new v2 vu solo

[blueflash234]

did not realize the gigablue was having so many problem, must say i am very pleased with my uno dont know if it would be worth updating it to a twin, i read the glowing report of the new solo do you think the person worked for vu????

[dell_xps]

If the Vu Solo 2 had the VFD display from the Ultimo, was maybe a wee bit cheaper than ?300, it would be a winner, why Vu did not use the same VFD display is complete madness I would say, but then again if you have never owned an Ultimo I guess you would never know :-)
It is a great wee box, but you'll have to ask Digi about tuners etc, the biggest difference I noticed was the speed of this box, just beats my Ultimo, Vu+ Duo hands down, but I'd rather keep my Ultimo thank you very much :-)

[redondo5]

If the Vu Solo 2 had the VFD display from the Ultimo, was maybe a wee bit cheaper than ?300, it would be a winner, why Vu did not use the same VFD display is complete madness I would say, but then again if you have never owned an Ultimo I guess you would never know :-)
It is a great wee box, but you'll have to ask Digi about tuners etc, the biggest difference I noticed was the speed of this box, just beats my Ultimo, Vu+ Duo hands down, but I'd rather keep my Ultimo thank you very much :-)

i think they had to tone down the solo2, to keep the rest of the line in check. bump the solo2 up too much and what would be the use of the ultimo and duo2 - apart from additional tuners.

as things stand, it could still be argued for those who only want two tuners and not bothered about more, that ultimo might be worth the money over a solo2. Not that I would go with that.

[digicon]

i think they had to tone down the solo2, to keep the rest of the line in check. bump the solo2 up too much and what would be the use of the ultimo and duo2 - apart from additional tuners.

as things stand, it could still be argued for those who only want two tuners and not bothered about more, that ultimo might be worth the money over a solo2. Not that I would go with that.

Hit the nail on the head so to speak on paper at this very moment in time the Solo2 is out of the twin tuners the top of the bunch no doubt about it that is until the Duo2 arrives and takes the Crown.


Vu have probably thought long and hard about the Dual Tuners so as not to leave the relatively new kids on the block the Uno and Ultimo left out in the cold, I mean it took them 2 years to replace the Single Tuner solo with the Uno and the Twin tuner Duo with the Ultimo then all of a sudden decide that a 12 month cycle should come back into play and really upset the Uno and Ultimo Owners. And so leads to early speculation of the Dual Tuner card to appease these owners meanwhile updating the relatively older models the Solo and Duo, Great Marketing on Vu's side.


So do we expect another announcement at the 2013 Anga Cable show of Vu's soon to be 2014 models and finally see the Uno and Ultimo take a final Bow before being relegated to the great satellite receiver graveyard in the sky, Or do they wait as they did with the Solo and Duo for 2015 to replace with the Uno2 and Ultimo2.

[danivtec]

Anyone know if the airplay feature advertised on the solo 2 is there or is it a case of installing the airplayer for enigma 2 plugin?

[dell_xps]

You install it via plugin m8, fire up yer iPhone etc movies or photos, select enigma 2 at the bottom, it's now on yer tv screen :-)

[hambone]

hi all
i am awaiting delivery of new solo2 and have a quick question regarding hdd.
i have a wd my passport 500gb usb hdd and would like to know if this will function as well in terms of speed and response as an internal sata hdd?
if anyone knows that an internal hdd works more smoothly or is less prone to having problems then i will probably purchase one
thanks
ham

[dell_xps]

Does it have it's own power supply ?, if not I'd fit an internal HDD or get an external that does have its own power supply.
HTH

[hambone]

no dell its powered from the usb i thought i had seen somewhere that preference was to have external hdd powered separately as you said.
i will prob go for a 1tb internal 2.5"sata is there any make preferable or will cheap & cheerful work just as well?
thanks

[digicon]

In that size od 2.5" hard drive there really isn't much in the range of cheap and cheerful is there, prices seem to start at around ?60 and upwards

[hambone]

In that size od 2.5" hard drive there really isn't much in the range of cheap and cheerful is there, prices seem to start at around ?60 and upwards

yes i can see the prices are around ?60 upwards for that size
i suppose i really should have asked about preferences regarding
brand names, spin speed,mb cache, sata/sata2 etc
sorry i may have been misleading
ham

[digicon]

yes i can see the prices are around ?60 upwards for that size
i suppose i really should have asked about preferences regarding
brand names, spin speed,mb cache, sata/sata2 etc
sorry i may have been misleading
ham

I dont think it really matters i cant see them using SATA III in this anyway all are backwards compatible, i suppose its down to performance and read and write speed.

[blueflash234]

have had good reliability with the wd 500gb

[hambone]

ok thanks for the replies guys
i can get this for about ?65 delivered as opposed to around ?50 delivered for 500gb
Seagate 1TB SATA II 2.5", Momentus. Hard drive capacity: 1000 GB, Hard drive size: 63.5 mm (2.5 "), Hard drive rotational speed: 5400 RPM. Power consumption (standby): 0.2 W, Power consumption (PowerSave): 0.2 W, Power consumption (read): 2.2 W. Weight: 107 g, Height: 9.5 mm, Width: 100.3 mm. Operating temperature range (T-T): 5 - 55 ?C, Storage temperature range (T-T): -40 - 70 ?C, Operating relative humidity range: 5 - 90 %
- ATA Security Mode Feature Set.
- SATA Native Command Queuing Feature.
- ATA S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set.
- TuMR/PMR head with FOD technology.
- SilentSeek?.
- Serial ATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support.
- NoiseGuard?.
- Load/Unload Head Technology

[digicon]

Nothing wrong with your choice there and a good price delivered.