Newbie getting a new box

[DaMacFunkin]

I have to add, and you can see which Vu boxes I have, my sister has the e8000 which I set up and maintain and I have had a couple of Technomate e2 boxes also, the Solo2 is the quickest at booting, scanning abm, running opentv (EPG) and re-flashing out of any if them.

[DaMacFunkin]

Any reason why the ET8000 doesn't do transcoding? Isn't just software?

The solo2 does software transcoding, the xtrend not at all.

[Willmoore]

Any reason why the ET8000 doesn't do transcoding? Isn't just software?

Why give you something they can sell you - ET1000 does transcoding but costs more.

[twol]

Why give you something they can sell you - ET1000 does transcoding but costs more.

Absolutely correct but in hardware

[Andy_Hazza]

Yep Vu+ Solo2 boots quicker and also way way way faster at reading and parsing epg data.


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[joaoasilva]

Thanks all for the suggestions. You've just made my life even harder
Spending more and undecided about which one to buy

[joaoasilva]

Another question, sorry guys... I'm a pain in the a**
Does anyone have a comparison video between both of them running? How's that vue with the same hardware is much quicker like people say?
Can I keep my Sky card with both boxes, will it work until the contract ends? (still 2 months to go)
Is it possible to buy a satellite motor on WOS and add it to a sky dish pointing the same position? will I have a gain with that? My satellite is on the side of my house but with around 90% signal.

Thanks!

Kind regards

[satpod]

Have a look at the Venton Unibox HD Eco+... just £125 for double tuner sattelite (bargain) new onto the market and are 100% worth there money.

[twol]

Another question, sorry guys... I'm a pain in the a**
Does anyone have a comparison video between both of them running? How's that vue with the same hardware is much quicker like people say?
Can I keep my Sky card with both boxes, will it work until the contract ends? (still 2 months to go)
Is it possible to buy a satellite motor on WOS and add it to a sky dish pointing the same position? will I have a gain with that? My satellite is on the side of my house but with around 90% signal.

Thanks!

Kind regards

Basically faster chip, better box.
Same chip then you start getting into facts and personal views....
Eg this box is faster. ... But things like epg updates, ABM updates are done in the early hours when you are asleep/waking up/off to work
Boot times if you update regularly can be a pain if the box is slow to load, but most people power up from standby (I believe) which is like instant.
So everything is relative and its not until you have one of these receivers that you appreciate/or not some "features"

Ref motorised dish ..... Depends what you want to do.... If just 28.2E then No.

[joaoasilva]

Thanks.

I think I'm going for the Vu+ so to keep it simple (remote) and pretty (look) so that the missus doesn't complain too much (The Sky box is also ugly as hell anyway). The transcoding can be handy to play the recorded stuff over the house.

About the Sky card, will it work?

The motorised dish, my wall is facing south so the dish is pointing south-east I think? With a motor I could only move it south or south-west, would it be worth?
Thanks once again!

[whoamI]

Have a look at the Venton Unibox HD Eco+... just £125 for double tuner sattelite (bargain) new onto the market and are 100% worth there money.

New onto the market pmsl! More like a discontinued clear out! Poor drivers and poor support from Venton. Multikom who distribute them have dumped them.