are saying the reason for this new unit is because of new satellite provider changes and saying that old Viewsat units will not work in 5 months. This rumor says that older viewsats won’t be able to always beat the new changes and that nagra3 will be fully working on Viewsat 2000 Ethernet. At this time, that is nothing more then rumors. The great thing about the new Viewsat internet sharing box is that it can be used just like every other Viewsat unit and can be loaded by data-cable.
Want Premium Channels? This software gives over 120 right now including Comedy Central, MTV, Discovery Channel, Broadway Network, Game Network, MovieStat Network, National Geographic, Food Network, Cartoons, Show TV…and even HDTV (high definition television) channels!
The Viewsat 2000 Ethernet differences lies in its great hardware and unbeatable software support. Users will often compare other units with similiar capabilities such as the nFusion Nova or the Neosat IPro 2000 both of these boxes are good units, in fact both of these units share the SAME hardware and are made in the same plant. Users that buy nFusion Nova are some times really mad once they get the unit and find out they MUST install the newest software and that there unit is NOT 100% self updating. This is and other faults and truths are said about nFusion Nova Neosat iPro 2000 because of some dealers. Like the Viewsat 2000 Ethernet, the nFusion Nova allows you to use IKS internet key sharing which allows the internet to change your key codes. Most users love the Viewsats for lots of reasons, great support, great hardware and really great prices for their FTA receivers. If you are looking for a new age FTA satellite receiver for new upcoming changes such as nagra3 key changing support and much more we suggest you look into this great new unit.
The Viewsat 2000 Ethernet is Coming Out This Month in May and will range around $200 – $250.
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Viewsat and Nagra 3 – by GoodFTA – GoodFTA FTA FILES all the time
Posted by: | CommentsThe News
With the recent advent of PPV, MOVIE and some premium channels going Nagra 3, Lots of GoodFTA users and people on the internet have many questions on whats going on.
What you should know
Viewsat like many FTA receivers are scrambling and freezing on the PPV Movie Channels, International Channels, Canadian Channels and some Premium Channels.
This is not your receiver being broken or a hardware error or not having the latest FTA FILE. This is due to the new encryption system called Nagra 3.
What is Nagra 3?
Nagra 3 is the new encryption being used by Bev and Charlie. This is the 3rd Iteration of Nagra. It BREAK Nagra which has not been done yet, a Hacker must analize the hard and physically develop source code. Once the source code is written the FTA CODERS take this code and tailor it so when ECMS happen, the coders write the files. Hackers make a TON of money for short term work. Then Move on.
If Nagra 2 was hacked, why is not Nagra 3 Hacked Yet?
Nagra 2 was hacked due to a disgruntled Charlie Employee that stole the source code from work and sold it for 2 million dollars to Viewsat. We will all have to wait and see, rumor has it, there was a Nagra 3 hack, but the hacker was arrested.
Why do some Receivers have N3 Fixes and not Viewsat?
Its called IKS or Ethernet Card Sharing. It basically makes your receiver talk to the internet either wirelessly (like your laptop connecting to your router) or through ethernet cable (like your pc to your modem)
Some FTA Receivers have built in IKS and some have External IKS add-ons such as the Sonicview I-HUB (i-hub details)
Will Viewsat have a IKS FIX?
Yes, is releasing the new Viewsat Ethernet 2000. It is a new Receiver that has a built in Ethernet Port to connect up to the Viewsat Servers, so it will have all N3 channels available very soon
Read more about the Viewsat 2000 Ethernet Here -
Viewsat is working on a Serial IKS Dongle solution for the back of the receiver for their current models. They are more than likely releasing new models as well.
Just to let everyone know, the smart card slot on the Xtreme and Ultra could also be used for an ethernet connection. When you hear about a new Viewsat Network IKS receiver model or a Network IKS model coming out – this is all about business and not adding capabilities.
Will I have to buy something for my Viewsat to work?
If you want to keep your existing receiver you will more then likely have to purchase a network adapter that will be comming out sometime in June or July.
Ideally you will want to buy a newer receiver such as the Viewsat Ethernet 2000 or the HD device it will release later this year. New Receivers are comming as well.
Short story, to get a n3 fix in the next few weeks or month, you will have to AT LEAST invest in their network adapter, the new receiver will be out soon.
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