Posts by ontap

OK sorry for delay , was deleting half the planet :) , am happy to report , that sorted it. No more <n/a> , thanks KiddaC and all those who contributed.

I have a shield in the lounge and a Formuler Z 10 Pro in the room I watch all my sport. But I like the sly skins on enigma box. Rather than use two boxes on the same tV , I was hoping to use an enigma box that will run kodi as well.

Looking at the specs on the Ultima 4k , it is exactly what am after , will keep an eye out for a used one, tx.

I am also looking to upgrade from an ageing Zgemma.

1gb ram puts me off the SF8008 , I would be running kodi on it and I want more power fror smoother use.

Some of the mid range boxes mentioned above are still using DDR3 ram which is another downer for me.

I was about to go , VU plus but the comments about openpli are offputting.

In the past I have struggled to use Kodi on an Enigma 2 box.

Does a budget box like the Zgemma H7c run kodi well ?

I don't need 4K , happy with 1080p , but to get around the need for subtitles with all my VOD viewing , I would want to use kodi because of it's good subtitle support.

Keep us up to date . please.

Yes , I was aware of Dreamplex , I have always found it to be very unreliable , even when used with a local plex server on the same network , in fact at times I often found it completely unusable. Been a couple of years since I used it to be fair , but there was no way I could hand the remote to the wife and say " you can watch plex on this " ??

Pretty sure I read on here last august that "dreamplex" is no longer being maintained.

You have got me interested here , I wasn't aware that any linux boxes ( other than dual boot combos ) supported apps like Plex ? in fact googling the two in your post , I can't find any evidence that they do ?

Yes , I fully agree , 4k stick will do me for kodi , I can mess about creating my own skin etc. Been a few years since I used E2 , had forgotten exactly how good the LIVE TV skins look , so am well happy to use the Zgemma for tv only.

Just an update on this. I purchased a Zgemma H9se , arrived today , all set up with a nice sky type skin , which love. Purchased this box with reservations regarding kodi , because of 1gb ram . After searching extensively I could only find one other box with kodi support and 2gb ram. However it is a combo and the reviews are off-putting about how the box has to power off and reboot to swap back and forth between enigma and android . That's a definite no go as a user experience.

Sure enough , the Zgemma , is seriously under gunned when using kodi. streaming from my own server in the same room to the box , it can't handle 1080 or even 720 smoothly , freezes , kodi crashes and box switches back to live tv. Which is pretty much what I expected and why I asked about higher specs. For what it cost am happy to keep because i really like the custom live tv interface.

Until some one comes up with a more powerful E2 box that supports either kodi or plex , I will just have to use a firestick in one of the other ports on the TV for VOD.

What about an equivalent for mac , anybody ?

Once again thank you , looking at those Zgemma's , the kodi support is definitely what I am looking for , although the boxes are all , limited to 1g ram , 10/100 ethernet and usb2 ports. If I can't find a box with better spec that has the same kodi support , I'll purchase from your sponsor thanks.

Had a ZgemmaH9s and before that an I55. But that H9s , only 1g ram , 10/100 ethernet and usb2. I would like better specs than that. Most of the videos and reviews on YT are german, but from what I have seen , the dual boot boxes take ages to close down and reboot when swapping from E2 to Android. So , given I don't use a sat' , really would want E2 for IPTV and a stable kodi plugin if possible. I remember the old dreamplex and a previous kodi plugin that were both very unstable , but things will have moved on since then ?

I currently have shield on which I use an app to watch IPTV , I switched from enima a couple of years ago when the "sat" scene died for me.

The one big disappointment has always been the lack of a good skin that enhanced epg like I used to always use ( kiddac of course).

I stayed away from enigma because , as well as live tv , I have my own movies and tv shows that i can watch via plex or kodi on the shield.

Since I have been out of the loop for a while , is there an enigma box that supports a stable plex or kodi plug ins ?

Itching to get back to enigma skin , but the ability to play my own "vod" is a deal breaker for me.

cheers.