Best DTT-SAT Combo box with PVR?

Stinicker

Am looking for a combo box that will do Saorview and Freesat for a friend who has gotten rid of Sky and wants to go totally FTA but wants the PVR facility.

I myself have Technomate 6900HD and it is not something I use very often and found it quite a bit techy and my friend having seen it and worked it would like something a bit easier to use if possible.

Ideally the box should have a satellite twin-tuner eg. record BBCHD whilst watching ITV or watching RTE1 whilst recording TV3 so I suppose it would need a DVB-T twin tuner also because with my own Technomate 6900HD you can only record what you are watching and I couldn't for eg. record RTE1 on DVB-T and watch a satellite DVB-S channel.

What I am looking for is something that is as close to the Sky+ functionality as possible? Presumably most boxes use external hard drives but if there are any with inbuilt hard-drives then even better.

norbert64

Cheapest option \/
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056284276

More expensive option. Twin Tuner Sat Receiver
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/VU-DUO-TWIN-HD-PVR-LAN-USB-Linux-Satellite-Receiver-NEW-Warranty-Best-price-/330613928155
You can get one of these and have dtt on it too though.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-WinTV-NOVA-T-USB-Stick-freeview/dp/B000F8RPQE/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1307091824&sr=1-1

You can also stick a spare sata hdd into it and you have your very own DIY PVR.
It's probably more suited to a tech-head, hobbyist though TBH. :cool:

Johnboy1951

Stinicker wrote: »

Am looking for a combo box that will do Saorview and Freesat for a friend who has gotten rid of Sky and wants to go totally FTA but wants the PVR facility.

I myself have Technomate 6900HD and it is not something I use very often and found it quite a bit techy and my friend having seen it and worked it would like something a bit easier to use if possible.

Ideally the box should have a satellite twin-tuner eg. record BBCHD whilst watching ITV or watching RTE1 whilst recording TV3 so I suppose it would need a DVB-T twin tuner also because with my own Technomate 6900HD you can only record what you are watching and I couldn't for eg. record RTE1 on DVB-T and watch a satellite DVB-S channel.

What I am looking for is something that is as close to the Sky+ functionality as possible? Presumably most boxes use external hard drives but if there are any with inbuilt hard-drives then even better.

So you want a twin SAT, Twin DTT, with built-in HDD receiver?

I cannot recall such a beast being mentioned in any post I read ....

norbert64

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

So you want a twin SAT, Twin DTT, with built-in HDD receiver?

I cannot recall such a beast being mentioned in any post I read ....

hehe, I must be talking to myself, lol. :P

The VuDuo I mentioned would probably come under said banner
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Twin Sat Tuner to begin with
Has an internal connection for a hard drive
Has 2 USB ports (Stick 2 USB DVB-T sticks in the back of it)
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Ok, so it's somewhat of a techy/hobbyist/DIY option but still fits the bill for the most part. :cool:

Johnboy1951

norbert64 wrote: »

hehe, I must be talking to myself, lol. :P

The VuDuo I mentioned would probably come under said banner
====== \
Twin Sat Tuner to begin with
Has an internal connection for a hard drive
Has 2 USB ports (Stick 2 USB DVB-T sticks in the back of it)
====== /

Ok, so it's somewhat of a techy/hobbyist/DIY option but still fits the bill for the most part. :cool:

I was admittedly concentrating on built-in tuners
to keep things as simple as possible ...... but if that one is as good as it appears then a dual tuner USB stick and HDD might be the only extras that are required.

dixiefly

Stinicker wrote: »

Am looking for a combo box that will do Saorview and Freesat for a friend who has gotten rid of Sky and wants to go totally FTA but wants the PVR facility.

I myself have Technomate 6900HD and it is not something I use very often and found it quite a bit techy and my friend having seen it and worked it would like something a bit easier to use if possible.

Ideally the box should have a satellite twin-tuner eg. record BBCHD whilst watching ITV or watching RTE1 whilst recording TV3 so I suppose it would need a DVB-T twin tuner also because with my own Technomate 6900HD you can only record what you are watching and I couldn't for eg. record RTE1 on DVB-T and watch a satellite DVB-S channel.

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I am not sure if the combo boxes are able to tune in BBC HD at the moment. I have the Edision Argus 2 in 1 mini and am very happy with it. However, in recent months BBC HD and BBC 1 HD are unavailable on it while ITV1 and CH4 HD are both still available.

My edision has 1 satellite tuner but i think there is an option with 2 tuners.

swoofer

bbc may have changed frequencies so just retune.

/ Eurobird 1 (28.2°E)
28.2°E Astra 2D 10847.00 V 50 Astra 2D DVB-S2 QPSK 23000 8/9

gbc-

dixiefly

Yes, I did a new scan and got them. Thanks.