Differences between Skybox,Openbox?

[jungleboy1]

Hi, i want to buy one of them just curous to know what the differences are between the skybox F3,Openbox s11, and the openbox s12.

Please if you could provide all the differences detailed comparison, as i would really like to get the latest one with all the new features not an outdated box.

Also, ive been looking on this forum and it seems that most of them (i dont know which ones) support LAN/Wifi dongles. I want to know whats the purpose of them? Is it to stream over LAN network onto pc?

I dont want to buy the wrong box that doesnt give me the most features.

Thanks.

[nibblitz]

Skybox F3 and M3 are the newest Versions, google for spec vs the older models..

Skybox F3 and M3 support usb wifi dongle, the others dont.. They all have ethernet port for network connection to internet, which is needed if you want your box to connect to a card sharing server to be able to unscramble the non-free channels.. If only using it to watch free channels then you dont need to use connection to the internet.. The network connection serves no other real useful purpose..

[jungleboy1]

Thanks, ive googled it and well basically cant really find any difference apart from the outside look and the wifi feature on f3. Was gonna use it for receiving channels outside the uk as apparently it supports Diseqc 1.2 with usals but i have no idea how perfectly it runs.

[badboy1965]

skybox ,openbox ,orton all same boxes,and as nibblitz,mentions the newer boxes have wifi dongle

[cheffy]

can i unscramble channels over wifi on the F3?