Zgemma H7S

garymt

Firstly, a big thank you to THHB and NCM , and others too numerous to mention, for their sterling work (and patience) in explaining the vagaries of Enigma2 to all us beginners - your perseverence is truly inspirational.
I had intended to buy the TA+, but as you all know by now, its no longer available and the Zgemma H7S is touted by WOS as a suitable replacement.
My requirements were as stated by NCM, and most important was "passing the wifey test"!
Its been installed for almost a week now, running OpenVix, and so far, no complaints.
Its a very basic setup - my only input has been to add the ext HDD I already had hooked up to my (rubbish!) Samsung 3 tuner TV, tune it in, and change skin to BLUEHD (sky-like ). Once I set up and tweaked my favourites list we were away!

Pros
Stunning pic quality - we reckon better than Samsung (is that possible?).
Quick response
Easy CEC setup - switches TV on/off with box, so only 1 remote!
Cons
Doesnt handle temporary recording conflicts easily - 8-9pm recording and 9-10 recording cause conflict where they overlap. You need to edit timer manually to end at 8.59, on begin second one at 9.01.... messy. maybe there is an easier way....
No easy way to see scheduled timers... may look into key reprogramming, but not sure if anything that complicated is possible.
Overall, no major issues, and I'm happy to recommed the box, although please bear in mind that I've barely scratched the surface to date....
Any suggestions, would of course, be most welcome.

swoofer

The tiviar plus is still available from other sources just in case someone looks on here.

Here's a tip if you want to stick with openvix go to techkings and look for willowbuild image, he is always on there and has a remote set up with lots of one presses.

https://www.techkings.org/threads/openvix-for-zgemma-h7-released.145957/page-2

and another tip do plenty of reading.

garymt

Thanks for that pointer - lots of info to be sifted, and lots of homework to be done!