vu is not workin

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iv no got that on the laptop and no access to a pc

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do you know if there is a repair service for these boxes or a way to replace parts ie flash memory

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do you know if there is a repair service for these boxes or a way to replace parts ie flash memory

No idea about a repair service but i would imagine to replace the nandflash would be to replace the whole board

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that's what im thinking myself I think ill just get a new 1 a duo prob whats the difference between clone and gen

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that's what im thinking myself I think ill just get a new 1 a duo prob whats the difference between clone and gen

Warranty and not sub standard parts as seen on some of the clones, Nothing against clones personally as i have had the Clone Duo and Solo and they worked no problems.

With a Genuine you are getting peace of mind that if it cocks up you can return it for a replacement.

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the same reason I got a solo gen ill get the duo if cant get this working how good are they what would you recommend

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the same reason I got a solo gen ill get the duo if cant get this working how good are they what would you recommend

Depends what your looking for in a receiver single tuner or twin and do you want to be able to use Blackhole images

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I had vix on the solo thought it was ok i never used any other image or stb id like the twin tuner and since I had/have the vu solo id just get the vu duo but iv saw there are a few different makes of stb spider,dream,gigablue ect I take it they ll do the same but vary in price im basicly wwanting the best I can get for as little as possible as I just bought for a solo less than 2 month ago and I think its broke

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For a Broadcom Mispel based machine then the cheapest twin tuner is something like the Venton Unibox HD2 which is a twin tuner and runs the same chipset as what is in the Vu Uno with a Dual core processor retails at ?209 and has support from the OE-Alliance with a few different images available including Vix, The other one is the Technomate TM-2t-OE again twin tuner but runs the same chipset as the Vu Duo but has more nandflash than the duo so more room for plugins the venton has around 512mb nandflash as well so plent on either the TM retails at ?219

If your looking for a Single tuner the the TM-Nano is the cheapest around @ ?129 and again runs the Vu Duo chipset and dual core processor, you mentioned the Gigablue they also do a rande of single tuners but are more expensive and not as fast as the TM apart from the Gigablue Quad which is basically a Vu Solo2 with space for another tuner and that can be had for ?269

Regards

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iv been told to go for the Technomate TM-2t-OE or the vu duo I do like the look of the duo compared to the tm-2t, so its basicly just the flash that's beter in the tm and the price? is the vu beter build quality, easy to use, install images. updates, plugins ect compared to the tm or is it the same just more flash

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I cant comment on the TM-2T build quality but i do have a TM-Twin which again is basically a Duo and that was fine no problems, the reason you would go for an Original Duo is also due to the fact that you can use the Blackhole and Blackpole images which are not available on any other machine apart from the VU+ series and thats about it

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id like the option to try other images as iv only used vix and like the way it was set up I think ill just go for the duo original piece of mind and that