Need a box but not sure what I need

Muahahaha

Hey all, I'm on UPC TV and Broadband at the moment and want to drop the TV for a FTA & Saorview combination. My tv is a 4 year old Sony Bravia KDL 40Bx400, at the back it just says LCD Digital TV so I'm not sure if it is Soarview ready ?

If it's not Saorview AFAIK I need a PVR combi box to receive both FTA and Saorview. I am also keen to have the facility to pause and rewind live tv and also have an EPG with record function. I own a 500gb USB hard drive so I suppose I could use that if the box doesn't have a hard drive. But it's probably better it does just to have it all in one unit.

Also are there any boxes out there that do all of the above and also have a Smart TV facility ? I'd just be looking to get something with a YouTube and Spotify app. Or would I need another box for this ?

Finally I'm on a budget of up to €150 but the cheaper the better. If there's a box out there that does everything I need but is €200+ brand new I'd try to get a second hand one.

The Cush

The TV is Saorview compatible, aerial required - http://www.saorview.ie/get-saorview/make-the-switch/

Digital: MPEG-2 MP@ML/HL, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC HP@L4.0, MP@L3.0

http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4168148151.pdf

The Walker WP645TS-HD and Triax TSC114 are Saorview approved combi receivers but no internal HDD so not PVRs.

There are other non-approved combi receivers on the market -
http://www.tvtrade.ie/satellite-receivers/combo-receivers.html
http://satellite.ie/acatalog/Ferguson_ariva_120_installed.html
http://www.freesat.ie/product-list.php?Satellite_Combo_Receivers-pg1-cid51.html
http://www.satworld.ie/satellite-receivers/irish-and-uk-combo-boxes.html

iba

Muahahaha wrote: »

Hey all, I'm on UPC TV and Broadband at the moment and want to drop the TV for a FTA & Saorview combination. My tv is a 4 year old Sony Bravia KDL 40Bx400, at the back it just says LCD Digital TV so I'm not sure if it is Soarview ready ?

If it's not Saorview AFAIK I need a PVR combi box to receive both FTA and Saorview. I am also keen to have the facility to pause and rewind live tv and also have an EPG with record function. I own a 500gb USB hard drive so I suppose I could use that if the box doesn't have a hard drive. But it's probably better it does just to have it all in one unit.

Also are there any boxes out there that do all of the above and also have a Smart TV facility ? I'd just be looking to get something with a YouTube and Spotify app. Or would I need another box for this ?

Finally I'm on a budget of up to €150 but the cheaper the better. If there's a box out there that does everything I need but is €200+ brand new I'd try to get a second hand one.

Whilst not fulfilling everything you want, the Ariva 152 might be a good bet. Has YouTube and you can connect your protable drive to it for recording. But it only has one sat. tuner (and one terrestrial tuner) so limits what you can record.