Bargain Alert: New Ferguson HD DTT/Sat Combo Box - €63 before postage

Bozacke

Hi Tony,

I understand this box doesn't have it's own hard drive, but it can record to an external hard drive.

Can you confirm if you can you pause re-wind live TV or watch while recording in time-shift mode?

Also how many tuners does it have? Does this box only have a single Sat and a single DTT tuner, in other words can you watch one Sat channel and record another or watch one DTT channel and record another, if not can you at least watch one Sat/DTT channel and record a DTT/Sat channel?

Trevord

tvercetti wrote: »

could someone give me a rough idea of what channels I would expect to pick up with this box, provided i had a UHF aerial and sky dish, (is the sky dish a necessity?), thanks

Currently you'd get 8 Irish channels

plus these http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels

plus Sky News and a few additional music channels

plus some other UK ethnic channels

(In short you won't get any channel with the word "Sky" in in other than SKy News)


Yes you need a dish

Tockman

tvercetti wrote: »

could someone give me a rough idea of what channels I would expect to pick up with this box, provided i had a UHF aerial and sky dish, (is the sky dish a necessity?), thanks

You should be able to pick up all the saorview channels with your aerial. rte1,rte2,tv3,3e,rtenews,rtejr, rte+1 and tg4.

You'll also be able to tune in all these channels (have a look here) http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520627

With your sky dish.

STB

tvercetti wrote: »

could someone give me a rough idea of what channels I would expect to pick up with this box, provided i had a UHF aerial and sky dish, (is the sky dish a necessity?), thanks

A Sky dish (or any 60cm satellite dish) will work - you do not pay sky - these are all free channels. you just buy the box and connect to your existing dish. Its all perfectly LEGAL I must add too.

Typical list (all are free)
1 RTÉ 1
2 RTE 2 HD
3 TV 3
4 TG 4
5 3e
6 RTE News Now
7 RTE+1
5 BBC 1 HD
6 BBC 2 NI
7 BBC HD
8 UTV
9 ITV1 HD
10 Channel 4 HD
11 Channel 4 +1
12 FIVE
13 E4
14 E4+1
15 More4
16 More4 +1
17 BBC Three
18 BBC Four
19 ITV2
20 ITV2+1
21 ITV3
22 ITV3+1
23 ITV4
24 ITV4+1
25 Film4
26 Film4 +1
28 BBC NEWS
29 Sky News Ireland
30 CNN
31 CNBC
32 Bloomberg
33 Euronews
34 CBBC Channel
35 CBeebies
36 CITV
37 POP
38 Tiny Pop
39 Tiny Pop +1
40 Kix!
41 PopGirl
42 PopGirl +1
43 jazeerachildren
44 CBS Action
45 CBS Drama
46 CBS Reality+1
47 Zone Horror
48 Zone Horror+1
49 Film24
50 True Movies
51 True Movies 2
52 movies4men
53 mov4men+1
54 movies4men 2
55 mov4men2 +1
56 BBC ALBA
57 BBC PARL'MNT
58 S4C
59 S4C2
60 Luxe TV HD
61 Fitness TV
62 Men & Motors
63 Horse & Country
64 Fashion TV
65 wedding tv
66 BET
67 BET +1
68 Food Network
69 Food Netwrk+1
70 Rural TV
71 Controversial tv
72 Sumo TV
73 The Vault
74 Chart Show TV
75 NME TV
76 Flava
77 Bliss
78 Scuzz
79 Flaunt
80 ROCKWORLDTV
81 Clubland TV
82 oMusic TV
83 BBC STREAM-0
84 BBC STREAM-1
85 BBC STREAM-2
86 BBC STREAM-3
87 BBC STREAM-4
88 BBC STREAM-5
89 BBC STREAM-6
90 T7 STRM-0
91 T7 STRM-1
92 Al Jazeera Eng
93 France 24
94 Russia Today
95 PTV Prime
96 Abu Dhabi TV
97 PCNE Chinese
98 QVC
99 Thane Direct
100 Travel Channel
101 Travel Ch +1

liamtech

tvercetti wrote: »

could someone give me a rough idea of what channels I would expect to pick up with this box, provided i had a UHF aerial and sky dish, (is the sky dish a necessity?), thanks

Damn! Pipped at the post by STB - Il get you next time!!!

DOnt forget Sky News, CCTV, Press TV, WTF, StarzTV and Dance Nation - and the many more i cant remember!

Gotta say its a pretty good channel line-up for 0Euro a month![/B]:D;):D;):D

O'Prez

I don't suppose it comes with a 7 day EPG for both the terrestrial AND satellite channels...does it?

Zardoz

O'Prez wrote: »

I don't suppose it comes with a 7 day EPG for both the terrestrial AND satellite channels...does it?

Only 7 Day EPG for terrestrial I'd imagine.

reaper180

great price for a combo box considering i paid 170 for mine,,@tony would you preprogram the box or would you give us a channel list to transfer onto box

O'Prez

Zardoz wrote: »

Only 7 Day EPG for terrestrial I'd imagine.

Fanny

Tony

reaper180 wrote: »

great price for a combo box considering i paid 170 for mine,,@tony would you preprogram the box or would you give us a channel list to transfer onto box

I'm sure we could put up a channel list but usually someone here beats me to it :-) Bear in mind that the the terrestrial freqs vary by area so I usually do a satellite list only.

Tony

I cannot confirm anything as we do not have the box yet. Tuner wise exatly the same as the 200

Bozacke wrote: »

Hi Tony,

I understand this box doesn't have it's own hard drive, but it can record to an external hard drive.

