dilema , DM800HD vs VU+ Duo vs TM800HD

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Im at loggerheads as to which sat to buy.this week i nearly bought the a DM800HD with the new ferrari sim at £190 .then i read about the TM800HD and lots of ppl giving it the thumbs up before up pops the VU+ duo with the twin tuner and more rave reviews.

i dont mind spending the extra money on the VU+ Duo if the extra's and quality justify the £380 price tag but is it worth it ?.
also ,im use the layout and set up of a dreambox sat so am i right in saying the VU+ Duo can be flashed with dreambox software ?.
any help on me making the right choice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,.
 
1. Stay away from DM800 Clones (there is a liklehood you will get a bum one)

2. TM800HD, I have also heard good things, it's open source (It's £50 more than the clone dm800). Sounds like this would be the one of my choice.

3. Vuo Duo + is dual tuner, do you really need a dual tuner. If so go for this one.
 
i do know the benefit of the dual tuner is recording while watching another which can be handy but apart from that im unsure what else it offers to justify the higher price.reading the specs doesnt help as well especially when you dont understand some of it.
 
save up and get an original dm800 they are awsome. Mine is the best sat box I have ever owned.

Yes they are well over priced

Coley
 
I have played with dm800 clones and also own the vu+ duo. The clones are very hit and miss and I would not recommend at all whilst they are. The vu+ duo is a rock solid dual tuner receiver and I am well happy with mine but the extra tuner is important to me. The TM800 is enigma2 so would be very comparable from a users point of view but only has one tuner so I would say it depends how important the second tuner is to you.

What I would add though is there is no contest pound for pound between the vu+ duo and an original dm800 and it is not the latter of the two that wins:)
 
Get the vu+ duo its the best box i have used the support for the box is excellent i cant see the TM800HD having the same support on launch day???????????:banana::banana::banana:
 
I agree. For a receiver that has only been about for a couple of months the support is massive
 
thanks for the advice fella's , i was leaning towards the vu+ box but i just needed convincing.i hate buying stuff then the next day somone says "did you not see the new ***** ??? , , you should have bought that !!!.
 
thanks for the advice fella's , i was leaning towards the vu+ box but i just needed convincing.i hate buying stuff then the next day somone says "did you not see the new ***** ??? , , you should have bought that !!!.

You will be smiling for a week when you get one of these excellent boxes!!!!!!!!!!!
 
If you don't mind a box with closed firmware then the Spiderbox is definitely worth a look.
 
i would love to have aplay with a vu boxto compare to my dm800

coley
 
If you don't mind a box with closed firmware then the Spiderbox is definitely worth a look.

so with the spider box ? i know its c* as a free gift but what actual channels do you get ?. is it UK only ?.
 
The uk package is not in the gift. The gift includes lots of foreign packages though many have english audio too
 
list of channels as of Decamber 09. Not sure what has been added/removed since.

