How many stb's do you have?

[Llew]

Well ...if were gonna include free standing decoder boxes as well ..
I think I still have a Filmnet decoder somewhere ..Made by 'Tulip' ...if memory serves ..
..and my old favourite ...which again emptied my piggy bank for some time ...
My Churchill DMac/D2Mac decoder..

..and freeview boxes ...well ...I aint counting them ..

;)

rgds

The decoders for the Echostar were plug-in boards VS - they screwed onto a metal plate on top of the mainboard.

 

[Vipersan]

I think these should be included also ...as they _are_ technically stbs ..

Bathroom ....1 x converted Xbox ...(media player)
TV room ...1 x Hi Media (chinese made media player)
Bedroom ..1 x Aldi special ...media player ..

The media players all networked by wire to the Server in the loft ..

How I managed before this method of media storage and playing ..I'll never know ..

Just out of curiosity ..
Anyone else use a media player ?? ....
I know some use an HTPC ..to do the same job ...as did I until I discovered these tiny boxes ..
rds
VS

 

[Captain Jack]

Bathroom ....

Que?

Just out of curiosity ..
Anyone else use a media player ?? ....
I know some use an HTPC ..to do the same job ...as did I until I discovered these tiny boxes ..

I had a Core2Duo HTPC in the living room, but got rid of that to fund my Uno. Found that Uno doesn't play DivX/XViD files very well - quite choppy and stuttery. So looking for a cheapo media player but haven't really looked into one properly yet.

Oh yes, I do have a Philips FilmNet/BDE353 D/D2MAC decoder in the loft - cracking bits of kit and the best MAC decoder I've used.

 

[Huevos]

Que?

I went to a client the other day and the TV was in the wall behind the bathroom mirror. When the TV was off you couldn't see it.

 

[Vipersan]

Que?


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Hi Captain ...
The bathroom media player ...is to serve the lcd tv up in the opposite corner from the bath ..
Since I got my TM complaint ...I desperately need a lot of hot baths ...so its been a godsend really ..

I intend to replace the Xbox with another (much smaller Hi Media player) when I can afford one ..

here is a picture of it ..
And so far I haven't found _anything_ it wont play codec wise ..
rgds
VS

 

[PaulR]

...and the TV was in the wall behind the bathroom mirror.

Hmmmm. If he can hide a TV there then he could hide a camera as well.

Or am I being paranoid?

 

[Analoguesat]

Remembered a couple more which are stashed away.

Old Sony Sky box
Early Comag - occasionally used to align dishes out in the garden but I didnt find its menus very friendly. (Vu+ syndrome again )

Most of the old analogue kit I had hidden away has been scrapped in recent weeks, no point keeping it "just in case" now.

 

[wod]

a new addition to my setup arrived yesterday pace ds831ns sky italia hd receiver and its tiny currently sat on top of my vantage x221ci.

why cant uk receivers be this small ?

 

[Lazarus]

a new addition to my setup arrived yesterday pace ds831ns sky italia hd receiver and its tiny currently sat on top of my vantage x221ci.

why cant uk receivers be this small ?

'cos we like ours to run cool?

 

[Llew]

My little Aston Simba is pretty small too. Uses a linear power supply on board with a hefty sized transformer. A few diodes, three electrolytics and that's it. No need for heatsinks. Cool runner. Pity there aren't more STBs that use linear PS's.

 

[wod]

the italia receiver has an external 12v psu so it doesn't get all that warm

 

[Lazarus]

I'm confused then, as your Sky Italia thread suggests it gets hot

http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/...calcio-prepaid-cards-12mth-3.html#post1000890


Ah, well, senility is in the offing for me!

 

[wod]

well not hot just warm as I guess there is not much free space inside it but raising it up an inch it will be better. the casing is metal so that will help with cooling.

 

[A nonymous]

Right Here we go

Receivers up the loft no longer in use

Nokia dBox running DVB2000
Sagem Nokia dBox2 running Powerboard Enigma
Dreambox 7020Si running EDG Nemesis 5 ( Stuffed tuner )
Digiquest 2000 ( Aston Simba Clone) with original Matrix cam
Technomate TM1000 ( running one of the old Darkman patches)
Grundig GDS310 Sky box
Amstrad DRX280 Sky+ box
ICAN 1110sv storm Tivusat box (crap)

Boxes in Use

Vu+ Du running Blackhole ( My Baby )
Technomate TM600 running EDG Nemesis 5.0 Beta

Boxes i'm buying in the next few weeks

Cristor Atlas E ( when i can find one godammit )


Nano

 

[Lazarus]

Nano, what's crap about the Tivùsat Box?

 

[A nonymous]

Its cheap and nasty and a bit slow

Its perfectly adequet for using for Just Tivusat, but not much use for anything else. A bit like uncle Rupes Sky dodgyboxes.

Nano

 

[Magnu420]

getting back on topic

ive got a few anologue boxes (from sly) grundig,amstrad
nokia dbox c*ble version with team commando image on
sagem dbox c*ble version (for which i used it for dev work with team commando)
2 x dm600 (but these have c*ble tuners in untill i can get some sat tuners)
dm 500s with pli jade img on
and i just converted a dm500c into a dm 500 sat version (just need thorough testing with pli jade img on)

 

[Analoguesat]

Ive forgotten one of mine - GDS7000 generic hd box

Currently in store awaiting redeployment in the system

Oh and I found the Fortec under a pile of junk. An appropriate home for it

 

[Hughes]

Some might say far too many, but fortunately two Echostars were taken out by electrical storms, and seven(!) have been rehomed with different family members, along with five dishes! Two Pace analogical boxes have their days numbered..., so this helps to keep numbers down. My worst buy was a Metronic Freesat HD box, very unversatile, and with poor sensitivity. Quite hopeless with my set-up in Spain, but I got it second hand, so no great financial loss.

 

[archive10]

Not reallty able to join the TM club here. But a quick round-up goes like this:

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Welcome to middle-of-your-life adventure. You are in a house with aerials, fiber-to-the-home, multiple satellite dishes, and at least three ways of receiving TV.

Command? inventory

You have:

Set-top boxes:
- Thomson DSI4214C Sky box
- Pace 2600 Sky+ (SD) box (250GB HDD)
- Thomson Sky+ HD box
- Humax FoxSat HDR FreeSat box (1TB HDD)
- Pace TDS 865 NV Viasat HD PVR (320GB HDD)
- Samsung DSB B560N Viasat SD box
- Telesystems TS9000 Tivü box (SD)
- Metronic 441601 Terbox FranSat STB
- Motorola IPTV STB for FastTV/Denmark (320GB HDD)
- Bush Freeview STB

TV with digital receivers:
- Sony KDL52LX900 with DVB-T/C tuner
- Sony KDL40ZX1 with DVB-T/C tuner
- Sony KDL40E4000 with DVB-T/C tuner
- Sony KDL32CX320 with DVB-T/C tuner
- Toshiba 32WLT68 TV (Freeview) DVB-T tuner

Command? Consider selling some boxes and TVs

Ok. Considering... I can't do that at the moment. Please try again.

Command? Quit.