rikkan
21-12-2012, 01:51 AM
Hello everyone.
apologies for making my first post an information fishing trip, but I'm considering replacing my sky+ box and having lurked on these forums for some time, i figured i should just take the plunge and ask you about your experiences of the various boxes and which you'd recommend.
i have a budget of roughly £350 and have mainly been eying up either a vu+ duo or perhaps a dm8000 clone. From my ignorant perspective it would seam that both boxes have a large following, with the vu having perhaps better support in terms of updates and plugins. Given the
potential pitfalls to a clone box ranging from variable reliability to update issues i'm leaning strongly towards the duo. (hence why i posted in this section of the forums)
in terms of what i was actually trying to achieve, i wanted to the box to:
have dual tuners
work with a genuine sky card on 28.2e (currently no interest in cs, but it might be worth a look at a later date)
pvr, with ability to transfer unencrypted recordings to my pc over a network. (main feature i was after, format doesn't really matter)
dlna media receiver (server as-well would be a bonus but not the end of the world given i plan to store stuff on the pc)
From my lurking, it would seam the vu box equipped with various plugins should tick most if not all of the boxes, but i was hoping that someone could confirm it before i took the plunge (or recommend another box if appropriate)
many thanks
apologies for making my first post an information fishing trip, but I'm considering replacing my sky+ box and having lurked on these forums for some time, i figured i should just take the plunge and ask you about your experiences of the various boxes and which you'd recommend.
i have a budget of roughly £350 and have mainly been eying up either a vu+ duo or perhaps a dm8000 clone. From my ignorant perspective it would seam that both boxes have a large following, with the vu having perhaps better support in terms of updates and plugins. Given the
potential pitfalls to a clone box ranging from variable reliability to update issues i'm leaning strongly towards the duo. (hence why i posted in this section of the forums)
in terms of what i was actually trying to achieve, i wanted to the box to:
have dual tuners
work with a genuine sky card on 28.2e (currently no interest in cs, but it might be worth a look at a later date)
pvr, with ability to transfer unencrypted recordings to my pc over a network. (main feature i was after, format doesn't really matter)
dlna media receiver (server as-well would be a bonus but not the end of the world given i plan to store stuff on the pc)
From my lurking, it would seam the vu box equipped with various plugins should tick most if not all of the boxes, but i was hoping that someone could confirm it before i took the plunge (or recommend another box if appropriate)
many thanks