Thinking of buying the ET8000

[kryton]

Hi all.
Im looking for a twin tuner receiver to replace my VU+ Zero that i bought from WOS last year.
The xtrend ET8000 has seriously caught my eye for a few reasons.
Can anybody give me some feedback on these before i buy? Ive read xtrend had a problem with security boards, is this a problem with the ET8000 aswell?
Any feed back would be great before i buy.
Thankyou.

[Sicilian]

Many model have the security board. Not only Xtrend. You have more chance of some other form of hardware failing than the security board failing.

[twol]

Had Xtrend for many years, never had a problem .... Just dead solid, excellent quality ..... Boringly good
... And regardless of some peoples views the best remote around
Also rate the 8000 better value than the 10000 providing you don,t need transcoding. (Had both)

[Andy_Hazza]

Just a shame the ET8000 is a shitty colour. And I still prefer the Vu+ remote. lol


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[Willmoore]

Just a shame the ET8000 is a shitty colour. And I still prefer the Vu+ remote. lol
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Decent receiver but looks dated to me - reminds me of a VCR i once had

[Andy_Hazza]

Yeah no doubt it has decent specs. Just not for me.......


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[Ford1]

had one, now have 5, 2 for myself and 3 for family members. solid, boring box, that does everything you need. so easy to use, to set up and maintain. its the first proper box ive had since the "dodgy" openbox v8s I got from ebay. (I say dodgy just cos of the lack of support and basic OS.

All in all, my family members, and I, are all happy with box and the functions it provides.

[kryton]

Also rate the 8000 better value than the 10000 providing you don,t need transcoding. (Had both)

thanks for your input guys, i gather by not having transcoding means i cant watch streams on my mobile devices?
Can i still run the tsmedia plugin?
To be honest the colour doesnt worry me, the ability to take a 3.5" HDD is 1 thing that attracts me as i have a few laying around doing nothing.

[abu baniaz]

Yes, you can run TSmedia. If within your own LAN, you don't need transcoding. If through your cellular connection, you would need the transcoding. There are only a few receivers that do Hardware transcoding though.

We get very few compliants by Xtrend users. There were a couple of posts about CrossEPG being slower though.

Be weary of Vu+ fan boys. Glad they don't import Vu+ Televison sets too!

[Andy_Hazza]

Be weary of Vu+ fan boys. Glad they don't import Vu+ Televison sets too!

You make me smile Abu. HeHe.


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[kryton]

Fantastic...looks like WOS will be selling another xtrend, was really pleased with the service and support when i bought my zero.
Thanks again guys.

[Andy_Hazza]

Yeah WoS provide a fantastic service, simply the best!


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[Ford1]

Just to add in again, I stream over wifi broardband when out and about and if the speed is there than you can watch streams from your box. I use dreamdroid, and vlc player.

[kryton]

Well ive ordered mine today from WOS and it will be with me tomorrow, great service as usual and thanks again for the feedback.

[Ford1]

Great!!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy mine. are you having a HDD fitted by WOS? if not they are very easy to fit, but you need to initialise it b4 you can use it. also a usb key is handy for the rear to load your epgh data on, im sure I read this was safer than using the flash memory. there is a very easy guide to set the box up in the vix section of this forum. just don't ask for anything card sharing related, that type of talk isn't allowed on here.


anyway, if you do need help, there are plenty of people on here that can sort most issues out. I have recently setup 5 of these and its pretty trouble free,

Again, I hope you enjoy the box!!