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Al Yawm 4502 202
Al Safwa 4503 203
Cinema 1 4504 204
Cinema 2 4505 205
Series+4 4506 206
Fann 4507 207
Music Now 4508 208
Super Movies+1 4509 209
Zone Club 4510 210
Pinoy Extreme 4511 211
GMA Pinoy 4512 212
GMA Life 4513 213
MnL TV 4514 214
11411 H ShowCinema1 4601 201
ShowCinema2 4602 202
ShowCinema3 4603 203
Xtra Movies 4604 204
Cinema City 4605 205
MGM 4606 206
America Plus+2 4607 207
History Orbit 4608 208
TraceTV 4610 210
Playhouse Disney 4611 211
Series 4612 212
Al Riyadiyah 4613 213
FosSports 4614 214
11804 H Animal Planet 1006 517
11862 V Super Movies 203 203
America Plus+2 206 206
E! Emea 207 207
ShowComedyExtra 208 208
ShowShasha 209 209
MBC+Drama 210 210
JimJam/Extreme 211 211
SuperComedy 212 212
NatGeoWild 213 213
11977 V Orbit News1 2002 202
Orbit News2 2003 203
Extreme Sports 2004 204
Bloomberg 2007 207
Showtime Maghreb 2010 210
Disney XD 2011 211
StyleNetwork 2015 215
11996 H ShowSeries 301 201
ShowSeriesExtra 302 202
ShowSports4 303 203
ShowComedy 304 204
ShowMovies1 305 205
ShowMovies2 306 206
ShowMoviesAction 307 207
ShowMoviesKids 308 208
ShowMoviesComedy 309 209
ShowSports1 310 210
ShowSports2 311 211
ShowSports3 312 212
12073 H CartoonNet 421 3002
TCM 422 3012
DiscoveryWorld 423 3022
VH1 424 3032
Hallmark 425 3042
BBC Lifestyle 426 3052
Travel 427 3062
ShowKids 428 3072
MTV Music 429 3082
CNBC 430 3092
Boomerang 432 3112
Disney Channel 433 3122
BBC Prime 434 3132
Nilesat ADD 10930 H Indus Vision 3504 4000
Aaj TV 3508 8000
ESPN 3511 8030
NASN Eu 3512 8040
ESPN Classic 3513 8050
12034 H Al Zaeem 702 514
HKYAT 703 513
HKYAT Kaman 704 523
KYAYAT Zaman 705 522
AMoive1 706 515
AMoive2 708 516
CINEMA 709 517
NatGeoAdvance 710 519
TARAB 712 518
11958 H SPRT1 801 512
SPRT2 802 513
SPRT3 803 514
SPRT4 804 515
SPRT5 805 516
SPRT6 806 517
SPRT7 807 518
SPRT8 808 519
SPRT9 809 520
PrimeSprt 810 521
11804 H FSPR 1001 512
TENSP 1002 513
B4UM 1003 514
B4M 1004 515
JXA1 1005 516
Animal Planet 1006 517
RTV 1007 518
SCI 1008 519
ARY 1009 520
ASIA 1011 521
UKTV 1012 522
S-ONE 1013 523
SKYN 1014 524
STARN 1015 525
FOXN 1016 526
11881 H SETMX 1701 512
PLUS 1702 513
VINDI 1703 514
GOLD(Star) 1704 515
WLD(Starworld) 1705 516
VINT 1706 517
NAGE 1707 518
MOV(Star) 1708 519
ZMOV 1709 520
Alf/N 1710 521
ZTV 1711 522
SET(Sony) 1712 523
GEO TV 1713 524
NDTV 1714 525
JAYA 1715 526
12304 H Shara1 2301 512
NEOSP 2302 513
Kairali 2303 514
ART Prime Sports 2335 524
Nilesat Al Jazeera 12284 V Jazeera Sport+1 2703 514
Jazeera Sport+2 2704 515
Jazeera Sport+3 2705 516
Jazeera Sport+4 2706 517
12456 V Al Jazeera Sport+5 4401 211
Al Jazeera Sport+6 4402 221
Al Jazeera Sport+7 4403 231
Al Jazeera Sport+8 4404 241
"Eurobird
Bird 2
25.5E
(ArabSat)" Orbit 11013 H Super Movies 502 1296
Cinema City 504 1328
MnL TV 505 1344
Disney XD 509 1440
MGM 514 1520
Series 515 1360
Fashion TV 529 1456
Bloomberg 536 1472
11054 H Super Comedy 1 256
America Plus 2 272
CNBC 3 288
Music Now 5 320
Orbit News2 7 352
Al Riyadiyah 8 368
Sky News 9 384
ShowSeries 10 400
11096 H Extreme Sports 401 1024
Xtra Movies 402 1040
Trace TV 404 1072
DiscoverySci 406 1104
Discovery+2 407 1120
JimJam (05-17) 408 1136
ShowSports1 409 1152
Playhouse Disney (06-19) 410 1168
ShowSports2 411 1184
Nickelodeon 413 1216
E! Enter 414 1232
11604 H Animal Planet 44 528
Boomerang 202 592
Orbit News1 203 720
Cinema City+1 204 512
Fox News 205 560
CartoonNet 206 576
Super Comedy+2 207 608
America Plus+2 208 624
BBC Prime 209 640
Discovery T&L 210 656
Discovery 211 672
Fox Sports 212 688
Disney 214 544
11681 H History 15 768
Cinema 1 17 784
Cinema 2 18 800
Pinoy Extreme 23 864
GMA Pinoy 27 880
Series+4 304 816
Zone Club 305 832
Super Movies+1 306 896
TCM 307 848
ShowSports4 314 976
Al Yawm 362 912
Al Safwa 363 928
Fann 364 944
GMA Life TV 365 960
"Eurobird 9
9.0°E" MCT 12092 H Sex SCT 20201 4112
Sex Dont Panic 20202 4128
Sex Super 20208 4224
Sex Hot/Black 20210 4352

