Which is best ET8000 or ET9500?

[twol]

Jumping in ..... Having had both ET8000/10000 running alongside a Sky box through the same Onkyo amp to a panny plasma...... Picture was better on the Xtrend.

[Ashley69]

I have ordered my ET8000 for my second Box.(for my Den upstairs). Hope it's as good as the recommendations.

[bluepassat]

you wont regret it...got mine from the sponsor last week all I can say is WOW...very easy to setup and very fast, menus load instantly

it can take a 2.5 or 3.5 internal hard drive, I have a 640Gb 5400 rpm in mine, the box is silent. the openvix image has every plugin you would want

load of plugins, boot screens, skins, picons all loaded in the image (as im sure you know)

the build quality is excellent

regards

blue

[DaMacFunkin]

I set one up for my sister yesterday morning, it seems like a nice solid box for the price with the option of a third tuner as well and I hope it doesn't give her any grief because that then means I get grief , but as some one who is used to VU+ boxes I didn't find it did things such as opentv scan or abm scan anywhere near as fast as my solo2 does...
Also the remote is a dog, no a/v button and you can still adjust the volume on the box even when you pair the remote with a TV, I hate that, it has no place.
I tried to set up a solo2 remote with it but as many have documented it just doesn't work.

[Sicilian]

opentv scan or abm scan anywhere near as fast as my solo2 does...

Don't agree about the ABM scan, Opentv EPG DATA is read differently with each brand, dont really make any difference considering it's automated in the background

Also the remote is a dog, no a/v button

That's a bit strong lol! Imo far better then the Duo2 remote and many other remotes available with other models, but hey ho, each to their own

[bluepassat]

I ran ABM on my xtrend et8000 I didn't like it, much prefer AutoBouquets E2 28.2E By LraiZer.....as that's included in openvix image

[jbeer]

Hi jbeer.

In the same boat, and wondering how you got on? I'm looking to replace a sky HD box with an 8000. Is picture quality as good?

Thanks

Yeah got on really well with the box.

Ordered from the sponsor WoS and arrived the next day, fitted a 2.5" 1TB HDD which was very straight forward.

Picture quality is just as good as sky and the box has a 1080i or 1080p output.

Do I feel the need to revert back to the sky box…hell no

Hope it helps

[Danny_Brewer]

Just what I needed to hear. Next pay day, I will be getting one from WoS. Stef has answered a couple of questions via email, which I appreciated.

I've shown the wife VIX and she's happy. Do you see all the European channels, or just UK freesat? Does it depend on the channel list used?

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[bluepassat]

I installed ABM but removed it and replaced it with AutoBouquets E2 28.2E By LraiZer as i only have a fixed dish at 28.2E my setup follows sly numbering

you can setup the tuners to any European satellite from the tuner menu, if you have another fixed or motorised dish

hope this helps

blue

[abu baniaz]

I work on both plugins. I find it amazing when people start pitting both AB 28.2 and ABM against each other. Both are great plugins and ideas are implemented from both of them. There was even a claim that Lraizer's code was used for ABM, wheras it was only his idea that was used. When Andy and Skaman made the reader, that made it into AB 28.2. The developers have a great deal of respect for each other and get along amicably.

As some assertions have been made, it is best to clarify.

ABM follows Sky numbering too.

I got fed up with all the post about AB 28.2 not matching Sky numbering, this is becuse the default used to be to use the Large 1st bouquet. I changed it. I also changed the "add numebring to name" to off as peole werer struggling with SNPicons and and switched off the Swap as well. People complained about the ITV HD not being the local one. Some regions do not have a local ITV HD.

As there have been a few claims that ABM does not follow Sky numbering, we have done the same with ABM too. From next image, the first bouquet on new installs for Sky providers will have the first/main bouquet = FTAHD, the next bouquet will be the Entertainment and will start at 101. This will do away with the claims that ABM does not follow Sky numbering.

Both plugins are user customiseable with some rules. ABM is more customiseable. The one thing that AB 28.2 does over ABM, is that it can run on any TP on 28.2. This is perfect for single tuner users. ABM only takes about 30 seconds anyway, so not a problem either. Sky update things usually on Tuesday and Thusday.

They are both great plugins, enjoy whichever one you want.

[jbeer]

Just what I needed to hear. Next pay day, I will be getting one from WoS. Stef has answered a couple of questions via email, which I appreciated.

I've shown the wife VIX and she's happy. Do you see all the European channels, or just UK freesat? Does it depend on the channel list used?

Sent from my LG-D802 using Tapatalk

Only the Freesat channels but not sure if I could get more if I tried

[judge]

Do you see all the European channels, or just UK freesat? Does it depend on the channel list used?

Depends on your sat feeds, not the channel lists used.

[Mikebppw]

Did you have any experience of the box crashing at all??

[cactikid]

you might have to setup your log files from the menu setup and reboot box,when box crashes you have the means to send them your fault codes.