Lost in the sea of the satellite receivers....

[mfallou]

Hi,

First I am sorry to ask this eternal same request, but the more I read and search for a receiver the more I am completely lost...

I just move into a new house with a dish to Sky (probably), and I don't want to spend more than £150, with a very max to £200 in a receiver as it wasn't plan a all to buy one (we planned to just buy a Freesat box at £50).

The only thing I am pretty sure is if I buy something in this range of price, it will the quality expected for this range, so no illusion.

I end up with the Gigablue HD800. And I just want some confirmation:
- With the twin tuner, will I be able to record a channel and watch another one ?
- Will I be able to install plugins ?
- Is there some kind of EPG ?
- Can we have BBC Iplayer ?
- What image do you advice (from the list from the world-of-satellite shop) ?
- Is it easy enough to use, if, for example (...), someone just want to watch Master Chef or Grand Design ?
- Is there any critical downsides ?
- Is it a good choice for this price range ? What about the Miracle Box ?

One more question:
What is exactly a Hybrid tuner. I understand it allow both digital and analog signal, but why is it usually cheaper than a SATELLITE DVB-S/S2 ?

Thanks a lot !

[marty]

- Is there any critical downsides ?

1080p MKV playback sucks.
IMHO go for a TM

[mfallou]

1080p MKV playback sucks.
IMHO go for a TM

Thanks for the quick reply.

Does that mean if I record an HD channel and then playback the record, it will be crappy ?

So another question, is it possible to record on a NAS or on any share drive on the network ? Because I have a rPi so I might be able to record with HD800 and then playback with the Pi.

[twol]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Does that mean if I record an HD channel and then playback the record, it will be crappy ?

So another question, is it possible to record on a NAS or on any share drive on the network ? Because I have a rPi so I might be able to record with HD800 and then playback with the Pi.

Unless you are into mkv,s ignore the quote....when you record it is a ts file, should play fine.
Yes you can use a networked drive although i haven't tried it.

[mfallou]

So is it good choice without talking MKV playback ?

And is there any reason to get an extra hybrid tuner over a extra full one ?

[marty]

So is it good choice without talking MKV playback ?

Not really, super laggy and unresponsive and if anyone tells you otherwise they are telling pork pies
Very disappointing box considering the specs!!!

[marty]

Dread to think what a GB clone would be like

[Mr. Mister]

Dread to think what a GB clone would be like

Thanks god we got no such thing as far as i am aware.. lmao

I really like the GB range.. I now have 6 Quads and a 800 UE.. and would have no issues at all in buying another at any time..

Totally rock solid.. Great little boxes..

[marty]

Thanks god we got no such thing as far as i am aware.. lmao

I really like the GB range.. I now have 6 Quads and a 800 UE.. and would have no issues at all in buying another at any time..

Totally rock solid.. Great little boxes..

Swap you a 800UE+ for your TM-Twin

[Larry-G]

Thanks god we got no such thing as far as i am aware.. lmao

I really like the GB range.. I now have 6 Quads and a 800 UE.. and would have no issues at all in buying another at any time..

Totally rock solid.. Great little boxes..

Yeah I have had a Quad for just over a week and cant fault it yet, although i am aware of the issues it suffered in it's early life with drivers etc.

[mfallou]

So if I understand well, if for £200 I can have a HD800 or TM Twin, I should get the twin, right ?