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mr.raw
24-04-17, 22:18
I have a ET8000 and it's been ace. I fancy a new more powerful box and the ET8500 is now £169 :)

Is the 8500 a world apart from a 8000 or should i be looking a different brands?

I only use one sat tuner at the mo, but i need cable to future proof and i have just started to use IPTV as well as Sat.

Any recommendations as the box will be my main use for at least two years.
1554leslie
25-04-17, 00:50
You will be just spending money for no need,I have both and the et8000 will do everything the 8500 will do and runs iptv very well
Sicilian
25-04-17, 06:30
Main upgrade would be the ability to have FOUR plug and play tuners as opposed to 3.
1554leslie
25-04-17, 06:39
Main upgrade would be the ability to have FOUR plug and play tuners as opposed to 3.Not really a big upgrade other than an extra tuner though sicllian
twol
25-04-17, 06:41
I have had ET8000/10000/8500 and although from an engineering perspective (HDD access, internals access) the ET8500 is far nicer and has (for me) nice features like large colour LCD and ability to select more than one image at boot, I don't think it will give you anything more than you currently have in the ET8000.

So if you want a faster box, for the next 2 years I would go with the Mut@nt HD51 or Octagon SF4008
mr.raw
25-04-17, 21:09
Cheers guys. Yes the ET8000 is running IPTV sweetly at the moment . Doesnt run kodi that well but never bought it for that. I live in flat so no dual feed and no cable although i need to be able to have cable eventually :).
mr.raw
25-04-17, 21:29
I have had ET8000/10000/8500 and although from an engineering perspective (HDD access, internals access) the ET8500 is far nicer and has (for me) nice features like large colour LCD and ability to select more than one image at boot, I don't think it will give you anything more than you currently have in the ET8000.

So if you want a faster box, for the next 2 years I would go with the Mut@nt HD51 or Octagon SF4008

Octagon SF4008 seems the best choice. Mutant doesn't seem for me.
mr.raw
27-04-17, 17:41
Ironically i bought the Edison OS Mega tripple receiver :rolleyes:
Didn't need 4k. Wanted both cable and sat tuner and a bonus of Kodi. I am aware kodi runs better on dedicated machines but bang for buck this ticked my needs.
Cheers to all for info.