I would have to disagree with you there mike ,i liked my TM7100 very easy to set up but you're stuck with the patches that you get from 3th partiesmy tm 7100 is smashed and I bought vu + end but certainly not better in all areas as tm7100 bad home is better cccam tm 7100
I bought an Ultimo same as yourself and sold my 7100 the only thing the vu+ doesn't beat the technomate on is the crisp&clear HD picture not bad on the vu's but better on the tm's.It all depends on wich cccam's or add-on's you use after that.