Help please 4k from Santa

[dickie666]

Hi All

Its not long now till the fat lad drops down the chimmny unless he dies due to this covid shi*e. So time for yet another new box so what 4K box would you all go for after one with a very good/sensitive tuner.

Cheers in advance

[dickie666]

wow so i take it by the vast amount of replys that all new 4k boxes are a bag of shite and no one on here runs one or thinks alot about them. looks like i best keep running my TM nano se and eidison hd boxes which have done me well the last few years.

[BrokenUnusableAccount]

Why not go and look for comments people have already made rather than expecting people to come to you offering help.

[dickie666]

I already have looked at the reviews on many sites, but you get a better feel if people just say this one is not bad or that one stay well clear with 28.2east again open on some boxes i think there will be a mad rush for the viark 4k twin. But i already have sky q so not bothered with nicking money from sky. just looking for a 4k to play with and to wind our lass up with yet another box in the house.

[ronand]

You will need to be more specific as to what you actually want. Any of the cheaper 4k boxes are based on the hisilicon chipsets and work fine. Good blindscan is available on the sf8008. If you are using 28e then any 4k box will do - there is no need for a "sensitive" tuner if your dish is pointed in the right direction. The 4k test transmissions on 28e don't even use hdr so nothing special required there. If you want to wind up the mrs then just buy the most expensive box you can find.

[twol]

I already have looked at the reviews on many sites, but you get a better feel if people just say this one is not bad or that one stay well clear with 28.2east again open on some boxes i think there will be a mad rush for the viark 4k twin. But i already have sky q so not bothered with nicking money from sky. just looking for a 4k to play with and to wind our lass up with yet another box in the house.

I think these words confuse the issue “ good/sensitive tuner“ - if you live in teh UK and only look at 28.2E then (almost) any box will handle that requirement -but if you need a good/sensitive tuner for something specific, then you might get a better answer if you define the requirement

[dickie666]

i will dont you worry buddy i like to spin the dish all the time i use the sky q for 28.2 because she pays for that. My setup is in another room i love playing hit and miss on 7w some days 63 channels other with good conditions 180+. Going to upgrade the dish too only running a tm 90 which is not bad but not the best.

Just a quick one are edision and octagon both the same boxes has looking at the utube reviews both have the same red menu.

I have a edision pirmo ip s2 which is very good at what it does and has a better tunner than my vu+ duo which is on its last legs or my technomate nano se but non are better than my old very used and worn out technomate tm5402 super which i have had in the past replaced many of the internals apart from the tuner.

[twol]

i will dont you worry buddy i like to spin the dish all the time i use the sky q for 28.2 because she pays for that. My setup is in another room i love playing hit and miss on 7w some days 63 channels other with good conditions 180+. Going to upgrade the dish too only running a tm 90 which is not bad but not the best.

Just a quick one are edision and octagon both the same boxes has looking at the utube reviews both have the same red menu.

I have a edision pirmo ip s2 which is very good at what it does and has a better tunner than my vu+ duo which is on its last legs or my technomate nano se but non are better than my old very used and worn out technomate tm5402 super which i have had in the past replaced many of the internals apart from the tuner.

Edision & Octagon use different chip architecture so not the same boxes

[Sicilian]

If your looking at scanning different sat's etc.. I'd look at the Octagon SF8008 or the Edision OS Mio 4k.

[dickie666]

Well the package as come to be sent to santa and i cannot have a quick play because im barred from opening the package sent to today from the team at world of satellite. went for the sf8008 in the end because it has great support and will do the job i need it to do very well. cheers for the input guys may have to get the ax61 for my birthday in april just to keep up the good vibes in the house.