Which technomate?

[manutd4life]

do i get the TM-5402 HD or the TM-800 HD or TM-5302HD. Its only for a short while but still want good picture and sound. do they both have the optical sound output aswell? are they both cccam aswell?

cheers

[Manic01]

Dont touch the TM5302
TM5402 is excellent.
TM800 poor support.

[digicon]

I would put them in this order:

1. TM5402: plenty of support especially on here from owners especially channel lists for fixed and for motorised and there is also various channel editors.

2. TM5302: again plenty of support from phantom but what really lets this box down is there are no available channel editors, One thing it does have over the 5402 is downloadable channel lists from the server when patched. The 5302 can do everything the 5402 can do but at a cheaper price, Like i said its just let down by the lack of channel lists and an editor.

3. TM800: dont go there its a dead donkey Zero support anymore what was the IQ team jumped ship onto the more supported broadcom based TM-Twin.

Regards

[mdt]

although the tm800 has been a fiasco from start to finsh if you just want to shove a card or sea-lion in it and watch tv then it will do a job and has a excellent pq although i wouldnt buy one personally. the tm5402hd is a popular box with good support and the tm5302hd is a cut down version but doesnt have the support the 5402hd has,regards mdt

[Manic01]

The 5302 is based on the 3000 series and has always had poor support.
Why save a tenner against the 5402 and get all the head aches.

[digicon]

The 5302 is based on the 3000 series and has always had poor support.
Why save a tenner against the 5402 and get all the head aches.

Manic i think the only problem with this receiver is the lack of a channel editor and its only the menu structure thats based on the 3000 the tuner is as good as the 5402 i cant tell them apart in tests.

Not sure about the tenner difference but trade price which is different is quite a bit more.

[manutd4life]

Cheers lads, is there a better box for the same price then? Doesn't have to be techno mate.

Cheers

[digicon]

Had a look at the prices 5402 normally goes for around ?139 just seen the 5302 for ?115 so a ?24 saving now.

http://www.techdigital.co.uk/products/Technomate-TM-5302-HD-Super-Plus-CA-USB-PVR-LAN-Satellite-Receiver.html

[digicon]

Cheep and cheerful on a budget you cant beat the Skybox F3 but sadly lacks an Optical out for audio, Just curious in this day and age of HDMI do people still use Optical for audio as most A/V amps these days are all HDMI

[manutd4life]

My hdmi lead goes direct to the tv and my optical lead goes to the surround sound system.

[alan78]

Anybody know anything about this box?

Technomate TM-2T OE

[digicon]

Broadcom based same as the TM-Twin so pretty similar and has images available from the Open Range

[alan78]

Thanks, my mate install dishes and he recomended this, was just wanting to do a bit of homework.

I'm new to all this so just gathering information.

[Shady]

im wondering why your mate recommended this box when there are other twin tuners to be had for cheaper?

[alan78]

He said the amiko alien aswell which was cheaper, don't know if its just the boxes he works with. Anyway i'm doing my research and i'm aware of this now

He's going to set everything up for me when i get the ball rolling