Want to replace my VU+Duo, What should i get?

Id stick with the Vu range mate either the Solo2 or Duo2

Mick

Yes mate i have both and there extremely fast and tsmedia ect runs sweet on both

Mick

That box is not the best, but it is certainly not the slowest. It should have no problem recording one channel and watching another.

Maybe it is a hard drive problem? What drive are you using and how is it partitioned/formatted? Do you have timeshift enabled?

It could also be a problem with crossepg using up memory. Or some other plugin...

If you telnet to the box you can run a few commands to see how the disk is configured:

mount
fdisk -l
df -h

If you have been using it for a few years, it could be quite fragmented. (although none of those commands will show if or how much.)
It may be worth backing up any recordings you want to save to an external disk and reformat the internal drive.

Also, if you have to turn it off and wait, it could be overheating - after a few years, it could possibly use a good cleaning...
(And a heavily fragmented drive will also be warmer than usual)

Quote from smokoe1

Hi, Iv had my Vu+Duo now for a few years, i have always ran VIX backup images (as anytime i try to set a fresh one up it doesn't work) I have always noticed my boy is rather slow and very temperamental i.e if something is recording and i try and play a recording at the same time the box will freeze, if i have to restart the box i have to unplug it for over 10 min or it wont boot up. i may be wrong but I'm putting this down to a slow cpu and low flash memory?

This being the case i would like a fast reliable box, Twin tuner, good RAM/flash. I use it as S*y box only, i did use 1channel etc a lot when i first got it but i cant get anything like that to work any more.

Which Box would fit the bill?

Thanks.

P.S there will be a Vu+Duo up for sale soon............Providing the issues i am having are user error/software rather than hardware issue.

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Hi buddy. You should NOT have those problems. Just fresh install another image and see how it goes. I have a vu uno and it does all of those things with ease.

If you don't want to break the bank and want a much faster more powerful receiver, look at the Xtrend ET8000 http://www.world-of-satellite.…DVB-S2?filter_name=ET8000 dual core 1.3GHz.