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dunk1964
17-02-12, 22:16
Going to trade my 800 in for the new TM-TWIN-OE instead of buying a VU+ BOX, good move or not?
Tyler
17-02-12, 22:22
Mate,
Stick with buying vu.
Its a top class box with great support and fantastic build quality
silverfox0786
17-02-12, 22:26
the tm twin looks like a receiver thats gonna be better and better image

as for tm800 i think they scrapped the part ex scheme so you would have to buy it out right
dunk1964
17-02-12, 22:33
Yes but the spec on the new box is the best of any, it would wipe the floor if the support is upto scratch. I think I will take a gamble like i did with the 800
dunk1964
17-02-12, 22:36
talked to TM yesterday and they said i could have £100 off.
Sicilian
17-02-12, 23:34
Yes but the spec on the new box is the best of any, it would wipe the floor if the support is upto scratch.

How would the spec of the TM-Twin wipe the floor of any?? Please explain? What exactly does it have over the Duo, ET9200 or the Ultimo?
bassethound
18-02-12, 00:00
personally i would not buy another linux box from tm again after the way tm treated tm800 owners over the last nearly 2 years
Tyler
18-02-12, 01:02
personally i would not buy another linux box from tm again after the way tm treated tm800 owners over the last nearly 2 years

I would never buy TM again after the rubbish 800hd worst stb I ever bought. and that includes the spiderbox 7000 which is far superior and it's not even a Linux box.
digi247
18-02-12, 13:05
How would the spec of the TM-Twin wipe the floor of any?? Please explain? What exactly does it have over the Duo, ET9200 or the Ultimo?

For the specs that i saw it has 2GB Nandflash and 3GB DDR3 Ram, Unsure if anything else is different from the Duo i would imagine to beat the ET and Ultimo it would have to be running the latest Broadcom 7413 chipset which is in those 2, But as i say from what i have read it has the older 7335 chipset same as duo. So apart from a massive increase in Flash & Ram not much different.
bassethound
18-02-12, 16:37
The biggest problem with TM is the severe lack of 3rd party support from any of the big image teams for there linux boxes

having the best hardware is only half of the story without proper image support from dev teams the box is next to useless

good luck if you buy one
Sicilian
18-02-12, 18:57
For the specs that i saw it has 2GB Nandflash and 3GB DDR3 Ram,

Read the spec's correctly! Its NOT GB as in GIGABYTE, GIGABIT. One gigabit = 128mb, so the Twin actually has 256mb Flash and 384mb Ram. The Duo has 128mb flash and 384mb ram, so in effect all it really has is a bit more flash.

Duo has rear Esata, Twin hasn't
Twin has loopthrou on one tuner Duo hasn't
Duo has two CA & two CI
Twin has one CA & two CI, but added RF modulator.

Its swings and roundabouts, Twin has loses some things from the Duo but has other features.
Stanman
18-02-12, 19:00
It could have 50GB of ram but it wont be any good to anyone if the image support is shite. Two years on and TM800 only has the IQ team and DW support other than that no major team has released an image which imho is a big drawback.

If there is no support for the Twin than it will follow the same fate.,
dunk1964
21-02-12, 19:16
ordered twin today and got it for £239 and still kept my 800. I was told they are getting released on the 1st of March, I was going to buy a VU but i thought i would take a gamble.
dunk1964
21-02-12, 19:23
this is the offer for TM800 OWNERS

TM-800 HD Part exchange TM-Twin OE offer.18-02-2012

1-TM-800 HD bought anytime anywhere get discount of £100 and keep TM-800 HD no need any exchange.
2-TM-800 HD Taken in part exchange for £150 –TM-Twin at £329 =To pay £175 inc.uk mainland delivery or get extra £10
discount towards your delivery or callers get £10 extra discount.
3-TM-800 HD If you Own any Technomate receiver except TM-twin Get £50 discount No need of part exchange.

Condition of purchase
Please email scan copy of your purchase bill only for £100 or other discounts for part EX,No need
place an order
by email or phone, 0208 884 0701
Offer price is only direct from Technomate.
Offer Ends 30-03-2012 you can book now
bassethound
21-02-12, 21:36
Good luck on your new box m8 i would have waited 6 months at least to see if it gets any support!

i hope it dont turn into a white elephant like the tm800
Tyler
22-02-12, 00:59
U should have got vu mate in my humble opinion
dunk1964
06-03-12, 08:31
Got phone call yesterday off TM to tell me the twin had been released, hope to get the box in the next day or so. will let you all know if its any good.
Sicilian
06-03-12, 08:45
Got phone call yesterday off TM to tell me the twin had been released, hope to get the box in the next day or so. will let you all know if its any good.

Well this will be interesting to see. IQ image is still at beta stage and not fully working, yes I've tested latest beta :trustme:
dunk1964
08-03-12, 23:35
well got the box yesterday, set it up and had a few probs with Hdd (640gb) but sorted now, so far everything works spot on, epg, record, cc**m etc:)
dunk1964
08-03-12, 23:37
need new forum for the TWIN
dunk1964
09-03-12, 23:11
15549 working spot on
abu baniaz
10-03-12, 02:08
Looking at the pictures, isn't there a fan directly below the console? If so, not a good idea for both devices.
Sicilian
10-03-12, 07:36
need new forum for the TWIN

There wont be one until: -

a) We're happy that it uses native VIX.
b) All bugs are fixed.

What your happy with and what we're happy with are two different things.
dunk1964
11-03-12, 14:07
15599 this is the image my box come with
Larry-G
11-03-12, 14:42
15599 this is the image my box come with

yes thats a OpenViX image which has been modified to the hilt by IQ and as such is not a Native ViX image in the way that one we release would be considered one.
dan44762000
16-03-12, 13:37
15549 working spot on

so would you reccomend this box then ?
i need to get rid of my tm800hd and may well just accept my losses and buy a Vu+ solo hd or try and get some money back from the deal that is going on .
advice appreciated .
dunk1964
19-03-12, 18:42
so would you reccomend this box then ?
i need to get rid of my tm800hd and may well just accept my losses and buy a Vu+ solo hd or try and get some money back from the deal that is going on .
advice appreciated .
its upto you mate as i say my twin is working ok at the minute, i was going to buy the vu duo but thought i would try TWIN as i got the dicount for the TM800.
abu baniaz
22-03-12, 22:14
The feature to take screenshots using the web interface also works. You can grab whole screen or just the OSD. (Just in case anyone else wants to take pictures without being concerned about glare/reflections.)