Cheap sat box for the bed room

[jonc]

Hi
am looking for a cheap sat box for the bed room and was recommend a SKYBOX F3 HD. I never heard of them and dont really want to lay out for it if its a load of crap. Anyone got one and whsy are they like

[Mr. Mister]

The cheapest ones are totally crap..

They are all closed source.. and are basically what you see is what you get..

If you were wanting a cheap Enigma2 box.. That is open source.. and will running on a vix image..

then have a look at either the Gigablue 800SE.. or the Max Digitial XP1000..

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[jonc]

Only needs to be basic really channel list turn over etc. I'll have a look at them 2 now
Thanks

[Rob van der Does]

If it runs ViX you can also use a secondhand box with a defect (or without) tuner. A LAN-cable is sufficient to see all the channels and recordings from your main box.

[Mandanddeb]

The f3's are basic but are the best little box you can buy for under £80. I get mine for £55 delivered to the uk. iv installed around 16 of these boxes for friends and family most use them for multi room also,there's no epg but there's a now and next the HD is what it is really! good enough for a bedroom tv I wouldn't recommend any other box for under £100

[Larry-G]

it depends on what you want out of the box, if you want the benefits that come with a linux based receiver go for the Gigablue or the max digital.

if you dont want a Linux based receiver i would highly recommend the Ferguson ariva 202E HD. like all non Linux boxes there is not much of a EPG just now and next but HD cant be beaten in my opinion and you have the added extras that go with it such as youtube, youporn and more.

i would seriously stay well away from the f3 and all other skyboxes

[jonc]

I have a xtrend 5000 in the living room and a blade box in the other bed room. So I just wanted something cheapish for the other room

[judge]

xtrend 4000 makes a nice cheap single tuner box so, if you like your current xtrend.

[jonc]

How much are they

[judge]

How much are they

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[BadBoy]

F3/s9 boxes are a pain to update channels.

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[josh_g]

i have experiance with openboxes/skyboxes and IMO i think there rubish. very basic and slow, cheap and Nasty. you get what you pay for when it comes to these boxes. i went through 4 of them in months as they all kept dieing on me!! i would go wth the Ferguson ariva boxes if you want cheap and basic or something enigma if you want fuctionality.

[Mr. Mister]

I have or have had most boxes ..

The box with the best picture quality is the Gigablue 800 SE or the 800 UE..

IMO.. The picture is better on those 2 boxes than they are on any Vu+ box.. That includes the Ultimo and Uno..

[bassethound]

Got a skybox M3 with wifi dongle these have the better tuners than the older openboxes/skyboxes

and with this weeks new image you can get youtube and youporn

i also have a Ferguson ariva 102e which i think gives a slightly better image than the skybox M3 it also has a preview mode for youtube/youporn plus the added bonus of Grooveshark on the patched images plus has a few extras like google maps and a couple of more online services

[jonc]

my budget isn't really that much to get one of these boxes that's why i was just looking for a cheap box. what about a old dreambox 500

[jonc]

Got a skybox M3 with wifi dongle these have the better tuners than the older openboxes/skyboxes

and with this weeks new image you can get youtube and youporn

i also have a Ferguson ariva 102e which i think gives a slightly better image than the skybox M3 it also has a preview mode for youtube/youporn plus the added bonus of Grooveshark on the patched images plus has a few extras like google maps and a couple of more online services

Are they both easy to setup etc and out of the 2 which one do you recommend

[bassethound]

Both boxes are easy to set in there own ways and can both run on wifi or lan just make sure you buy the ones from the box makers

but i like the new skyboxes M3 as there are some modded images out there with 28.2 channel list already pre-loaded with fav list already named just add your cfg files and away you go

cant say the same for the Ferguson ariva yet as its still early days in the boxes life cycle but still a cracking little box fro the money

[Sicilian]

MaxDigital XP1000 all the way, more or less same spec as ET4000 but cheaper. Won't go wrong with Broadcom enigma 2 receivers.


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[jonc]

Both boxes are easy to set in there own ways and can both run on wifi or lan just make sure you buy the ones from the box makers

but i like the new skyboxes M3 as there are some modded images out there with 28.2 channel list already pre-loaded with fav list already named just add your cfg files and away you go

cant say the same for the Ferguson ariva yet as its still early days in the boxes life cycle but still a cracking little box fro the money

Whats the different's between the M3 and the F3

[jonc]

If i could up my budget as i was thinking i might just put my xtrend 5000 in the bedroom out of all the box's i've been recommended here whats the best one to replace my xtrend as my main box. I don't use a lot of the features just the pause rewind etc.....


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