Eutelsat W2 Digitalb all
Eutelsat W2 SuperSport all
Eutelsat W2 Tring all
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Pink Extra 2 513
Pink BH 4 514
Pink M 5 515
Pink 6 516
Pink Action 7 517
Pink Movies 8 518
Pink Film 9 519
Pink Music 10 520
Pink Kids 11 521
U2 TV 12 522
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Pink Extra 2 32 513
BHT BHTV1_w2 100 101
"Eutelsat W3A for Future Option ...coming soon
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NTV SPORT 7512 2112
LIG TV 1510 2109
TURKMAX 1516 2113
KANALTURK 1702 2101
TV 8 1711 2110
KRAL TV 1713 2113
SHOW TV 2301 2100
SHOW MAX 2354 2113
SPORMAX 6407 2170
FB TV 6410 2111
FOX TV 4301 2100
DREAM TV 4304 2103
EUROSPORT 4305 2104
NUMBER ONE TV 4307 2106
MCM TOP 7304 2103
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Free x-TV 134 2321
11411 H Dorcel TV 14214 2141
10853 H X Dream TV 8632 3210
French Lover 8621 2984
Hotbird HRT 12520 V HRT-TV1 8301 100
HRT-TV2 8302 103
HRT-TV3 8303 105
HotBird Al Jazeera 11296 H AL JAZEERA SP+1 8437 5302
AL JAZEERA SP+2 8438 5702
AL JAZEERA SP+3 8439 5902
AL JAZEERA SP+4 8440 6102
Al Jazeera SP+5 8441 6202
Al Jazeera SP+6 8442 6302
Al Jazeera SP+7 8443 6402
Al Jazeera SP+8 8444 6502
HOT Bird Sex View "12360 H
" SexView TV 14001 4011
SexView Plus 14002 4021
SexView Extra 14003 4031
SexView 247 14004 4041
SexView DP 14005 4051
SexView Special 14006 4061
SexView Hot 14007 4071
SexView Climax 14008 4081
SexView Inter 14009 4091
SexView Extrem 14010 4101
SexView Hardcore 14011 4111
SexView Gay 14012 4121
Hotbird Satisfaction 11727 V Satisfaction TV (S1) 13760 4631
Satisfaction Golden Girls (S2) 13761 4895
Satisfaction Plus (S3) 13762 4369
Satisfaction Prive (S6) 13776 4683
Satisfaction Italy (S5) 13763 4694
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NovaSports2 353 514
TCM 354 515
Cartoon 360 515
MACEDONIA TV 361 521
SAKI TV 362 513
ET-3 363 522
NovaSports7 368 523
NET 376 520
MAD T.V 377 518
ET-1 378 519
11938 H E! Entertainmen 7102 519
The Hostry Cha 7103 512

