Hi,
I've been reading the forum for some time now, and have just registered to get advice from forum members.
I'm looking to buy a new STB to replace my Amiko A3 which is pretty good, but only has 1 tuner and is a bit slow. The missus is alos technologically challenged and can't work anything more complicated than a Sky remote.
I've been boggled by the variety available; I looked at the Wetek Play box with twin satellite tuners, the Gigablue HD800 Quad Plus, the Edision Optimuss OS3. The Vu+ Duo2 seems to be an excellent choice, but then I noticed the advert for the Xtrend on this site and this looks really good, as well as being quite a bit cheaper.
I have a couple of questions - I have 2 satellite feeds which will go into the DVB S2 ports. I also have a feed from my aerial for Freeview. Can I plug this into a DVB T port and have a feed from the STB to the back of the TV to feed that as well?
Secondly, I have a Humax Foxsat HDR which I've modded using Raydon's firmware so that I can see it on my network and use Kodi to play recorded programmes. Will I be able to do the same for these boxes as well?
I'm also not sure what the transcoding function is on the Duo2, is it similar to watching the programmes on the network?
I'm interested in the Kodi function with the Duo2, but I already have a Fire Stick, Apple Mac Mini and a few other things to use for that so it's not essential.
Is the Duo2 faster than the Xtrend?
Finally, is there anything else that I should consider? I don't want to spend more than the Duo2, but happy to look at anything else.
Sorry if the terminology isn't quite correct!
Thanks, Craig