advise on a sat receiver

[blueflash234]

hi guys , new to the sat scene , if i am going down the sat route would the technomate 6800hd be a good box to get my feet wet with,i see it here for ?149 is that a good price Technomate recommend for hobby users - Aerial & Satellite TV Specialist - Skywise based in Yeovil Somerset, serving Dorset also thanks for any advise was thinking of starting out with that box and a 1 mtr motorised dish and i'm in the midlands.

[dick b]

hello mate
I"ve got one of those boxes and its great to start out on, its a good price because they are now an older model and(nearly)everyone wants to go down the LINUX operating route.but I prefer to keep it simple and shall stick to my TMs. you will get a lot of advice from others regarding the pros of linux boxes but its up to you what you want to do.
any advice on the TM6800 just ask.

[blueflash234]

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i think the linux route is going to be the way to go, but theres a big learning curve and it is not going to happen overnight, the tm 6800 looks to be a good starting point to get familar with the sat setup .what kind of channels to u get with the 6800 i like the history, discovery, nat geo type channels and comedy and some films are these obtainable if not what can i expect thanks for your reply

[Manic01]

Maybe 2 weeks and digi tv gone, nothing else worth opening and these boxes will be dead unless you have a card or view fta channels.

[dick b]

i think the linux route is going to be the way to go, but theres a big learning curve and it is not going to happen overnight, the tm 6800 looks to be a good starting point to get familar with the sat setup .what kind of channels to u get with the 6800 i like the history, discovery, nat geo type channels and comedy and some films are these obtainable if not what can i expect thanks for your reply

fearono has it right on the button but as I"m a channel hopping adict and there are hundreds of foreign FTA channels on the various sats as I said I"ll stick to the std boxes.all of the progs you want are still available with patch and softcam on 1West but as stated will be changing to a more secure encryption soon so dont buy a TM std box on that basis (they do linux boxes as well)

[blueflash234]

looks like i will have to jump in at the deep end is there patches for the tm 600 here?

[dick b]

I know nothing about the linux operating system but there are plenty on this site that do.all I can tell you is there is a bit more to it than patching.

[Manic01]

It is not patching at all. You can use keys like tm1000 etc but to get others you will need to go another route which we cannot talk about here.

[blueflash234]

would u load the software from the technomate site for the 600 and then use a diablo cam? would that open things up or would that be the card share route 2