Saorview Compatible Box with Multiple Tuners

Michael Collins

Hi there,

I'm looking for some up to date info on the best boxes out there.

Can anyone recommend a decent terrestrial box that can do the following:

1) Record Saorview with 7 day schedule

2) Rewind live TV (like Sky, not rewind AFTER pausing!)

3) Allow recording of at least two programmes at the same time (or watching one while recording one) -- ideally with the added feature of being able to record more than 2 since there are only 2 MUXes.

I don't care about satellite functionality.

Cheers,

MC

mackersdublin

Unfortunately the box that did all 3 was this https://www.glendimplexireland.com/brands/walker/smart-set-top-boxes/wp6500ttr

But it was available years ago

You might pick one up second hand

Digifriendly

Humax Aurora PVR has 4 tuners and while it is primarily for UK market, it should work for Irish one too.

I have a Panasonic Freeview HD HDD which is also a Bluray player and it has twin tuner which records from Saorview as well as Freeview.

mackersdublin

Worth noting the Humax Aura 1TB is £249 and Series Link will not work with Saorview as it's not Certificated by them https://www.richersounds.ie/p-205051-humax-4k-aura-1tb-4k-hdr-android-tv-freeview-play-recorder-1tb-hard-drive-pvr.aspx. It will only work with Freeview (UK)

Here's a link to that box https://uk.humaxdigital.com/product/aura-uhd-android-tv-recorder/

Michael Collins

Cheers, guys.

It's disappointing that there is no viable Saorview option with these (mostly) basic features.

I'm guessing there might be a DIY style way of doing this?

wodeda67

there's a few options if you use a usb tv tuner and a pc or raspberry pi. you could look at libreelec/kodi or nextpvr.

FRIENDO

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772180#Comment_118772180

FRIENDO

I think I seen the Saorview Walker recording/serial link box in Redmonds Gorey, behind the Counter

Give them a ring, they might ship.

https://redmondelectric.ie/

Schorpio

Most/all enigma2 boxes will do what you're after, but it's more the DIY route, and probably overkill, especially if you don't want satellite.

The ps3 usb tv tuner is the one to get if you're going that way. It's got 2 internal terrestrial tuners, which means that you can record and watch 2 different Saorview channels at the same time, using only one aerial cable.

mackersdublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118778928#Comment_118778928

Will Number 2 work in the OP?

Michael Collins

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118778557#Comment_118778557

Cheers for this, just ordered one.

Thanks all, one less thing on my DIY list (for now anyway!)

Digifriendly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118772180#Comment_118772180

It will almost certainly receive Saorview channels and record them as it has 4 Freeview HD tuners. It will not series link programmes as you state and may or may not show subtitles but will record just like my Panasonic Freeview HD records Saorview channels here in N. Ireland.

There is a present problem re setting 2 or more Saorview recordings simultaneously on different muxes. This has been pointed out on another thread -https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058236879/panasonic-dmr-hw150-hdd-recorder-issues#latest and is not the fault of any particular recorder but is caused at the Saorview end of things due to the signal sent at start of every programme. However you can simply use manual recording instead of using the epg to overcome this issue.

mackersdublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118794931#Comment_118794931

I never said the Saorview channels would not be viewable or recordable. I just said that Series Link won't work on it as it's not Saorview Approved

Digifriendly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825392#Comment_118825392

Apologies I took your final sentence in your opening paragraph to refer to recording rather than series link.

mcquaim

Hi guys,

Has anyone tried running a VPN on the Humax Arua to see if they could get Freeview Play working south of the border?

Even without Freeview Play, is this receiver worth looking at for a Freeview/Saorview combo that allows gives you Android TV?

Cheers,

Mac

decor58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121314105#Comment_121314105

I don't know about the VPN bit but Freeview is not widely available down south, mainly along the border and parts of the east coast. A satellite dish would be needed for UK tv in most of RoI, also the Saorview channels cannot be renumbered on the Humax, so they end in no sequence and numbers all jumbled in the 800's.

mcquaim

Cheers 👍

Im on the border so I’m able to pick up Freeview ok, was just curious about the VPN…

I thought I saw a video on YT showing some user going in on the menus and then customising the channel order. It was obviously a UK user but if it tuned them in then surely we could adjust them in the settings?

decor58

You may be right, I used a Panasonic Freeview box a few years ago, it was the only one, at the time, that allowed moving the Saorview channels into the low numbers. Most Freesat and Freeview allow a degree of customisation, so you can swap BBC or ITV regions in their designated numbers,101 or 103, that's the way it is on Freesat but things change.