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[Andy_Hazza]

Hey Twol - what has replaced MIPS if you are in the market for a linux based STB?

ARM is the newer generation of receivers (ARM >> 4K)


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[KuchKuch]

Certainly you can take the legacy outputs (not sure how many) and use them.
Extra tuners you may have to buy from one of the German outfits, as they are not that available any more.
The receiver runs fine with 4 sat tuners - thats how I previously had one of my ET8500’s set up.

Thanks. I may start a thread in the General Satellite Talk section to get a confirmation.

WOS still list the DVB-S2 and DVB-C/T2 Tuner, i will be getting one for mine soon unless i decide to buy another receiver

Yeah I saw this in the store and it's why I asked the question - I am debating whether it's worth sticking with 2 Tuners on the Xtrend, or buy an extra 2 if I could make use of them. However, I've managed to get Sky to do a free install this morning on a second dish and I'm now wondering if I should just buy Unicable LNB and see if the Sky engineer will install it on the second dish while installing a hybrid LNB on the other dish, so I can make use of the new receivers that feature FBC tuners whenever I upgrade. Decisions decisions.

[twol]

@KuchKuch
“I'm now wondering if I should just buy Unicable LNB and see if the Sky engineer will install it on the second dish while installing a hybrid LNB on the other dish, so I can make use of the new receivers that feature FBC tuners whenever I upgrade. Decisions decisions.“

Not sure what you meant here - the SkyQ LNB is not a unicable LNB, and Sky doesn‘t work with a Unicable LNB

[KuchKuch]

@KuchKuch
“I'm now wondering if I should just buy Unicable LNB and see if the Sky engineer will install it on the second dish while installing a hybrid LNB on the other dish, so I can make use of the new receivers that feature FBC tuners whenever I upgrade. Decisions decisions.“

Not sure what you meant here - the SkyQ LNB is not a unicable LNB, and Sky doesn‘t work with a Unicable LNB

Sky are installing a 2nd Dish for me to use Freesat, so the 2nd dish won't be used for Sky Q - Only for Freesat. Would a Unicable LNB work work with a Sky mini-dish accessing Freesat?

Hope that clears things up.

[twol]

Thanks, I am guessing it would be OK, but you need someone who live in the UK to answer, I am not sure of the size and shape of the Sky dish.

[KuchKuch]

Thanks, I am guessing it would be OK, but you need someone who live in the UK to answer, I am not sure of the size and shape of the Sky dish.

Cheers.

Started a new thread in the link below, hopefully I'll get a confirmation from someone.

http://www.world-of-satellite.com/sh...206#post465206