Little help folks need a twin tuner that will take a 3.5 inch hard drive

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    Looking a box for a friend and unsure what to get, needs to be a twin tuner image support form vix as that is what she is used to from being at our house. The bit I'm stumped with is finding one that will take a 3.5 inch hard drive? As she has one of these and it would save money to use it rather than buy a 2.5


    Would the vu duo be my only option out round that price range? I know it's starting to show its age a bit so wouldn't mind setting her up with something a little fresher and quicker if at all possible though the box will be just used for watching tv no need for Xbmc/kodi or any other fancy things so maybe I'm over thinking it?

    I'm thinking the Miracle being £60 pound more might be an issue, new duo's from world of sat are going for 190 can't really go much more North than that

    the Technomate TM Twin is similar to the Vu+ Duo, more memory, and also supported by vix (has modulated RF output as well which some people like/use)

    Box is for is friend... If for him I would recommend a wetek... For a friend a cheap box from forum sponsor basic with CC support maybe enough....

    That's what I'm thinking superdroid, as long as the tv side of things is rock solid that's all that matters. If it was for myself it would be a complete different matter. Thinking about going with my first choice, that was the vu duo, what's your thought on the technomate 3t?
    I have a tm nano 2 super and to be honest the vu+ solo2 gives me a better picture on sd than the technomate does


    Reason I ask about the 3t is because I have been offered one second hand with hard drive installed

    go for the TM 3T m8, same chipset as the solo2 but has 3 tuners, and the 3rd tuner is a hybrid DVB-T / T2 / C tuner, they also havent been out for a year yet, so would still be covered by original manufacturers warranty ;)

    Edited once, last by digidude ().

    My 2 cents,


    I don't have a DUO but do have an Xtrend ET9200.


    I just got an Atemio Nemesis last weekend, I'm really happy with it, excellent picture quality. I have 2 x DVB-S2, adding a DVB-C tuner module soon. I have 3.5" internal HDD and it's been running flawlessly and not too hot.


    I'm really happy with it, much faster boot times. I haven't tested HDMI-in yet, but looks promising. The only disadvantage to this box is not many images support it (but I knew that going in) HDFreaks is my favorite image and it's working perfectly.


    The Mutant has quad tuners, but I couldn't justify spending extra 100 Euros for 4th tuner.


    Hope this helps.

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