Best twin tuner for a newbie to this.

[Sicilian]

I am still to buy my twin tuner, but I see the sponsor now has the Alien units.
Does this mean it's development is moving forward and the box is showing potential?

Not for Enigma 2 no. We cant support it because it does not have broadcom CPU. Spark OS is pretty good though, has many features.

[Larry-G]

Not for Enigma 2 no. We cant support it because it does not have broadcom CPU. Spark OS is pretty good though, has many features.

I will agree to that, the default spark OS is not bad at all and the E2 side is very slowly coming along but it wont ever be a patch on a dedicated Broadcom based E2 box in my opinion.

for a receiver to watch TV on with little fuss and little cost then go for the spark, if you want a dedicated E2 box with the full support of ViX and the major Image teams look towards a Gigablue, Vu, Xtrend etc etc etc.

[75mak]

There are not thaT MANY THX-calibrated TV's around. And if people spend a lot of money to have one, you might expect them to be conscious about settings.

And about choices: as I tried to explain: as long as people are aware, know what they do: of course, please be my guest and make any choice you want. But than again: don complain about picture quality.
But my guess is that most people have no clue about the above named settings, and in that case they don't really make choices.

I know many of the panasonic (plasmas at least) were THX certified for the last few years, the higher end models anyway.

[Rob van der Does]

the higher end models anyway.

Hehe, that's what I mean by 'not many'..........

[twol]

Hehe, that's what I mean by 'not many'..........

Correct, its usually only the high end models from LG and Panasonic...... And if Panasonic carry on losing money there will be one less, and if that happens I will instantly buy one of their last Plasma,s before they disappear.

[thedoc11]

I was wondering which stb has 1080p picture quality but has all the functionality of an ext9000. As I have recently purchased a full 1080p tv but getting a mediocre picture quality through my panasonic
TX-L47DT50 please help thank you in advance

[Rob van der Does]

You don't need a 1080p output at all: all transmissions are 1080i at the best and there's nothing 'mediocre' about that.

[twol]

I was wondering which stb has 1080p picture quality but has all the functionality of an ext9000. As I have recently purchased a full 1080p tv but getting a mediocre picture quality through my panasonic
TX-L47DT50 please help thank you in advance

Out of curiosity which viewing Mode are you using?