Looking to buy a VU+ Duo.

[redondo5]

Hi again.

Is there much difference between the Duo and the Solo, besides the 2nd tuner?

I'm not really bothered about being able to watch a channel while recording another, I'm more bothered about the EPG, Recording function, plugins, etc...

So if there isn't much difference I might go for the Solo instead.

I assume the Solo is just as good though, software side?

Thanks.

I'd say the 2nd tuner and the way you can use it is what makes the duo so special.

The solo is good and has good support... But it's nothing special when compared to some of the other single tuner options out there. A solo clone might be worth it, if it's to be believed they are running stable images like vix etc. Although bear in mind that might change in the future.

the duo is the best box for what it does in terms of value for money. You have thevqbox mini whichbis an enigma2 box but it has far less support and I don't think it's anywhere near as solid as vu+ duo in terms of performance.

Remember with a 2nd tuner you can do a lot of stuff. If you have an iPad iPhone app called dreambox live, you could watch one channel on that and another on the tv at the same time. All with the same share if you're going down that method... The 2nd tuner is very handy.

But if you're sure you don't need it, I'd say look into solo clones... They're probably competing with boxes like dm800 se clones and things like blade 7000 box which differant all together.

[123456780]

Just a quick updated. Decided to get the Duo in the end. Ordered from WOS and asked them to install ViX.

Should be here tomorrow hopefully (according to city links christmas schedule!)

Is there anything I'd need downloaded to get my going? I've got DBEdit and latest channels/picons from Silverfox0786.

Is there anything else I'd need?

Thanks.

[RuberDuck]

the solo will be fine for what you need. although you cant mount a internal hdd with a solo. to be honest id rather go with a uno over a solo if i was buying one now my self.

[cactikid]

do you have to run any updates first, as when i got the duo i had to update first.

[RuberDuck]

its always recommended that you update the image to the newest to take advantage of various fixes and hardware drivers etc.

[123456780]

Looks like it probably won't come until new year now.

Ordered it last night and according to WOS, anything ordered before 12pm today would be dispatched but it's still showing as "awaiting dispatch"

Ah well, it's only a few days.

[cactikid]

now for the silly bit ,do you have 2 cables for the 2 tuners?as you need 2 feeds from 2 lnbs.

[123456780]

Yep, cables are already installed and ready to go.

[123456780]

Well surprisingly the box turned up today, even though on WOS it says it was dispatched this morning.

Let the fun begin.

[rutbwoy]

Sorry to jump in here, but do you need two servers for dual tuners or just the one server?

Thanks,

Sam.

[dell_xps]

One m8.

HTH

[cactikid]

i would say one supplier if you were sticking to one location,however if it was motorised then maybe others would be needed for other sats to open up the field maybe.