Julezy
Inactive User
Current setup:
Technomate 5402HD MK2 (single tuner), with external HDD, Patch 1.37
Motorised dish – Technomate motor
Humax Freesat box connected to old Sky dish
I’ve had myTechnomate box for 2.5 years now, so have got used to the workings of it now.Its been very reliable - most of the issues I’ve had have been ‘user errors!’ The picture quality is excellent, however the EPG is not great and only a single tuner means I use the old Humax box to record stuff on 28.2. I don’t tend to record much on the non 28.2 satellites but if I had a twin tuner I would.
I'm interested in hearing the views / recommendations of anyone who had startedwith this box and upgraded to another box (not just Technomate ones) with a twin tuner and how they compare. Now that I understand the difference between Linux and non-Linux boxes (I didn’t initially). It looks like there is more customization on the Linux boxes in terms of the ‘skin’ which I don’t mind learning how to install and it would improve on my current setup IMHO. I can then just use the one box for everything.
An upgrade box would need to work with a motorised dish and ideally one where I can just transfer my channel list / favourites over. It would also need an optical audio output (I know some of the boxes don’t have this) and be able to take an external HDD for recording.
One thing I don’t understand is, if I get a twin LNB as a replacement for my motorised dish,would I have to get a 2 to 1 connector so both leads from the LNB go into the motor or could one of the leads just go straight from the LNB to the receiver? Currently the single lead goes from the LNB into the motor and then a lead comes out from the motor to the receiver.
The alternative would be to use one of the cables from my old Sky dish as the additional feed along with the feed from my motorised dish but I wouldn’t be able to watch / record the euro satellites.
I think I paid about £130 for my box 2.5 years ago and now I think they are only £80. Budget would be £150 - £200.
Cheers!
Technomate 5402HD MK2 (single tuner), with external HDD, Patch 1.37
Motorised dish – Technomate motor
Humax Freesat box connected to old Sky dish
I’ve had myTechnomate box for 2.5 years now, so have got used to the workings of it now.Its been very reliable - most of the issues I’ve had have been ‘user errors!’ The picture quality is excellent, however the EPG is not great and only a single tuner means I use the old Humax box to record stuff on 28.2. I don’t tend to record much on the non 28.2 satellites but if I had a twin tuner I would.
I'm interested in hearing the views / recommendations of anyone who had startedwith this box and upgraded to another box (not just Technomate ones) with a twin tuner and how they compare. Now that I understand the difference between Linux and non-Linux boxes (I didn’t initially). It looks like there is more customization on the Linux boxes in terms of the ‘skin’ which I don’t mind learning how to install and it would improve on my current setup IMHO. I can then just use the one box for everything.
An upgrade box would need to work with a motorised dish and ideally one where I can just transfer my channel list / favourites over. It would also need an optical audio output (I know some of the boxes don’t have this) and be able to take an external HDD for recording.
One thing I don’t understand is, if I get a twin LNB as a replacement for my motorised dish,would I have to get a 2 to 1 connector so both leads from the LNB go into the motor or could one of the leads just go straight from the LNB to the receiver? Currently the single lead goes from the LNB into the motor and then a lead comes out from the motor to the receiver.
The alternative would be to use one of the cables from my old Sky dish as the additional feed along with the feed from my motorised dish but I wouldn’t be able to watch / record the euro satellites.
I think I paid about £130 for my box 2.5 years ago and now I think they are only £80. Budget would be £150 - £200.
Cheers!
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