Nova Cinema3 7106 515
NovaSports4 7107 516
NovaSports Highlights 7108 517
NovaSports6 7109 518
Chasse&Peche 7111 520
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11823 H JETIX 316 521
NovaCinema1 317 512
Nova Sports1 318 513
Mega TV 319 514
STAR 321 517
ALTER 322 518
ALPHA TV 325 516
ANT-1 320 515
11240 V Euro Sport1 13831 2577
Euro Sport2 13801 2825
11245 H Fox Life Greece 112 1122
10930 H NovaSports3 7501 512
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MTV 7503 514
MGM 7505 515
Animal Planet 7506 517
NovaCinema2 7507 518
National Geogra 7508 513
Summer Cinema 7511 521
Travel Channel 7575 522
Hot Bird "ARABESQUE
" 12015 H ART VARIETY/ E 410 512
ART CHIDREN/TA 420 513
ART MOVIES -AR 430 514
ART MOVIES2-A 440 515
NILE DRAMA -AR 450 516
LBC EUROPE - AAR 460 517
ART SPORT 1-A 472 519
ART CINEMA-AR 476 521
ART SPORT5 -A 478 522
ART SPORT 6 -A 480 523
ART SPORT 2- A 481 525
ART SPORT 3-A 483 524
ART SPORT4 -A 485 526
ART HEKAYAT - A 487 527
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AB1 201 160
AB Moteurs 202 161
Animaux 203 162
Chasse & Peche 204 163
TF1 206 165
Escales 207 166
Toute I historie 208 167
NT1 209 168
Action 210 169
Mangas 211 170
Encyclopedia 212 171
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France O 218 176
LCP 219 177
VideoClick 230 210
12692 H M6 501 160
NRJ12 502 161
France 2 503 162
W9 504 163
TMC 505 164
Cine Polar 506 165
Cine Fx 507 166
Virgin 17 509 169
Bulli 513 173
OrangeSports 536 180
France 3Sat 538 182
France 4 539 183
Cine First 541 184
Hotbird Cyfra+ 10719v Canal+Sport2 4413 172
Hallmark 4430 369
HBO 4429 368
HBO Comedy 4432 371
HBO2 4431 370
MiniMini 4407 166
Movies24 4402 161
OrangeSport 4405 164
Planete 4406 165
10796v Discovery T&L 15702 161
Discovery World 15703 162
DiscoverySci 15701 160
MTV Two 15709 168
NGC 15710 169
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Canal+ 4801 160
Canal+ Film 4802 161
Canal+ Sport 4809 168
Domo 4811 170
Kuchnia TV 4804 163
TVP1 4807 166
TVP2 4808 167
ZigZap/Hyper 4806 165
10949V CartoonNetwork 7467 7501
Disney 7466 7401
11075V Comedy 10 169
MTV 2 161
VH1 4 163
11158V Superstacja 13108 369
TV4 13103 289
11393V TVN 4311 512
TVN CNBC 4322 523
TVN Meteo 4318 519
TVN Style 4320 521
TVN Turbo 4319 520
TVN24 4312 513
TVN7 4313 514
11488H Animal Planet 5122 361
Cinemax 5111 170
CNBC 5125 364
Kino 5104 163
Trace TV 5105 164
TVP Info 5110 169
TVP Sport 5103 162
Zone Club 5126 365
Zone Reality 5127 366
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FilmBox Extra 15807 518
Religia TV 15803 514
TVN Lingua 15802 513
11623V KBS World 10709 229
12245H Mezzo 105 125
12322H Universal Channel 14901 312
HotBird NTV HAYAT 12303 V NTV HAYAT SAT 3220 270
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France" 11817 V SEASON 8001 160
C CINEMA EMOTION 8002 161
C CINEMA FRISSON 8003 162
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JIMMY 8006 165
MEZZO 8007 166
SPORT+ 8009 168
I TELE 8010 169
I TELE 8021 169
HISTOIRE 8011 171
11856 V CANAL+ DECALE 8202 161
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C CINEMA PREMIER 8206 165
DISNEY CHANNEL 8207 166
CANAL+ SPORT 8208 167
EQUIDIA 8209 168
PMU 8210 160
CANAL+ 8221 160
11895 V CINECINEMA CLUB 8351 166
MCM 8352 161
MCM POP 8354 164
MCM TOP 8365 162
TF1 8371 171
TF1 8366 171
M6 8367 163
M6 8372 163
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VOYAGE 8155 164
LCI 8156 166
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France 2 8821 160
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France 3 8822 161
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C CINEMA 9405 164
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PINK 9409 168
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W9 9423 162
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USHUAIA TV 9502 161
EUROSPORT 2 9503 162
NAT GEO WILD 9506 165
PIWI 9507 166
EXTREME SPORTS 9508 167
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FRANCE 4 9529 168
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France 5 8591 160
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FRANCE O 8508 165
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CINE FX 17034 174
NT1 17040 168
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NRJ12 8710 171
NRJ12 8721 171
