New SatKing DVBS2-980CA Freeview Plus VAST Twin Tuner PVR

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Announced yesterday. RRP $295.

The DVBS2-980CA is Australia's Freeview plus twin tuner VAST receiver. The unit has cutiing edge design, compact size with fully featured PVR ready functions. You can now simply plug in a HDD up to 3TB and record 2 channels at once.

Missed a program? Simply connect to the internet and watch catch up TV from ABC IVeiw, Plus7, Nine Now, SBS on demand and Ten Play. SatKing have again taken the VAST platform to another level.

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The SatKing DVBS2-980CA is Australia’s first VAST & Freeview Plus certified satellite TV receiver, making this unit the most advanced VAST receiver on the the market. Fully designed in Australia this top of the range receiver brings a new level of features to the VAST platform.

The receiver has Freeview Plus catch up TV and the enhanced Freeview Plus EPG built in. No longer will you miss your favourite programs, you can simply go back in the Freeview Plus program guide and catch up available programs.

Connect an external hard disk drive (up to 3TB) and take advantage of the twin tuners, you can record two different channels and watch a third program from within a network all at the one time. You can also use the receivers advanced media playback functions to playback movies in AVI, DIVX, MOV, FLV, MKV, MP4 files and pictures via the 2 USB ports.

The receiver has all the market leading features you expect from SatKing like compact size, built in signal finder, 12/240V operation, recording series link, learning remote control and low power consumption.


* Australian VAST Certified
* Freeview Plus Catch up TV Certified
* High Definition MPEG4 Compliant
* Twin Tuner, Record and 2 Channels and Watch a 3rd from Within a Network
* USB PVR Ready 3TB Maximum External Hard Disk Drive
* Pause & Rewind Live TV
* Compact Size 230x163x43mm
* Low Power Consumption with Energy Saving Function
* 8 Day EPG with Series Link
* Enhanced Freeview EPG
* Catch up Services ABC i-View, SBS On Demand, Plus7, 9Now, Ten Play
* Signal Finder with Beeper
* Optional WIFI Dongle & Infrared Target
* Subtitles Supported (Closed Captions)
* 1080P Upscaling
* Learning Remote
* Over The Air Software Download Supported
* Easy to Use with Auto tuning and One Touch Recording

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