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Receiver shoot out - Octagon SF8008 vs. Zgemma H7S
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<blockquote data-quote="Fisty McB" data-source="post: 1158102" data-attributes="member: 389824"><p>So I've had a play about with the ZGemma H7S. Overall I've decided to pack it back up and stick wiith the Octagon SF8008 for now...</p><p></p><p>* Unlike the current versions of the SF8008, the H7S doesn't have a multiboot option. There might be one available but I didn't get around to investigating it further.</p><p>* The slot for the 2.5 inch HDD leaves the drive sticking halfway out the back of the receiver - you can only fit the HDD in via the slot & not via opening the top of the case.</p><p>* General responsiveness of the H7S was a little better than the SF8008, but the latter's issues are not a big show stopper 99% of the time.</p><p>* The DVB-T2 tuner on the H7S isn't the most sensitive from testing it, failing to get a reliable lock on the the weakest multiplex I receive here, which wasn't a problem on DVB-T2 tuners on the television or the XBox DVB-T2 tuner that I use on the SF8008.</p><p>* In terms of sensitivity of receiving satellite signals, it was essentially a dead heat between the two receivers from the short testing I did. The only difference appeared to be on the quality/SNR readings on one of the RAI multistream feeds on 5W, but I didn't have time to test wherever it made any real difference.</p><p>* The light of the AiR digital logo being permanently "on" on the H7S is kind of annoying.</p><p>* The SF8008 wins out on remote control functionality - the H7S remote control is very directional compared to the Octagon's, nor can it control a TV's power & volume commands.. The Octagon's four spare function buttons is also a big plus.</p><p></p><p>...the ability to use a 2.5 inch HDD with the H7S, as well as the receiver running a more recent version of the Linux Kernel was nearly worth all the cons compared to the SF8008, but I decided for day to day operation that the SF8008 wins out overall. That's not to say that the H7S isn't a good receiver for what it is, but I think the SF8008 just nudges it overall, especially concerning the remote control. In any case, I've decided to get a 256GB SDXC card for the SF8008 to compensate for the USB hard drive problems I've been having - usual warnings about using solid-state memory applies but as I don't have permanent rewind enabled, this isn't too much of an issue.</p><p></p><p>So for now, with the living room redecorated, the SF8008 sits as the main receiver with the Technomate TM5402 M4 as a secondary receiver where appropriate. I'll probably sell on the H7S in due course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fisty McB, post: 1158102, member: 389824"] So I've had a play about with the ZGemma H7S. Overall I've decided to pack it back up and stick wiith the Octagon SF8008 for now... * Unlike the current versions of the SF8008, the H7S doesn't have a multiboot option. There might be one available but I didn't get around to investigating it further. * The slot for the 2.5 inch HDD leaves the drive sticking halfway out the back of the receiver - you can only fit the HDD in via the slot & not via opening the top of the case. * General responsiveness of the H7S was a little better than the SF8008, but the latter's issues are not a big show stopper 99% of the time. * The DVB-T2 tuner on the H7S isn't the most sensitive from testing it, failing to get a reliable lock on the the weakest multiplex I receive here, which wasn't a problem on DVB-T2 tuners on the television or the XBox DVB-T2 tuner that I use on the SF8008. * In terms of sensitivity of receiving satellite signals, it was essentially a dead heat between the two receivers from the short testing I did. The only difference appeared to be on the quality/SNR readings on one of the RAI multistream feeds on 5W, but I didn't have time to test wherever it made any real difference. * The light of the AiR digital logo being permanently "on" on the H7S is kind of annoying. * The SF8008 wins out on remote control functionality - the H7S remote control is very directional compared to the Octagon's, nor can it control a TV's power & volume commands.. The Octagon's four spare function buttons is also a big plus. ...the ability to use a 2.5 inch HDD with the H7S, as well as the receiver running a more recent version of the Linux Kernel was nearly worth all the cons compared to the SF8008, but I decided for day to day operation that the SF8008 wins out overall. That's not to say that the H7S isn't a good receiver for what it is, but I think the SF8008 just nudges it overall, especially concerning the remote control. In any case, I've decided to get a 256GB SDXC card for the SF8008 to compensate for the USB hard drive problems I've been having - usual warnings about using solid-state memory applies but as I don't have permanent rewind enabled, this isn't too much of an issue. So for now, with the living room redecorated, the SF8008 sits as the main receiver with the Technomate TM5402 M4 as a secondary receiver where appropriate. I'll probably sell on the H7S in due course. [/QUOTE]
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