Can you confirm if you can you pause re-wind live TV or watch while recording in time-shift mode?

Also how many tuners does it have? Does this box only have a single Sat and a single DTT tuner, in other words can you watch one Sat channel and record another or watch one DTT channel and record another, if not can you at least watch one Sat/DTT channel and record a DTT/Sat channel?

O'Prez

Tony will you post up whether or not the EPG will be 7 days on both inputs when you have it in stock? This box looks very sexy indeed.

liamtech

O'Prez wrote: »

Tony will you post up whether or not the EPG will be 7 days on both inputs when you have it in stock? This box looks very sexy indeed.

I can pretty much guarantee it will not have 7 Day EPG for the satellite, as it is not a Freesat Box- With one or two exceptions Freesat Boxes are the only ones with 7Day EPG for satellite stations - I would obviously be DELIGHTED to be wrong about this

That being said this is a very tempting box - i will more than likely grab one just to have, and maybe another for my mothers house -

Sponge Bob

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O'Prez

liamtech wrote: »

I can pretty much guarantee it will not have 7 Day EPG for the satellite, as it is not a Freesat Box- With one or two exceptions Freesat Boxes are the only ones with 7Day EPG for satellite stations - I would obviously be DELIGHTED to be wrong about this

That being said this is a very tempting box - i will more than likely grab one just to have, and maybe another for my mothers house -

I bought the Triax TR 112 last week and it's a buggy little sh*t. Audio sync problems...auto installation doesn't work etc. I think I'll sacrifice the 7 day EPG and go with one of these too when my Sky subscription is up at the end of next month. The Triax just might be re-packaged up and given as a *ahem* birthday present to a family member. What a guy!

cgc5483

O'Prez wrote: »

I bought the Triax TR 112 last week and it's a buggy little sh*t. Audio sync problems...auto installation doesn't work etc. I think I'll sacrifice the 7 day EPG and go with one of these too when my Sky subscription is up at the end of next month. The Triax just might be re-packaged up and given as a *ahem* birthday present to a family member. What a guy!

You'll still have the 7 day EPG on the Saorview channels with the new Fergusson Box.

The €99 is a great deal. Will get one for my father. Was nearly going to get a new TV for him as he has a 7 year old 32" CRT that i couldn't justify paying €100 for a saorview box but he hates someone wasting money on something when the old one still works. Just installed Satellite in house for him so this looks like a great option.

Tony

O'Prez wrote: »

Tony will you post up whether or not the EPG will be 7 days on both inputs when you have it in stock? This box looks very sexy indeed.

Sure will

Tony

liamtech wrote: »

I can pretty much guarantee it will not have 7 Day EPG for the satellite,

I'd agree with that unless someone writes firmware for an internet based EPG

Tony

No totally unrelated, I was not aware of this . It will be 99 + delivery

Sponge Bob wrote: »

€99 inc delivery Tony ...on production of boards 'voucher' sort of thingy. Jest Checkin ??? Is it related to these PMs that went out today somehow

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Can you??

Tony

cgc5483 wrote: »

The €99 is a great deal.

Thanks but bear in mind that STB put up some links for Polish retail sites too which are cheaper again for anyone that wants to go that route.

ShamoBuc

Tony wrote: »

Thanks but bear in mind that STB put up some links for Polish retail sites too which are cheaper again for anyone that wants to go that route.

very true but I would imagine alot of trade coming your way shortly, ( mine included)

O'Prez

So from what I can see it's exactly the same as the 200 only cheaper. So is there a box which is a Freesat/Saorview combo as opposed to a FTA/Saorview combo?

efwren

Hi Tony,

Is there a waiting list for the 120 Combo? I am pretty sure I am going to want one, and would rather buy it off a local supplier.

jamescc

tony will there be a link put up when you could order sounds good and it has a cam too

applewoodgo

liamtech wrote: »

I can pretty much guarantee it will not have 7 Day EPG for the satellite, as it is not a Freesat Box- With one or two exceptions Freesat Boxes are the only ones with 7Day EPG for satellite stations - I would obviously be DELIGHTED to be wrong about this

That being said this is a very tempting box - i will more than likely grab one just to have, and maybe another for my mothers house -

Download manual here http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/func-startdown/1115 have a look at page 40 - 17.6. The semi-twin tuner may excite you. It reads to me that you may be able to record one sat channel while watching another with only one LNB input. This is a beautiful manual and Triax should be ashamed at the lack of a manual for the 537 and not even a photo of the rear of the unit.

Apogee

applewoodgo wrote: »

Download manual here http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/func-startdown/1115 have a look at page 40 - 17.6. The semi-twin tuner may excite you. It reads to me that you may be able to record one sat channel while watching another with only one LNB input. This is a beautiful manual and Triax should be ashamed at the lack of a manual for the 537 and not even a photo of the rear of the unit.

That 'semi-twin tuner' is marketing guff. It only works if the channels are on the same frequency/transponder - the same as every other single tuner system.


Does it support HE-AAC? Can't see it in the specs.

Kristopherus

Another bit of info on the pvr element.From the Ferguson website.

"What kind of external hard disk can I connect to Ariva HDcombo?

Ariva HDcombo support most of external hard disks. 3,5'' hard disks with sepparate power supply should work. Some 2,5'' hard disks powered from USB port (for example WD My Passport Essential) also should work.
There should be only one primary FAT32 partition on the disk.
HDD only up to 750 GB are supported."

O'Prez

According to the manual it doesn't support the playback of divx

Sponge Bob

Be a nice deal of the day as well as good advertising for ya Tony.

"Ditch Sky HD and Get Saorview for €99 only" has a ring to it!