List of Working Boxes & Decoders that Opens DSTV, NSS, MYTV e.t.c Year 2013

This article will only summarize the decoders / dongles that are working with various satellites in Africa to watch pay tv. E.g you will pay a certain amount to the manufacturers of this decoders yearly(e.g t.link) or every six months (e.g avatar 2) before you can continue enjoying their products.

so this post is for year 2013 and am very sure that any decoder or box that is presently working now will work for a very long time to come. It is worthy of note that some decoders died with year 2012. while some survived it and some has sprung up now. At the end of this article, i will also advice you on the best combination based on your pocket.



LIST OF DECODERS & DONGLES THAT ARE PRESENTLY WORKING AS OF YEAR 2013:

1; T.link HD decoder = We have two models of t/link decoders that are very popular in Africa especially Nigeria and they are T.Link 600 HD and T.link 900 hd. the major difference between the two is legibility. And they are

1. tlink 900 runs on windows operating system while tlink 600 is linux based OS(meaning t.link 600 may tend to have a slight edge over 900 with its cccam protocol)

2. However the lapses in t.link 900 was covered with its inbuilt sds mode which is also called dongle mode. that is t.link 900 comes preinstalled with two separate accounts / protocols namely SDS MODE & CCCAM ACCOUNT MODE(if one is down you can use the other, and you can use t.link 900 without Internet connection)

3. you can use a direct Internet usb modem with t.link 600 whereas you need to use a router with t.link 900 HD before you can access its inbuilt CCCam mode.

Verdict:

T.LINK IS THE MOST TRUSTED AND THE MOST RELIABLE OF ALL THE DECODERS / BOXES THAT YOU CAN USE TO WATCH PREMIUM SATELLITE TV E.G DSTV, NSS, NILESAT e.t.c. However it is the most expensive of them all besides it is not always the best with Eutelsat W4/7 DSTV Multi choice Africa. If you must use t.link and you are desperate to watch DSTV Stations only, i will advice you to buy a dongle e.g avatar 2 or a gprs dongle e.g g1 with t.link just in case some channels go off on t.link you can switch. It is very rare for all dstv channels to go off t.link but most channels do go off at times.

2:AVATAR 2 (with a short cable a.k.a paired or with changed ic)



I have been using my avatar 2 for close to four years if not more and today avatar 2 is still alive and it is one of the most popular among low income earners. Advantages of avatar 2 is that it is one of the cheapest, it can be renewed with #4000 or less and it opens HD stations.

Present Condition of Avatar 2:

you can learn more about avatar, how to configure it, and how to upgrade it at our forum here. Avatar 2 paired that now uses short cable is still on till now. However most of the cable has expired so if you bought your cable very early, their is every possibility that your cable must have expired. however, some who bought the cable late still have their box working very well A new cable is out for paired avatar but the chinkos are still working on the servers and that is why it is very unstable now . As for avatar 2 with changed ic, it is working very well and stable as at present with little or no interruptions. I you have the money you can combine avatar with t.link if you know you want are interested in watching more of dstv channels at all times. but if you know you don't mind the occasional downtimes of avatar 2, you can use it alone.



Avatar two works with server Eutelsat W3A 12.728 (H) 30.000 while aVATRA 2with changed ic works on (V) same frequency.

3. Liberty star t3 and T3 Decoders:

Liberty has gained a lot of ground in Nigeria now. and they came with deception that their products will be renewable every six months. however as it stands liberty is not renewable but we still have liberty star t1 and star t3 working till date. However i have some ppl complaining that their own liberty decoder has not been working for months, well it may have expired. However before you reach such a conclusion, pls first check the status of your decoder by pressing MENU + 2580 in quick succession, If you receive a message like sim ok or sim error. If you get sim okay, you are safe but if you get sim error then there is only one thing involved which is your decoder cannot work again until the manufacturers of liberty do something about it.



VERDICT ON LIBERTY:

It is the closest rival to t.link and it is also affordable. however it supports only two satellites namely DSTV and NSS 7. It is good when you have a good connection and you cant afford t.link. it cannot yet be combined effectively with another box. Liberty is good for average spender who wouldn't mind when it will stop working without remedy. Liberty works well but it is use while it last. The major difference between t3 and t1 of liberty star decoder is that, t3 supports more sim e.g t3 now supports glo mobile Nigeria Sim. and also t3 doesn't have an antenna while t1 has. t3 is more portable than t1.

4. G1 Gprs Adapter:



It works like liberty too with Internet but it is not a decoder on its own so it therefore works with other decoders. it opens HD channels and it supports all sim in Nigeria. it doesn't require any configuration.

However the renewal method, just like liberty is not yet know.

5. Spider Dongle: Works like avatar 2 and every other dongle but more like the defunct strong xii and avatar 3. it has no renewals yet but its a bit more stable than avatar 2.

6. Fta 007: almost like avatar 2 and just like avatar 2 it is renewable

8. Hawk, Microbox, xtem e.t.c… i have no review on hawk but microbox is a popular but expensive box that is renewable yearly. as for hawk it doesn't require any software renewal it works only when it chooses and it can be very stable at times.



If you have an addition then add it to the comment box… the review is based on my objective analysis and research on the above products am not marketing for anyone so feel free to bring on your criticism and appraisal.

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