Help me choose a good non budget Enigma2 Sat box

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    Having had a Vu+Solo for some time and just this week the excellent Zgemma s2(bought for a friend.I simply set it up tbh) i am now wanting a non budget sat box for myself.


    I wamt to mount a hard drive internally and not externally.
    For me i like Enigma based boxes.


    My budget is up to £250.


    I have been looking at the TM-Twin-OE 500GB Technomate box as well as Vu+Solo 2.


    Twin Tuner preferred.
    Also the remote must be half decent. No more pointing the remote at every angle in the world to turn the station over ! :)


    Any suggestions? I will buy it from WOS or similar.


    The LX3 looks good, but useless with 3x Sat tuners for me.
    I am liking the look of the TM-Nano-3T-Combo-3 Tuners 2 Satellite +DVB T/T2/DVB C very much.


    I would not normally go for a 3 tuner box, but i do move about and if it has a cable tuner as well as sat then i will use it eventually.

    Edited once, last by mrrawuk ().

    Well if you've had your Solo for some time you must have enjoyed the quality of Vu,therefore I recommend the Solo2.I have had mine coming on 2 years and it's been brilliant!It has all the attributes you've mentioned and it's down to £209 at WOS.Enough said.

    Quote from monkified

    For £209 it's got to be solo 2, it's for nowt at that price, stick hdd I it for 30/40 quid, job done


    It was my number one choice for quite some time, but some of the others have a cable tuner as well as a sat one and I do move about quite alot due to work etc.


    So much to choose from though tbh. Mutant or LX3 box seems the better option.

    Quote from davvo

    solo2 great box
    but the remote that comes with it sucks


    add another 25 quid to get the new style remote
    that works with all vu models


    Genuine VU+ Duo / Duo2 / Solo / Solo2 / Uno / Ultimo


    My Vu+Solo served me well, and i agree the remote was terrible !:(


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    Not gonna lie my heads spinning with all the choice. Vu+Solo 2, Gigablue, Mutant.


    The LX3 is off the table though as none left lol.


    Anyone got a Box that does cable and sat and takes a internal HDD?

    The tm nano 3t is a great receiver, equil in spec to the solo2 more or less except for the additional onboard cable/terestrial tuner.
    It also has a nice remote (plenty of space between buttons and is of the universal type/ can control your tv)
    It is officially supported by vix.
    The solo2 is also a great receiver (my main receiver) and works well with a terestrial usb tuner (i have a wintv nova-t usb terestrial tuner connected for saorview)
    If images from the blackhole team are a must, a vu receiver is the way to go.

    Just a heads up that the xtrend ET8000 you linked to in the previous post only has one satellite tuner and one cable/terestrial tuner (you can't watch one sat channel while recording another sat channel unless its on the same transponder)
    From your previous posts, you have indicated that you would prefer a twin tuner and

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    I would not normally go for a 3 tuner box, but i do move about and if it has a cable tuner as well as sat then i will use it eventually.


    This version of the xtrend ET8000 has all three tuners (although more expensive though):
    http://www.world-of-satellite.…0-2x-DVB-S2-1x-DVB-C-T-T2

    Quote from codar

    Just a heads up that the xtrend ET8000 you linked to in the previous post only has one satellite tuner and one cable/terestrial tuner (you can't watch one sat channel while recording another sat channel unless its on the same transponder)
    From your previous posts, you have indicated that you would prefer a twin tuner and


    This version of the xtrend ET8000 has all three tuners (although more expensive though):
    http://www.world-of-satellite.…0-2x-DVB-S2-1x-DVB-C-T-T2



    Whilst debating which tuner i realsied i rearely record on my sat box and have managed fine with a single tuner for almost 2 years as i use a Minix z64 kodi box for lots of stuff.


    I just made sure i can have cable and sat and the ability to add a tuner later if needs be.:)


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    Quote from codar

    Just a heads up that the xtrend ET8000 you linked to in the previous post only has one satellite tuner and one cable/terestrial tuner (you can't watch one sat channel while recording another sat channel unless its on the same transponder)
    From your previous posts, you have indicated that you would prefer a twin tuner and


    This version of the xtrend ET8000 has all three tuners (although more expensive though):
    http://www.world-of-satellite.…0-2x-DVB-S2-1x-DVB-C-T-T2



    Whilst debating which tuner i realised i rarely record on my sat box and have managed fine with a single tuner for almost 2 years as i use a Minix z64 kodi box for lots of stuff.


    I just made sure i can have cable and sat and the ability to add a tuner later if needs be.:)

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