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GULLI 8921 162
TEVA 8905 164
DISNEY CHANNEL+1 8906 165
PLAYHOUSE DISNEY 8907 166
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E! ENTERTAINMENT 8911 170
12090 V TELETOON +1 9410 169
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Animax 30356 165
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Boomerang Espana 30361 163
10818 V D Cine 29952 167
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AXN 29956 166
TVE La1 29957 170
Sci Fi Espana 29958 171
10876 V Golf+ 30601 166
NGC Espana 30605 170
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Canal+Deportes 30621 172
10979 V Canal Clasico 30651 161
TNT Espana 30653 163
La Sexta 30655 162
Canal+ 2 30658 167
11038 V Disney Espana 30403 163
Sportmanna 30404 164
DISCOVERY 30406 166
TCM 30407 167
Tele Deporte 30412 170
11156 V Viajar 30505 166
HOSTORIA 30513 171
11318 V Canal+ Accion 29810 162
Canal+ Comedia 29811 163
Canal + Dcine 29812 170
11686 V Real Madrid 30209 173
CNN+ 30210 169
TCM Clasico 30220 165
"PAS7. 10
(intelSat 10 at 68.5E)" Multi Choice 3716 V20600 MNetE 610 3000
MNetW 620 3001
MM1 630 3002
SS1 640 3003
K-WID 650 3031
go 652 3031
E! 660 3030
Learn 661 3030
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SS Blitz 860 3011
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Disney 880 3005
SS2 890 3007
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CNN 893 3002
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MTV 730 3002
Cartoon 740 3003
Hall 750 3004
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SS7 786 2064
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SkyN 960 3004
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Serie 980 3005
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ZoneReality 997 3003
Bloom 998 3017
MM2 999 1634
SS5 1003 3007
History 1004 3015
FTV 1005 3015
"AtlanticBird 3
5.0 E" TFC 12711 H TFC1 108 3211
TFC2 109 3221
ANC 110 3231
Cinema 1 111 3241
PCTV 112 3251
Kapamilya Channel 120 3281
"Badr6
at 26.0E" "Canal
Maghreb" 12303 H France 3 1050 3050
France 5 1060 3060
Cinecinema Star 1070 3070
I Tele 1090 3090
Ma Chaine Sport 1120 3120
OL TV 1130 3130
OMTV 2010 5010
Ushuaia TV 2050 5050
Histoire 2060 5060
NRJ Web TV 2100 5100
Trace TV 2110 5110
TeleToon Fr 2150 5150
Canal+Cinema 3101 3020
Canal+Family 3102 3030
12322 V France 2 1040 3040
LCI 1100 3100
InfoSport 1110 3110
GirondinsTV 2020 5020
Planete Fr 2030 5030
Planete Thalassa 2040 5040
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MTV Fr 2080 5080
M6 Music Hits 2090 5090
Game One 2120 5120
Piwi 2130 5130
TiJi 2140 5140
Canal+Essentiel 3201 3010
Cinecinema Frisson 3202 3080
Astra "Netherland
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RTL5 2005 513
RTL7 2006 518
TV ORANGE 2010 516
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ANIMAL PLANET 2020 514
EUROSPORT 2025 517
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HALMARK 2041 523
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SPORT1 4006 513
FILM1.2 4007 514
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NED2 4012 518
NED3 4013 519
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NGC 4015 523
12574 H NET5 5004 513
SBS6 5005 514
TMF 5015 516
VERONICA 5020 518
MGM 5023 512
BVN 5025 515
FILM1.3 5028 519
ERIDIVISIELIVE 5030 517
12722 H een 12775 945
KETNET 12776 946
MANX 12788 940



HD Channels
SAT PACK TP channel name SID VID
Hotbird Cyfra+ 11075V MTVN HD 1 1011 DVB-S
11278V Canal+Film HD 13021 360 DVB-S2
Canal+Sport HD 13022 361
NGC HD 13023 362
ESP HD 13061 3000
11449H FilmBox HD 15034 531 DVB-S2
12265V HBO HD 3105 401 DVB-S2
Astra "Can*****
France" 12522 V France2 HD 9203 162 DVB-S2
TF1 HD 9204 163
12581 V M6 HD 9310 170 DVB-S2

+ some HD channels
 
well after lots of deliberation i've gone and plump't for the vu+ duo.i dont like the thought of the "closed source" your too much reliant on one company to sort all problems.
anyway , if the vu+ duo takes me as long as the dm7020 to suss out i should have it all ready to go for the 2012 Euro's !.
thanks for the advise.
 
It will be good to hear your review. I'm sure it will be easy if you had a dm7020.
Personally, I think its a good choice and I'm sure you will be happy.
Good luck
 
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