Openbox poor performer

[stewiebee]

I have s10 original and was very underwhelmed with openbox.The epg is rubbish worst ever.It shows scrambled on unscrambled channels for a while,there is no 7 day guide just now and next,reboots at will it keeps freezing on premium
channels and some sport channels..I eventually put it upstairs and bought a dreambox dm800 much much better reciever.Crossepg or cool guide is good.The moral of the story is you get what you pay for and this is very much a budget reciever with budget qualities

[mtv1]

I have s10 original and was very underwhelmed with openbox.The epg is rubbish worst ever.It shows scrambled on unscrambled channels for a while,there is no 7 day guide just now and next..I eventually put it upstairs and bought a dreambox dm800 much much better reciever.Crossepg or cool guide is good.The moral of the story is you get what you pay for and this is very much a budget reciever with budget qualities

I agree but for a first timer with low budget and hd its does exactly what it say's on the tin

[hooley]

It's never been advertised as a world beater, plenty of people are very happy with it's easy set up and great picture.
You get what you pay for.

[the man]

It shows scrambled on unscrambled channels
what chs?

my one never says scrambled im on a good server


for ?60 you cant do better, if my one had a clock it would give me wood! top box , no epg atm but its a easy fix , and will come soon imo

[dell_xps]

All down to being on a good server Im afraid !
Openbox is a great box providing you get a good server, over subscribed servers drag this box down :-)

[net599]

for ?60 you cant do better, if my one had a clock it would give me wood!

nearly pi**ed myself laughing

[stewiebee]

Sad when the only defence for a poor box is the price.All the rebooting ,epg is acceptable because it was cheap i think not.Had the openbox been more expensive we would all have been far more critical.And also dell xps i have same server on my dreambox no problems at all.I purchased an original not a cheap clone wish i knew as much about recievers then as i do today would not have purchased.By the way this box was advertised as having a 7 day epg.If you could get a wood over this sad box what would you get with a vu+..

[trauma]

It's not a poor box at all, every receiver has issues, Sky's EPG from 28.2e is not delivered in the same way as other providers, hence the problems, and this is not only an Openbox issue, many other receivers have the same problem.
A number of problems can be put down to the user, who either sets the configuration incorrectly or has little idea of what their doing, this is why forums like this are here, to assist others.
The Openbox delivers faultless audio and video once it's been setup correctly, I had a Dreambox 800, but that was when they first became available, but quickly sold it on, due to it's overheating issues.
If I had the oppertunity of exchanging the Openbox for a DM 800, I would keep the Openbox, the rebooting issues are easily sorted by removing the offending channels, and this is mostly limited to 28.2e, the other satellites are okay, and that suits me.
Of course that's just my opinion, and regardless to say I am perfectly satisfied with my Openbox S9.

[the man]

Sad when the only defence for a poor box is the price.All the rebooting ,epg is acceptable because it was cheap i think not.Had the openbox been more expensive we would all have been far more critical..Spend more and get trouble free viewing.And also i have same server on my dreambox no problems at all.I purchased an original not a cheap clone wish i knew as much about recievers then as i do today would not have purchased.By the way this box was advertised as having a 7 day epg.If you could get a wood over this sad box what would you get with a vu+..

vu+ = wood over your mum, she`d like it and id let you call me daddy?

I can pic it up?

[the man]

joking aside it seams like even with all your downloads you havenot set it up rite ,
pm me your email and i will send you a good full dump buddy

[dell_xps]

Has a VU+ duo, and doesn't get wood over it.....

[jester1965]

imho, ive only had dm500 before but now have s9 and s10 and my bro has s9 and after a few probs im well pleased with my openboxes, im on a good server and no probs with pictures for the price of a newspaper or tv mag i can forget epg and hd to boot, can not see why if set up correctly and on a good server this cant please anyone.

[stewiebee]

My openbox is set up perfectly,i have 3 boxes 2 dreamboxes and openbox s10 all using the same premium server so i can compare the openbox with the others using the same server.Without bragging i probably know more about the dreambox than the majority of users including assembling linux code.I will eventually sell the openbox as a bad purchase i am not prepared to be a beta tester on new firmware that seems to be released every week proving there is a problem with the box, as for removing channels that cause rebooting they should have sorted the box out before releasing to the public not expecting owners to be without channels..Lets be clear customers only buy this box because it is within there budget not because it was a great box a mistake i also made.

[the man]

[QUOTE=stewiebee;1162129]My openbox is set up perfectly,i have 3 boxes all using the same premium server so i can compare the openbox with the others using the same server.Without bragging i probably know more about the dreambox than the majority of users including assembling linux code.I will eventually sell the openbox as a bad purchase i am not prepared to be a beta tester on new firmware that seems to be released every week proving there is a problem with the box, as for removing channels that cause rebooting they should have sorted the box out before releasing to the public not expecting owners to be without channels..Lets be clear customers only buy this box because it is within there budget a mistake i also made.[/QUOTE]


how can your openbox be set up perfect if you have some many probloms ?
can you pleases crack the n3 for us master

your a plummmmmm,


ok it it will work fine it you turn the other 2 boxs off if im rite , try it then i will tell you how to fix the problom ,

[stewiebee]

Because it is rubbish.