Best Enigma 2 boxes?

Skippy along · 19-01-2017 05:33PM

Need some advice please need a new box for the " good room " those of you with kids will know what I mean!!! was looking at these two, I know a bit about the vu+ Solo2 but there's not a whole lot of info about the Mutant HD51 my setup is 2 sat feeds and 1 saorview cable any nput or advice would be much appreciated thanks

http://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/mut@nt-mutant-hd51?filter_name=Mutant

http://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/VU-Solo-2-Solo2-Twin-Tuner-DVB-S2-HD-Enigma2-Linux-Satellite-Receiver?filter_name=Vu+

yabadabado · 19-01-2017 06:02PM

I set up a Mutant HD51 for a mate during the week and was very impressed with it.It cost €230 delivered from WoS and can get 2 tuners in it for no extra cost.

The box is very responsive and the picture quality is impressive for the limited time I used it for.
I didn't have the boxs playing side by side but I reckon Mutant picture quality is as good as my Duo2 .

A newer box than Solo 2 with openvix support, a superior processor(so I'm told) and 4k output I think it's a good buy .

Skippy along · 19-01-2017 06:18PM

yabadabado wrote: »

I set up a Mutant HD51 for a mate during the week and was very impressed with it.It cost €230 delivered from WoS and can get 2 tuners in it for no extra cost.

The box is very responsive and the picture quality is impressive for the limited time I used it for.
I didn't have the boxs playing side by side but I reckon Mutant picture quality is as good as my Duo2 .

A newer box than Solo 2 with openvix support, a superior processor(so I'm told) and 4k output I think it's a good buy .

Thanks for your input the 4k not important but the faster processor and hevac 265 codec is just dawned on me I'll need a USB DVB-T2 Tuner Stick for the Mutant it should work OK think
http://www.freetv.ie/usb-dvb-t2-tuner/

yabadabado · 19-01-2017 06:31PM

4k probably isn't a requirement for most users at the moment but no harm having it for the future.

I'm blocked from WoS at work but can't you get a a sat twin tuner and terrestrial tuner set up for that box at no extra cost?
I thought that configuration was available for £189.

Skippy along · 19-01-2017 07:21PM

yabadabado wrote: »

4k probably isn't a requirement for most users at the moment but no harm having it for the future.

I'm blocked from WoS at work but can't you get a a sat twin tuner and terrestrial tuner set up for that box at no extra cost?
I thought that configuration was available for £189.

On me bike literally will have a look again at the configuration an let you know thanks

Skippy along · 19-01-2017 08:39PM

yabadabado wrote: »

4k probably isn't a requirement for most users at the moment but no harm having it for the future.

I'm blocked from WoS at work but can't you get a a sat twin tuner and terrestrial tuner set up for that box at no extra cost?
I thought that configuration was available for £189.

Just checked the configuration hope I'm reading it right but it offers two tuners at the price, you can choose either to have a terrestial tuner and sat tuner installed or two sat tuners installed seeing as I need two tuners for my two sat feeds there's no room on the box for a third terrestial tuner so usb tuner for me

Snake Plisken · 26-01-2017 07:43PM

Anyone any opinions or own a Dreambox DM525 has sat and terrestrial tuners, it's around €159 of HM sat, looking to pick up a enigma2 box for my Dad to replace his aging Dreambox 800

greasepalm · 27-01-2017 12:25AM

like a combo box sat and cable/terrestrial box like an edison os mini for E116.72 on wos.?

Zardoz · 28-01-2017 04:26PM

I see the twin tuner Mutant HD51 is down to £169 plus delivery at Sat-Shop
http://www.sat-shop.co.uk/store/january-pay-day-flash-sale/mutant-hd51-4k-uhd-hevc-dvbs2-dvbc-twin-tuner

yabadabado · 28-01-2017 04:46PM

Zardoz wrote: »

I see the twin tuner Mutant HD51 is down to £169 plus delivery at Sat-Shop
http://www.sat-shop.co.uk/store/january-pay-day-flash-sale/mutant-hd51-4k-uhd-hevc-dvbs2-dvbc-twin-tuner

Excellent value,set one up recently and was impressed with it.I saw a few people mention the remote is **** but I found it grand.It feels cheap but it is responsive .Id prefer it to the Duo2 remote,that looks and feels great but is muck .

Any idea about postage,I dont see postage costs or price to Ireland.

Copper_pipe · 28-01-2017 04:49PM

yabadabado wrote: »

Excellent value,set one up recently and was impressed with it.I saw a few people mention the remote is **** but I found it grand.It feels cheap but it is responsive .Id prefer it to the Duo2 remote,that looks and feels great but is muck .

Any idea about postage,I dont see postage costs or price to Ireland.

Parcel Motel or Parcel wizard for less than a fiver

yabadabado · 28-01-2017 04:52PM

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Parcel Motel or Parcel wizard for less than a fiver

Free postage in UK ?

Copper_pipe · 28-01-2017 04:56PM

6 sterling to the north and 20 sterling to ROI

yabadabado · 28-01-2017 05:35PM

Around €210 delivered is excellent value.

