For 3 tuners you need the QBoxHD, not QBox Mini. If you are after 2x sat tuners and 1x DTT setup, then you should seriously consider getting a Vu+ Duo (2x sat) instead and attach a USB DVB-T tuner.
I own both QBoxHD and Vu+ Duo and the Vu+ Duo is far, far superior in terms of hardware, physical build quality and firmware. I would have zero hesitation in recommending the Vu+ over the QBoxHD any day of the week.
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video. Note C4HD and Five HD are slower than the others because it's reading the FTV card.
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Are these screenshots from the default EPG? ...Or _is_ there a default EPG?
How about a 7-day guide... can you view a 7-day programme info guide for all channels of your choosing (eg. view listings for all DTT & Sat channels) and series record, etc.
See end of vid for 7-day EPG. The appearance (or skin) is a default one though there are many others. DTT has native 7-day listings, but for 28E you need the CrossEPG to populate the grid. There is no series record for any 3rd party boxes apart from offical Sky+, Freesat+ or HTPC setups.
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Also, is it possible to use the network port to stream movies from PC?
I don't know but VLC player is available as a plugin and you can play divx movies directly from external hard drive anyway.
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...In short, is this "The Golden Box" as is, or will there be endless updates from various sources for the foreseeable future before it is attained?
There are no Golden Boxes. There are various boxes at different prices all with their own pluses and minues.
heres 2 forums you get more info
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DuoLabs have released a new filesystem and bootloader for the QBoxHD mini [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and look what's in the bugfix list: Bugfix: Ticket #713: Sometimes there isn’t a stream from DVB-T (source of my trouble
Same old story with Duolabs so ,their software was always poor and buggy.
I thought they would get it right with this receiver but obviously not .
Hard to beat the Dreamboxes for support .
going by other forums,its enigma 2 mostly but its also up too company,theres another user of qbox on boards who doesnt have any trouble,my problem was crossepg too and ddt ,wont be using crossepg and with new firmware will sort it,as im not much into Linux, probably why im off the box ,happy with all the feature and 3 usbs,playing media, picture and sound is the best i have seen so far, Duolabs and sellers do see threads like this and helps them im told,so we see,will update firmware etc and have it working right and sell it as family looking for something more simple too use with less features,as for dream boxes,little over priced just for sat and ddt for most people
Sorry to hear that the experiences have not been so great.I guess we want all the features, but we also want plug n play simplicity. Although at the moment the plug n play combo receivers, even like triax certified one has problems. Can I ask you guys that are selling up,what are your plans now. Will you go with another combo and if so which one or wait to see what new combos come out. Or will you go with a new DTV with Saorview and mheg5 and then add a freeview/freesat hd box or..... ??
Trying to decide myself, as my freesat box has packed in and the picnic box I have has a couple of problems. It takes about 5-10 minutes before it will power up from standby, always says there are new channels available and suffers from time to time from freezing. my preference was for a combo, as the wife is fed up with changing scart inputs on the tv and having to use 2 boxes.hmmm decisions, decisions
Dreambox never have problems do they
All Enigma2 software suffers from issues no matter which box you have. They all have bugs and its a matter of getting these fixed, these boxes have only been out 3 or 4 months or something ..still early days in ironing out some bugs.
The software on the whole is fine, and if you think this box is rubbish then good luck on your next purchase but i would advise to stay away from linux boxes unless you can put up with some bugs or indeed use the SVN yourself and fix them
2 different beasts relying on different architecture aswell as a big enough price difference.
Its fair to say that DM800 has far more support around compared to the QBox but DM800 is only single tuner.
Performance wise, the CPU on the QBox although slower is not as fully utilised compared to the DM800, the DM800 runs at about 8% occupancy and the Qbox about 7%.
Sure there are still some bugs on the Qbox but they are being worked through.
There are more teams supporting DM800, but there are still a few supporting the Qbox such as SIF Team.
QBoxHD software used to be buggy and poor on their older receivers, but the software here on the mini has been totally rewritten and is far more stable.
All Linux receivers are not plug and play, and some people find it hard to get their heads around how to get things working .. but for the price its a good little box, i don't use it as my main box as i have a DM800, but for my bedroom and its never really missed a beat