Technomate or Darkbox

[ni9e]

Which of these is the best receiver to get for a newbie I am after ease of use etc
1 Technomate 6900 HD-Usb-Pvr Combo

2 SUPER DARKBOX COMBO 2008 HD

The Tm6900 has a multicrypt card slot and also two CAM slots.
Does the Darkbox have the same?
What are the pro's and cons of both receivers

One more Q the combo box's have two sat connections at the back does this mean I can conect my old sky dish to one for freesat and conect the other to a motorised dish to scan all the other sats

Thanks

 

[kenny1234]

I installed a darkbox motorised system for a customer the other day and what a nightmare,menu's hard to work,set system up and was going haywire not hitting sats,put in old technomate from back of van and dish hit every sat every time, darkbox kept freezing and jamming constantly thats second one i ve installed and both displayed similar probs.

Technomate everytime for me

 

[ni9e]

Thanks this satellite stuff if harder to get to grips with than I thought even buying a receiver is a nightmare I've been told now to get a EAGLE STB and use CCcam? It's no wonder i'm bald.

 

[kenny1234]

Depends what your after c/s yes go for eagle etc, but you cant beat technomate as beginners box get diablo cam you'll be more than happy, just sold my eagle but you'd have to fight me for me technomate 6900 combo lol ha ha

Once you get going it ll all come together,good hobby keep you occupied and you ve made the right step joining here you ll learn everytime you log on;)

 

[ni9e]

Is there much HD content available to view with the TM 6900 and diablo or would it be worth getting a SD receiver if so which would you recommend?

I take it your an installer is it possible for you to do a site survey and determin what satellites that can be received from any given location.

Plus what is the difference between TM-6900 HD COMBO Super and the TM-6900 HD Super.

 

[Robbo]

Plus what is the difference between TM-6900 HD COMBO Super and the TM-6800 HD Super.

6900 has terrestrial tuner the 6800 does not, that is all.

 

[ni9e]

Sorry for the mistake I mean't the difference in the 6900 combo super and the 6900 super my bad

 

[Robbo]

There is no difference. The 6900 is a combo unit, i.e Terrestrial and satellite combined in one unit, just the word combo missing from description probably, but same receiver. The 6800 = sat only, the 6900 = combo.

 

[ni9e]

The TM-6900 combo super is £282.00 and the TM-6900 combo is £249.00 that is why I thought there was a difference in the two units.

 

[Robbo]

Ahh well, there is a difference between the TM6900 combo super and the TM6900 combo. The super has an ethernet port.

But actually you can buy the TM6900 combo super for £249, one of the site sponsors Southernsatellite has them at this price.

You may have to mention this forum to get it though.

 

[embalse]

I have a Technomate, my next reciever will be an Eagle.
It´s cheap and has loads of support on various forums. It´s a great box for the price. Linux is the future, well it is for now at any rate. Upgrade later to something much more expensive when you know exactly what you need.

 

[kenny1234]

Plus super has 2 usb ports 1x front 1 xback so you can hide harddrive round the back, also i may be wrong but believe super has BLIND Scan too

 

[kerrywez]

Plus super has 2 usb ports 1x front 1 xback so you can hide harddrive round the back, also i may be wrong but believe super has BLIND Scan too

You are quite right on both counts.

Regards Wez

 

[ni9e]

Plus super has 2 usb ports 1x front 1 xback so you can hide harddrive round the back, also i may be wrong but believe super has BLIND Scan too

What does blind scan do?

 

[Topper]

What does blind scan do?

In theory a blind scan tests every possible combination of Frequency polarity SR and FEC to search for channels and subsequently store them. They normally scan the arc they can see.

The reality is that some stb's, like my ID digital, the scan function was written to work from a database so if the database is incorrect then it will not scan it and miss things out. I had my stb a few months before I realised I was missing out on stuff.

 

[jimbo]

The Super has an e_sata connection as well as USB.

 

[FASTFORMAT]

The fortecstar 6900 is superb. Great pickup and so easy to install

 

[Huevos]

The super has an ethernet port.

What for? Can it be used for IP streaming like a Dreambox.