Skippy along · 29-01-2017 06:53PM

Got a Mutant HD51 any questions fire away

greasepalm · 29-01-2017 09:53PM

dreambox are usually all clones and can run a specific type of image only with so many makers of box and mismatch of image bringing problems,the newer 4 k boxes do look very exciting.

yabadabado · 29-01-2017 09:55PM

For €100 less I could live with 1gb RAM.The Mutant seems a right good job to me when I set one up.

GY A1 · 30-01-2017 01:07AM

sugarman wrote: »

Bit the bullet and bought it there.

Ordered to PM for just a shadow under €210, cant go wrong with that.

Already have a drive and Wifi dongle to throw into it.

Which u go for
And from where

yabadabado · 30-01-2017 01:13AM

At that price it has to be the Mutant .
See #824

Skippy along · 30-01-2017 07:24PM

sugarman wrote: »

Doesnt look like a great start, looks like they made a bags of the PM address format they used for DHL.

"Delivery address:
McKinney Road 1a
BT36 4PE
NEWTOWNABBEY
BT36 4PE
NEWTOWNABBEY"

They have the receiver name as my PM number tho.

Fingers crossed DHL know what to do!

Hi sugarman great sat box enjoy.. Is your PM number on anywhere on the address label?

yabadabado · 30-01-2017 07:56PM

I had a similar problem lately and I emailed DHL and PM.
I let them know a few details on my order and it got sorted out. Infairness to DHL they were great,they added a small bit of missing info to the parcel which meant it didn't sit around PM for days.

deezell · 31-01-2017 04:35PM

Anyone sampled the Edision OS Mega yet? See it in Germany for 180, but no delivery to here unfortunately. It has a serious feature on tuner 3, it can be used as a terrestrial, cable or sat tuner, and according to world of sat, it can have terrestrial sat or cable sat plugged in at the same time. ( SAT frequency is 950Mhz upwards, so cable/terrestrial uhf signal can be combined on the name cable.) The tuner will configure depending on the channel sought, so effectively a virtual quad tuner box, or record 2 watch 1 all off sat.

reni10 · 01-02-2017 09:01AM

Where are you seeing the Mega for €180 in Germany?

deezell · 01-02-2017 10:27AM

reni10 wrote: »

Where are you seeing the Mega for €180 in Germany?

On idealo.de . January offer with one supplier, but they didn't post to Ireland. Plenty 199 € suppliers, but with delivery, I think it wiser to buy local for warranty peace of mind and the correct 3 pin plug, for the small euro difference. I expect it performs much like the edision OS 3+, no longer available, which is rocket fast response wise.

yabadabado · 01-02-2017 11:13AM

If you use "boards" as a discount code it works out at €204.80 delivered from Freetv.ie.
Irish supplier so will have it within 2-3 days of ordering.

deezell · 01-02-2017 11:23AM

yabadabado wrote: »

If you use "boards" as a discount code it works out at €204.80 delivered from Freetv.ie.
Irish supplier so will have it within 2-3 days of ordering.

That's an excellent price. Wifii is built in. Even amazon.de is 205. I'ver setup an OS3+ for family abroad and it's perfect. They went out of production before I could grab one for myself. I think I'll plunge.

Zardoz · 01-02-2017 03:29PM

deezell wrote: »

That's an excellent price. Wifii is built in. Even amazon.de is 205. I'ver setup an OS3+ for family abroad and it's perfect. They went out of production before I could grab one for myself. I think I'll plunge.

That's a very good price and peace of mind buying locally.
Hardware wise it ticks almost every box,I'd buy one buy the major drawback is that its a Mips based cpu so the picture quality wont be the best.
I'm going to hold out for an Arm based receiver in this regard I think.

deezell · 01-02-2017 03:40PM

Zardoz wrote: »

That's a very good price and peace of mind buying locally.
Hardware wise it ticks almost every box,I'd buy one buy the major drawback is that its a Mips based cpu so the picture quality wont be the best.
I'm going to hold out for an Arm based receiver in this regard I think.

OS3+ is mips also, I honestly can't fault the picture quality on it.

Zardoz · 01-02-2017 03:46PM

deezell wrote: »

OS3+ is mips also, I honestly can't fault the picture quality on it.

Its not as good as your Alien 2 though .
I had the Technomate Nano 3T ,same receiver as the OS3 ,picture quality wasn't as sharp especially SD .

deezell · 01-02-2017 04:09PM

Zardoz wrote: »

Its not as good as your Alien 2 though .
I had the Technomate Nano 3T ,same receiver as the OS3 ,picture quality wasn't as sharp especially SD .

I was hoping for a report from someone who has one. Bear in mind this box has a h265 capable video chip, so it would be a different beast from HD chipped boxes, regardless of the processor. If anything, I'd be concerned that a chip designed for 2160 resolution might not be optimised for SD or even hd, plus the issue of setting the output to UHD then expecting the box to upscale SD without visible artefacts. We discussed this at length on the alien thread a while back.

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