Vuo duo is it worth it?

[neolxs]

Hi there, thinking of taking the plunge and spending the cash on a Vu Duo, but was wondering about a few things and hopefully someone could help?

1, does the Vu Duo support the red button feature, for instance can I press the red button on BBC1 and get Digital text?

2, Does the Vu Duo support a full 7 day EPG including SKY HD channels?

3, is this box the closest thing you can get to a SKY HD box?

4, What more can this do apart from a dual tuner that a DM800 cant do?

5, how likely is it something better and cheaper might come out in a few months?

6, Anyone know of a good cheap stockist?

Thanks for any help and advice you can give!

[RuberDuck]

Hi there, thinking of taking the plunge and spending the cash on a Vu Duo, but was wondering about a few things and hopefully someone could help?

1, does the Vu Duo support the red button feature, for instance can I press the red button on BBC1 and get Digital text?

2, Does the Vu Duo support a full 7 day EPG including SKY HD channels?

3, is this box the closest thing you can get to a SKY HD box?

4, What more can this do apart from a dual tuner that a DM800 cant do?

5, how likely is it something better and cheaper might come out in a few months?

6, Anyone know of a good cheap stockist?

Thanks for any help and advice you can give!

1. only branded receivers from the service providers can access the RED BUTTON services in the way you want. however you can access the streams these services use manually such as the BBCi sports feeds on any receiver.

2. the Vu like all linux based receivers can use third party epg providers such as rytek. with the proper image ( i prefer VIX ) you can have a full 7 day and more EPG.

3. the closest thing you can get to a sky+HD box is a sky+HD box. linux boxes are not for novices but properly setup they can do the same as a sky box and much much more

4. you can live stream channels to a pc / mac. you can use custom made bouquets and picon packs. the list is huge and only limited to what the DEVS can imaging up.

5. not at all likely, unless you want to go for a clone.

6. i will pm you. but bear in mind you dont want to go for the cheapest you want to go for a reputable seller who will honor the warranty and give good after sales support.

[dell_xps]

Buy the best you can afford, Vu Duo is the Rolls Royce of linux boxes,
easy to get up and running from scratch, 100 times better than Sly's boxes imho,
buy it, you will not regret it !
I believe a guy on Ebay accepts ?300 best offer.
HTH
PS, use the team vix image if you buy it :-)

[cactikid]

100 times better wow thats big,very pleased with it despite not a liker of linux yet,yes i think worth the money.

[dell_xps]

Never used Linux either, and lets face it you dont need any knowledge of linux
to get it up and running :-)
The guys who do all the hard work, Team Vix etc, know all about Linux, so we just just
need to do the easy stuff !

[tucker]

Can you record one channel whilst watching another just like sly.

[dell_xps]

Yes you can, you can actually record a few channels if they are on the same
transponder.

[RuberDuck]

Can you record one channel whilst watching another just like sly.

that depends on how you have things setup.
if you have two feeds, ie one for each tuner card then yes you can use the box exactly like a sky + box and record any channel while watching another.

if however you use the loop through facility ie use 1 feed looped through both tuners you can only watch and record channels on the same transponder

[tucker]

that depends on how you have things setup.
if you have two feeds, ie one for each tuner card then yes you can use the box exactly like a sky + box and record any channel while watching another.

if however you use the loop through facility ie use 1 feed looped through both tuners you can only watch and record channels on the same transponder

Just the info I needed I have two feeds and I'm planning on using it just Like sky +, thank you for your help.

[dell_xps]

Just the info I needed I have two feeds and I'm planning on using it just Like sky +, thank you for your help.

It's better than the sly box :-)

[RuberDuck]

Just the info I needed I have two feeds and I'm planning on using it just Like sky +, thank you for your help.

in that case once setup you will be very happy with the box. yes there will be some work needed from you to set things up but once done you wont ever want another sky box again.

[WILDHALF]

6. i will pm you. but bear in mind you dont want to go for the cheapest you want to go for a reputable seller who will honor the warranty and give good after sales support.

Any chance you could do the same for me??

[drahcirk03]

Never used Linux either, and lets face it you dont need any knowledge of linux
to get it up and running :-)
The guys who do all the hard work, Team Vix etc, know all about Linux, so we just just
need to do the easy stuff !

dont know about that, iv had it for 3days ,and am not getting anywhere yet, and i used to own a tm6900, super, way to over complicated,

[RuberDuck]

dont know about that, iv had it for 3days ,and am not getting anywhere yet, and i used to own a tm6900, super, way to over complicated,

i will agree that linux boxes are not plug and play and they do require some reading to set up but you dont need any prior linux knowledge to use them.

[wizard55]

Thinking of Buying a Vu Duo

Hi,

With all the rumours with CS possibly coming to an end like australia, If i buy a vu duo box,can I get a FTA card to get itv 1-4 hd and all bbc etc. Note living in ireland, but persume i could order a Uk fta card somewhere. Just dodnt want to spend 400 euros and have a doorstopper.