Is it only me?!!

You haven't stated if its on Spark or Enigma 2 you are having the problems with.

If its Enigma all i would say is get used to it until its fixed as its probably another driver issue for a change :ah:

If you want a box that works with Enigma 2 get one with a MIPS cpu as the Alien is a waste of time with Enigma 2.

Nano

Last time i looked, you buy one of these receivers to primarily watch TV on and secondly learn how to use them. Not much point in buying them if they don't work for what they were intended to be used for.

You could learn how Enigma works on a proper MIPS box, like the Maxview. Its the same price as the Alien 2, and most importantly it works with Enigma2

Your not going to get a very good impression of Enigma 2 if you use a box that doesn't work properly with it. Enigma is native to boxes with MIPS CPUs not SH4 ones. It has to be ported over to work on SH4.

There are also loads of driver issues with these boxes, plus you may end up with a clone, which can be disabled by updating Spark. Its just not a box that i would say is worth £150. The Alien 2 was the worst box i ever had the displeasure of owning.

The little SHD-8900 wasn't bad until it packed up, three months after i had it. I wouldn't even entertain wasting my money on anything from Amiko anymore.

Nano

My Gigablue does what its supposed to, i.e I can watch TV on it, which is something i couldn't do with the Alien 2 POS i had. My Gigablue doesn't keep green screening all the time, i can flick up and down the channels without fear of it either freezing or green screening.

I've had two Amiko products and both of them failed, one lasted ten hours the other lasted three months. Considering that the build quality is supposed to be that bad on the Gigablue why is my Gigablue and the 7 others i've installed still working after nearly two years?

I will agree with you on the TM800, that was a pile of b**locks, but TM have learned from that. I've only had my TM-2T and already i know its a better box than the Alien2. Picture quality is also on a par with the Alien2.

Enigma 2 was designed to be run on a MIPS CPU not SH4. Very few of the SH4 drivers are anywhere near to working correctly.

As for the Picture quality of the Alien 2, it was slightly better than the Gigablue but only marginally. Picture quality isn't an issue if the thing doesn't stay up long enough to enjoy it. I would rather have slightly inferior picture quality if the box is usable, which the Alien 2 isn't.

I can usually persevere with most receivers no matter how bad they were, but at the time the Alien 2 was no where near what i would call a usable receiver. I tried to sell it until the thing packed up and i had to send it back, which was a battle in itself.

As always said with anybody i have disagreements with on forums, your entitled to your opinion, and i'm entitled to mine.

Nano

I also forgot to mention , if the Gigablue is so bad how come you don't see every five minutes, people asking why they are having trouble loading firmware, why it won't clear the HD channels on 28.2e, why it keeps freezing and green screening. Simply because for such an apparently bad box, these issues simply don't exist with the Gigablue.

The Gigablue works no matter what is said about it, this isn't the case with the Alien 2.

The Alien 2 is fine for hardcore users who like to mess with their boxes, but for a novice these boxes will be a complete nightmare. As i've always asked, for a box which has such impressive specification, why is it so cheap?

Why do Fulan and Amiko not reply to their emails when i asked them how can you identify a clone receiver. They didn't even acknowledge that i had even sent it to them. Would you risk buying a receiver on the chance that it may be a clone, knowing fore well that if it is that it won't be long before the boxes bootloader is destroyed by Amiko/Fulans Spark firmware.

I do respect that they are trying to stop clones, but killing the boxes which inevitably 99% of the time the owners don't even realise are clones (due to the lack of information available on how to spot them) is not on as always its the end user not the seller that gets screwed when companies take it upon themselves to maliciously damage items that do not belong to them whether they are clones or not.

The lastest trick is not going to do them any favors as was the same with Dream Multimedia and Geminis 4.70 firmware for the DM500s. It made people find them untrustworthy as it will do with Amiko.

Nano

Sorry i need to correct myself, Gemini 4.70 is the last firmware release for the DM500s, it was 4.31 that contained the clone bomb :ops:

Take the box back, get your money back and buy a proper receiver that works and does what its supposed to do. I doubt the Alien 2 will ever work properly, even the most basic functions don't seem to work without some sort of issue.

If it doesn't do what its supposed to its not fit for purpose, get your money back and consider yourself lucky that you got away with it without losing any money.