Recommended Cable box
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southsimon
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I would take a look at the lots of boxes available. I wouldn't go cheap get a decent quality box, internal HDD support. Plenty of other threads with all this info on.
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goose1
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by far zgemma cable boxes are great for starting off with ;);)
southsimon
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Yeah i think it's £95 for the zgemma H5 cable
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pabloescaban
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If i was starting off now, I'd be looking at something that is primarily an iptv box but can also handle cable...c/s may well be on the way out and I believe iptv will be the only option within a year or two
pabloescaban
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I know but i thought one was better than the others? - more processing power or such likes?
southsimon
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If you want quick and I mean real quick then take at look at cable boxes with ARM processors.
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pabloescaban
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which ones would these be then?
I may treat myself to something more modern, the box I'm using now doesn't support HD as HD hadn't been invented when this box was new, I think it came over on the Ark.
I'm looking at summat that will handle iptv easily enough but also cable, not interested in satellite for obvious reasons.
I've got a 20mbps connection but can increase that to fifty if i feel inclined
southsimon
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, I recently looked at all boxes cable tuners only. It came down to Mutant HD51 which is on offer at the moment or Octagon SF4008. I went for the Octogon quality build and support upto to 3 x dvb-c. There is also a VU box that some members have and you can record up to 8 at once. All the E2 boxes should be able to handle IPTV. I also like the boxes that have internal HDD support.
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pabloescaban
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Ouch, £239 plus extras? - I should have said, I don't record so this isn't required (does anyone in this day and age when everything is available OD or catchup?)
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Jazzie_bee
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Record facility is handy as you may find some stuff may not be on demand, once you've got it you'll use it! Plus with the Vu+ box if you download the app you can stream to an android or apple devices.
You can do that with any enigma based box as long as there is a free tuner on it.
I agree though that the record feature is something you may not need, but once you have it it will get used
southsimon
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So handy to record one and watch another, Mutant is on offer at the mo £169 for 2x dvb-c
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The best box for the job at your budget is Zgemma h5.2tc two dvb-c tuners & one dvb-s tuner at less than £95
But that’s just my opinion ;)
