optibox evo xfinity sat box with xbmc?

ufc pro

anyone know or heard of this??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiOYqxzjeEU

pistolpetes11

ufc pro wrote: »

anyone know or heard of this??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiOYqxzjeEU

I have one here for the last 3 weeks to test , Looks nices , the XBMC logo is inbuilt into the steel casing .

Im in all day tomorrow I must take it out and give it a run

ufc pro

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

I have one here for the last 3 weeks to test , Looks nices , the XBMC logo is inbuilt into the steel casing .

Im in all day tomorrow I must take it out and give it a run

im pretty curious myself, cant find much on them being so new, but if it works well could be a good box, 2 in 1 is an excellent idea, i wonder do you have to use xbmc to watch tv or are they seperate!
if you would not mind when you do have a chance to give it a run maybe posting back with your opinion?

pistolpetes11

ufc pro wrote: »

im pretty curious myself, cant find much on them being so new, but if it works well could be a good box, 2 in 1 is an excellent idea, i wonder do you have to use xbmc to watch tv or are they seperate!
if you would not mind when you do have a chance to give it a run maybe posting back with your opinion?

Will do , I think XBMC will run the TV side from looking at the lads with Raspberry PI's thats how it goes

icdg

Moved to Satellite. Remember **no discussing card sharing**.

12 element

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

I have one here for the last 3 weeks to test , Looks nices , the XBMC logo is inbuilt into the steel casing .

Im in all day tomorrow I must take it out and give it a run

Would be interested to hear what you think, spotted this box on a suppliers price list recently and couldn't find much about it online!

michael999999

12 element wrote: »

Would be interested to hear what you think, spotted this box on a suppliers price list recently and couldn't find much about it online!

How much was it?

fish fingers

michael999999 wrote: »

How much was it?

Retail ive seen is £139.

Supercell

Looks interesting, the Prismcube Ruby is another box like this I was considering pulling the trigger on, so very interested in reports about this one.
Is there a UK/IRL epg on the Evo ?, that's the main thing that holding me back one the Prismcube, from reading around there doesn't seem to be a working one for the UK/IRL market which is a major drawback and dealbreaker for now.

ufc pro

Supercell wrote: »

Looks interesting, the Prismcube Ruby is another box like this I was considering pulling the trigger on, so very interested in reports about this one.
Is there a UK/IRL epg on the Evo ?, that's the main thing that holding me back one the Prismcube, from reading around there doesn't seem to be a working one for the UK/IRL market which is a major drawback and dealbreaker for now.

i know a guy selling these, he said last night he finally got around to setting it up and it works really well, not sure about the epg though ill throw him a txt this morning and ask, because its so new im sure support will be very limited for a while!
looks tempting though!!

michael999999

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

I have one here for the last 3 weeks to test , Looks nices , the XBMC logo is inbuilt into the steel casing .

Im in all day tomorrow I must take it out and give it a run

What are the advantages of this over a MX android TV box?

same ol sh1te

michael999999 wrote: »

What are the advantages of this over a MX android TV box?

This is a satellite box

eamonnq

It is a satellite receiver as well as an XBMC box.

ufc pro

michael999999 wrote: »

What are the advantages of this over a MX android TV box?

it has a sat reciever built in so you can watch free sat through xbmc!!
just connect you sat cables and away you go.

michael999999

ufc pro wrote: »

it has a sat reciever built in so you can watch free sat through xbmc!!
just connect you sat cables and away you go.

So along the lines of a vu+ receiver?

ufc pro

michael999999 wrote: »

So along the lines of a vu+ receiver?

not as powerfull spec wise, but yeah same idea!

GoodisonPark

Got my hands on one a week ago.
Finally got around to setting it up yesterday. Very impressed with the hbmc and lots of add-ons available for that.
It's a bit of a pain setting up channel lists , seems to be no pre prepared lists available at the moment so need to create my own bouquets and move channels in one by one.
Other than that I'm very impressed.

ufc pro

wow, very impressed i was not expecting that, i thought it would be a bit slow, does it handle full 1080 streaming?

same ol sh1te

How does it handle the channels in XBMC, is it using the PVR add-on as Live TV?

Supercell

Any updates on the epg, is it just now and next?

GoodisonPark

Just NOW on the EPG but nicely laid out.

PVR Add-Ons are in a seperate folder

Im going to reflash this evening with third party software to see whats different.

gordongekko

GoodisonPark wrote: »

Just NOW on the EPG but nicely laid out.

PVR Add-Ons are in a seperate folder

Im going to reflash this evening with third party software to see whats different.

how did you get on?

GoodisonPark

gordongekko wrote: »

how did you get on?

No difference on the Sat end but the reflash brought in lots of pre-installed addons including MashUp and Navi-X which are excellent.

pistolpetes11

GoodisonPark wrote: »

No difference on the Sat end but the reflash brought in lots of pre-installed addons including MashUp and Navi-X which are excellent.

Post up the link to the software will you or is it just XBMC Fusion Hub ?

GoodisonPark

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Post up the link to the software will you or is it just XBMC Fusion Hub ?

http://www.lavatronicsdownloadcentre.com/freedownloads/index.php?dir=EVO/Xfinity/Third%20Party%20Firmware/

arkamedeis

I got one of these and tried the firmware.it reboots when its about halfway through.tried all frimware its always the same.it never installs.i followed the instructions that they give.has anyone had any luck installing the firmware?

GoodisonPark

Download the firmware and rename it "update"
Insert USB in rear port. Power on while holding down the Vol - button.
When the large Android man appears release the Vol- button.
Firmware will load , box reboots when finished.

mikeym

Was interested in buying a mx android tv box would this box be better to buy?

I know I would have to download the content myself.

marathont

Does anybody know, if you can access the TV backend from another XBMC client?

manufan16

can any other owners post feedback or a review of this box?

thanks,

theballboy

Im very interested in this box (about to purchase)
Also have decided against the prismcube due to lack of UK / Ireland EPG

Greatly appreciate any further comments / issues before pulling the trigger
Especially

HAs no one been able to to acquire an EPG which is more than now and next?
Can TV channels be accessed from over XBMC device?
Any issues with the version of XBMC playback of stored media (HD movies stuttering etc)

Seems to have been recent updates in firmware and downloads - any comments

Thanks in advance