which is the best and cheapest technomate ?

[venza1]

hi all i have a skybox f3 at the moment and was thinking of upgrading to a technomate tm 500hd or the tm800 hd somthink just over the £100 mark which is better out the two and fastest loading time, channel loads etc or if you can advise with somthink better for the price range.

or if the skybox f3 is best ? any help would be cool thx

[thijs]

the tm5302 or the tm5402 would be the cheapest non linux
the tm500super or 600 would be cheap but low on support.

[excollier]

the tm500super or 600 would be cheap but low on support.

And only SD

[digicon]

I would stay clear of the 5302HD although its a new model i got one for a mate last year and had nothing but problems with it until it got sorted by a phantom patch in March also there is no channel editor for it as yet so everything has to be done via the remote control.

at only a Tenner difference the TM 5402HD would be a better option especially on here as there is a lot of users and a lot more support

[blueflash234]

have you considered the dm 800 hd clone/dvb/sunray 800 hd one off them would be a much better buy than a tm800/600
for some reason the tm non-linux boxes seem to work much better than there linux boxs a

[venza1]

thanks everyone for your help i will check them all that have been advised to me , what would be the best place to buy them from ? has ive only really looked on ebay :S

[venza1]

have you considered the dm 800 hd clone/dvb/sunray 800 hd one off them would be a much better buy than a tm800/600
for some reason the tm non-linux boxes seem to work much better than there linux boxs a

really the same question in my other post mate not sure if i could get one off ebay will look tho cheers

[venza1]

I would stay clear of the 5302HD although its a new model i got one for a mate last year and had nothing but problems with it until it got sorted by a phantom patch in March also there is no channel editor for it as yet so everything has to be done via the remote control.

at only a Tenner difference the TM 5402HD would be a better option especially on here as there is a lot of users and a lot more support

just had a look at the TM 5402HD seems a gd box for the price also with the multi card reader not sure what that is all about :S treding carefull on what i ask about just a bit curious as why to avoid the linux in the TM's prob a bad mix ? also is the EPG any gd with it i seen a vid on one of the TM's that had a coolepg, i think it looked alot like virgins m's epg

[digicon]

just had a look at the TM 5402HD seems a gd box for the price also with the multi card reader not sure what that is all about :S treding carefull on what i ask about just a bit curious as why to avoid the linux in the TM's prob a bad mix ? also is the EPG any gd with it i seen a vid on one of the TM's that had a coolepg, i think it looked alot like virgins m's epg

That would either have been on a TM800HD or the new TM Twin Linux receiver, Thats the only minus point of the non linux receivers they have a poor EPG save system

[venza1]

That would either have been on a TM800HD or the new TM Twin Linux receiver, Thats the only minus point of the non linux receivers they have a poor EPG save system

thx for your reply thats one of the reason's i wanted to upgrade from the skybox 1 been the epg is only like a now and next on them and 2 theres no hd upscaleing on them also the extras i was reading about such has you tube really set my mind on the 5402 its a cl+ not sure what that is maybe the model ?? the features it has sounds like theres more things to get from it thx

[Manic01]

Nice 7 day epg on the TM5402.
CI is common interface.
TM5402 has card slot and cam slot.

[redsky]

dm800hd just died and replaced with tm5402 hd ci +.

I prefer the dm box as the epg on tm is pants.

[venza1]

Nice 7 day epg on the TM5402.
CI is common interface.
TM5402 has card slot and cam slot.

glad to hear that m8 has i was missing my epg sould be getting mine this week ive heard nothink but good things about them , any idear about internal hdd like has in the size 2.5 also mem size i have a 500 gig hdd around somewhere is that too much for it ? and thx for the replies

[serge222]

hi guys
what about technomate 1600 , is it too old?

[mdt]

hi guys
what about technomate 1600 , is it too old?

yes m8 but if its £10 or £20 you could get it to have a play and get used to how things work and then do research on a new hi-def box while you save.. regards mdt