what box

[keith 555]

hi all just a post to find out if any 1 could tell what box to get as iam getting feed up with starview and was looken to get a
dm800hd se clone or what 1 is better looking for a clone box

[Shady]

uve picked about the best bang for buck box there is already m8

[skronk]

DM 800 se all day long !

[keith 555]

thanks all but looken at this 1 now
Xtrend ET6000 HD PVR DVB-S/S2 Digital Satellite Receiver
would love some feedback pls

[new2dk]

thanks all but looken at this 1 now
Xtrend ET6000 HD PVR DVB-S/S2 Digital Satellite Receiver
would love some feedback pls

I'm in the same boat - looking to get a receiver to replace my Sky+HD. Was originally almost buying the DM800Hd SE as everyone seemed to recommend, but then the clone seller from china sent info on sunray4, which if nothing else prompted me to delay a rush buy and consider the options that will suit my needs!.

I want a receiver which I can view a channel while recording a different one like my Sky+ box, as I use that all the time. From what I could see the DM800HDSE only has one DVBs2 tuner so cant do that :-(

The sunray4 looked better but the additional 2 tuners (cable and terrestrial) weren't relevant for me. It also had a wifi which is a good feature, just not sure how would use that?

I then stumbled upon the Vu+Duo. This HAS 2 tuners DVBS2 tuners so looks like you CAN play and record different channels simultaneously. They too seem to get good reviews so am thinking that may be better option for me, though not sure on clone availability and as much community support?

What I'm struggling to find is how to distribute viewing from these boxes to other rooms in my house. I only have TV arial connections in other rooms so currently I use magic eyes on sky to be able to watch/control the living room sky box in the bedrooms. Not of the receivers seem to have an RF out feed to enable me to do this? So without major hassle of trying to get cables to additional rooms from satellite dish and buying additional receivers I'm not sure how I can achieve this?

Thats were I'm at at the moment and being a TOTAL newbie - I only really heard about this stuff a few days ago, I may not be understanding the technology correctly and so the above comments may not be right!

Cheers

[griff]

Why not use ur phone for the control ? I use dreamote thro my wifi network and can turn over from anywhere in the house. And I use dreambox live to watch any channel on my iPad thro the dreambox

[keith 555]

I'm in the same boat - looking to get a receiver to replace my Sky+HD. Was originally almost buying the DM800Hd SE as everyone seemed to recommend, but then the clone seller from china sent info on sunray4, which if nothing else prompted me to delay a rush buy and consider the options that will suit my needs!.

I want a receiver which I can view a channel while recording a different one like my Sky+ box, as I use that all the time. From what I could see the DM800HDSE only has one DVBs2 tuner so cant do that :-(

The sunray4 looked better but the additional 2 tuners (cable and terrestrial) weren't relevant for me. It also had a wifi which is a good feature, just not sure how would use that?

I then stumbled upon the Vu+Duo. This HAS 2 tuners DVBS2 tuners so looks like you CAN play and record different channels simultaneously. They too seem to get good reviews so am thinking that may be better option for me, though not sure on clone availability and as much community support?

What I'm struggling to find is how to distribute viewing from these boxes to other rooms in my house. I only have TV arial connections in other rooms so currently I use magic eyes on sky to be able to watch/control the living room sky box in the bedrooms. Not of the receivers seem to have an RF out feed to enable me to do this? So without major hassle of trying to get cables to additional rooms from satellite dish and buying additional receivers I'm not sure how I can achieve this?

Thats were I'm at at the moment and being a TOTAL newbie - I only really heard about this stuff a few days ago, I may not be understanding the technology correctly and so the above comments may not be right!

Cheers

u could try 1 of these
Omni Link + Remote / TV Extender (Magic Eye for non Sky receivers)
[OMNI-LINK-PLUS]

[new2dk]

u could try 1 of these
Omni Link + Remote / TV Extender (Magic Eye for non Sky receivers)
[OMNI-LINK-PLUS]

Why not use ur phone for the control ? I use dreamote thro my wifi network and can turn over from anywhere in the house. And I use dreambox live to watch any channel on my iPad thro the dreambox

The omnilink looks like it might do same as my existing sky magiceye. However controling the box from another room isnt the big prolem - and the apps that griff mentions might solve the remote control issue. The problem that i 'think' i cant get round is getting the picture to tvs in other rooms. I have tv ariel sockets cabled in other rooms and so with skybox i am able to use the rf out connection to get picture to other rooms via ariel cables. Unless ive missed something in the specs i dont think there is rf out on these boxes so i think ive hit a dead end in getting the channel viewed in another room on another tv (not laptop/ipad). Would love to hear im wrong or theres another way to do it!

Cheers

[potrobber]

The omnilink looks like it might do same as my existing sky magiceye. However controling the box from another room isnt the big prolem - and the apps that griff mentions might solve the remote control issue. The problem that i 'think' i cant get round is getting the picture to tvs in other rooms. I have tv ariel sockets cabled in other rooms and so with skybox i am able to use the rf out connection to get picture to other rooms via ariel cables. Unless ive missed something in the specs i dont think there is rf out on these boxes so i think ive hit a dead end in getting the channel viewed in another room on another tv (not laptop/ipad). Would love to hear im wrong or theres another way to do it!

Cheers

m8

you just need a rf modulator it plugs into a scart socket on your sat box and lets you plug tv ariel connections into it they are about 15-20 pounds

[new2dk]

m8

you just need a rf modulator it plugs into a scart socket on your sat box and lets you plug tv ariel connections into it they are about 15-20 pounds

Perfect, thats exactly what im looking for. Still a shame they dont come built in to the receiver! Thanks for this :-)