Best twin tuner for a newbie to this.

[Hotchef]

I am looking to replace my sky hd box.
I don't have a motorised dish.

I am presuming the motorised dish is for only non uk channels ?

If I am wrong and there is more good English speaking channels out there please let me know and this maybe a new option I look at

I was interested in alien 2 , because it is cheap, but it looks like unless you know what you are doing it maybe hard with a lack of support


So then I move up a bracket to 2 more models

Vu+ duo
Or
Technomate twin

Which is the best here?

I have a large family, 7 day epg is important, easy use for the kids.
Easy modification if needed

Good support if I run into problems

[basilyoung]

For myself, I would go with the duo,

but thats only because I have no direct experiance with thr technomate
the xtrend units are worth looking at as well

[Hotchef]

I see you own a few boxes , thanks for the advice I look at the xtrend too

[alba1978]

I have had Xtrend ET9200 for 7 months and it works a treat on Vix

[Hotchef]

The xtrend is another£100, what does the extra £100 offer over the over 2 units?

[bassethound]

I would highly recommend the duo great box with great support added bonus of running Vix

check out are site sponsor for a great deal

http://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home

[Hotchef]

I thinking vu+ duo is the most popular one and best supported but does the newer technomate bring anything new which puts it head of the vu+


I also see some boxes have loop, does that mean from the same feed into the box I can feed straight out of the box to a second box on one dish?

[Stanman]

The DUO has been the best box in the market in term of image support and Big user base.

The TM is new to the scene and has better hardware spec.

Whichever box you go for is supporter by vix and stocked by the sponsor, don't forget member discount that he offers.

[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

[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?

[Hotchef]

So the technomate and cheaper alien 2 are potentially better boxes for the future, but right now the vu+ is the best,

Is that a fair statement.?

If so would it make sense to buy a cheap single tuner wait a couple of months then buy a better unit in December? Is progress on software and support normally quick or is in long in developing of previous units?

[Larry-G]

So the technomate and cheaper alien 2 are potentially better boxes for the future, but right now the vu+ is the best,

Is that a fair statement.?

If so would it make sense to buy a cheap single tuner wait a couple of months then buy a better unit in December? Is progress on software and support normally quick or is in long in developing of previous units?

I would avoid the Alien all together to be honest. while the technical specs may look impressive and the price is a nice fit too, it does not have a broadcom CPU and that means that the Enigma2 side of things is very lacking and likely not to improve, I can also say with total certainty that ViX will never support the alien with it's current processor.

[Hotchef]

I would avoid the Alien all together to be honest. while the technical specs may look impressive and the price is a nice fit too, it does not have a broadcom CPU and that means that the Enigma2 side of things is very lacking and likely not to improve, I can also say with total certainty that ViX will never support the alien with it's current processor.

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?

[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.