Clones Why ?

Ev0 said:

Ok been wondering this for a while (and this seems to be the most active section so best place to post I guess, but feel free to move it if not).

Why bother with clones ? there seems to be alot of hassle involved with keeping 1 updated, and stopping it becoming a brick, so why bother ?

With the old Dmm clones I could kind of understand it as the genuine box's were silly money and the clones were less than a 1/3 of the price, so it was a cheap way to get a linux box (although even then there were some risks).

But with Vu+, Xtrend, Gigablue etc etc the prices are much more reasonable, so I just wonder why bother with the clones now (even dmm clones) ?

How much cheaper is a Solo2 clone over a genuine Solo2 ?

How much cheaper is a Duo2 clone over a genuine Duo2 ?

How much cheaper are the Uno, Duo and Solo clones over the genuine versions ?

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Ferret said:

When it comes to the VU+ range i would not buy a clone because the difference in the price is not large enough.

The DMM clones though well there is a significant saving to be made so i do and will continue to buy those.

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Ev0 said:

Thanks for the reply, my next question would be, what are the savings between a Dmm clone and a genuine Vu+ box of a similar spec ?

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Ferret said:

There are no real like for like comparisons of late the DMM range are still using really slow CPUs .

Compare the specs.

The last like for like would have been the 800hd and the vu+ solo.

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Ev0 said:

Ok so how much are the dmm clone models now ?

I see in your sig you have a few different models.

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palcsy said:

solo2 better

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Ferret said:

Spec wise yes but you can never brick a DMM clone they are always recoverable if you flash the wrong image.

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kaktuscar said:

Does this mean that your choice was Dreambos 800HD SE if we take into account all the facts?

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kaktuscar said:

Does this mean that your choice was Dreambos 800HD SE if we take into account all the facts?

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