which is the best cable reciever

[satman]

Absolutely mate.

I've had my hands on nearly all available boxes at one time or another, the ITgate is indeed a fine box but the people behind it are a bit grey, they rely on others to fix their problems.

Hardware = Good.
Support = Not as good as it should be.

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@ Neil

, I'll let the person who created the fix answer this.

He is a member on here, he released the last AU fix and then within days ITgate released Hypercam, the Linux fix was actually delayed partly because he knew the ITGate team were waiting on it.

Hypercam in good, and it's 99% their own work but it would be useless without a certain members Auto-Updating fix.

It's not my place to discuss this, if the guy who fixed it wants to come forward and explain things, I'd welcome it.

Dont know how i missed this,, but thats just crap witchy,,,,,
Hypercam does not require the original AU fix to run!
And yes, the AU roms were out which gave us more time to get hypercam ready ( writing a cam to support nagra from scratch is no easy job ), but to say we were waiting on others fixing is just utter b********. Itgate is the best supported by any sellers on the net,,, prove me wrong,,

Anyways, not going into a rant so ,,,,, benefit of the thread,,
any non clone linux box in my books is a good box..
dm500 not made anymore
dbox2 not made any more, hard to aquire a decent one these days, they can be as old as 8 years old.
dm600 is about 200 sheets a original box, and is a good box
itgate 200 and 220 great alternatives at a better price
dream 7025 is un-doubtfully the 'BEST' box. but again pretty expensive

[plasterer]

Dident think you would let that Pass Sats LOL.....Paul

[satman]

Dident think you would let that Pass Sats LOL.....Paul

No,,,, defo not,, especially when its from someone who praises other people but didnt seem to be doing much himself when the shit hit the fan...
and taking nothing away from the 3 guys who released the AU fix, it was great for everyone, and I have spoke to couple of them individually and told them how i felt,,
As much as it was made out in that post, I ,, sorry WE, have never relied on anyone for help us,,,, we have our own iTgate dev team,, with full support from guys on the continent , so why on earth would we be waiting on the dream guys fixing,
Now we see hypercam team dragging there heals helping me get it ported to dreambox because of silly comments like this, and the fanatical clone support in the UK for dreambox,, But no problems porting it to our upcoming HD box IP900 and IP9000, ummmm guess were musta been waiting on others getting that ready for us to??,, ach, who cares, rant over,, Let us see what happens on the next attack from the cable provider,, and let us see who is first when nagra2 comes around...
coz i know where my monies are going on...........

[thommo]

if this is going to start getting all pissy take it to pm's please...thankyou.



opinions and debate = good.........


pissy and personal = not good......


and i can see this one eventually going that way so ive posted to stop it before it begins.

[satman]

if this is going to start getting all pissy take it to pm's please...thankyou.



opinions and debate = good.........


pissy and personal = not good......


and i can see this one eventually going that way so ive posted to stop it before it begins.

Rant over......... promise

[mept1]

got a sagem dbox2,thinking about buying another box, i dont like eurovox, i like my sagem,but it looks a bit old ,anybody recomend one of the new boxes

no doubt in my opinion,.. itgate 220 with external hard drive,fantastic box,very user friendley,crystal clear recording,no freezing or pixelating
contra to previous posts,..well supported

[elfis280]

so no clear favorite then, i notice no one mentioned starview or eurovox, take they're crap then!!! I checked on the dreamboxes and this guy seems to have them for sale by the way, is the Dreambox DM800HDPVR --NEW! in full hd? doesnt seem to have an hmdi terminal at the back if it is?

[KhuramKhan13]

Best budget box!

I think it depends on what you expect out of a box!

I have played about with several different cable boxes over the past year or so and I have to say the Starviews...

A lot of people might not agree with me, but the fact that it is so easy to flash and so reliable (i.e. a lot of peoples cable boxes have gone down and these ones haven't) i think says it all!

If your anything like me you just want somethin that works , something you can plug in and away you go...

Although the biggest pain with these boxes is the epg which plays up

Other advantage its cheap !!! Therefore pays for itself !!!

[paul1974]

i has to be the noika dox2 its been out for years and the still are working the dreambox is new but i see how long the can last

[Femalelizzard]

ITGATE TGC 200 LATEST LINUX BOX on eBay, also, Cable Boxes, Satellite Cable Freeview, Consumer Electronics (end time 02-Aug-08 12:46:47 BST)


This kid is selling the IT gates on ebay and stating they auto update what the fcuk wonder why this kevin hasnt been pinched

[plasterer]

Ask Satman hes one of his Gang
Long live the Itgate
Thats all i can say...........Be Happy ................Paul

[Renwich]

for me the dreambox rules, for stability , but the dbox was more fun to play with,

[javaoverride]

ITGATE TGC 200 LATEST LINUX BOX on eBay, also, Cable Boxes, Satellite Cable Freeview, Consumer Electronics (end time 02-Aug-08 12:46:47 BST)


This kid is selling the IT gates on ebay and stating they auto update what the fcuk wonder why this kevin hasnt been pinched

pinched for what its only illegal if you plug it in and that responability is down to the customer

as for best box if your looking for a starter box that very easy to use with just the basics then Eurovox is a great box for that

but personaly its itgate all the way for me with the exellent support,price and with a 2 year warrenty on the hardware you cant really go wrong

but as said in pev posts all linux boxes are great

[manny121]

I agree mate eurovox are the easiest to use compared to dbox

[Smellyjocks]

has to be the dm500/600c, I've been using for a while now and find it the best use to have the dbox2, is good but very bulky