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[speed]

Look at the Octagon SF4008. This is an unsupported receiver from the manufacturer, but it is a cheap twin dvb-s/s2 tuner receiver with internal hard drive and advertises a gigabit port.

this means no openpli? no i want openpli

[WanWizard]

Qviart DUAL 4K UHD ?

 

Virtually identical to the SF8008, and advertised with gigabit?

 

edit:

root@dual:~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
	Supported ports: [ TP AUI BNC MII FIBRE ]
	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	                        1000baseT/Full 
	Supported pause frame use: No
	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
	Supported FEC modes: Not reported
	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	                        1000baseT/Full 
	Advertised pause frame use: No
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
	Speed: Unknown!
	Duplex: Unknown! (255)
	Port: MII
	PHYAD: 3
	Transceiver: external
	Auto-negotiation: on
	Supports Wake-on: ug
	Wake-on: d
	Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
			       drv probe link
	Link detected: no

No internal disk though.

Edited by WanWizard, 19 December 2021 - 23:08.

[speed]

Qviart DUAL 4K UHD ?

 

Virtually identical to the SF8008, and advertised with gigabit?

 

edit:

root@dual:~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
	Supported ports: [ TP AUI BNC MII FIBRE ]
	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	                        1000baseT/Full 
	Supported pause frame use: No
	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
	Supported FEC modes: Not reported
	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	                        1000baseT/Full 
	Advertised pause frame use: No
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
	Speed: Unknown!
	Duplex: Unknown! (255)
	Port: MII
	PHYAD: 3
	Transceiver: external
	Auto-negotiation: on
	Supports Wake-on: ug
	Wake-on: d
	Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
			       drv probe link
	Link detected: no

No internal disk though.

seems single sat? no twin?

[WanWizard]

No, it's a S+C/T box.

[speed]

no need twin tuner

[speed]

https://octagon-foru...824/#post-40927

 

seems to be now also a version with build in hdd

[Pr2]

 

look at the AB-Com PULSe 4K I am really happy with this one too.

looks nice but 10/100 Mbps no gigabit? 

one page says 10/100 other says 10/100/1000? what is it?

 

and possible hdd internal? or only external?

 

 

Both internal and extenal (via USB).

 

1000 for Ethernet on a STB doesn't means that you will effectively be able to use the full bandwidth the STB SoC is always limited on its bus and Gigabit remains a sale argument, even 100 ethernet cannot always be fully used.

[twol]

 

If you want to step up a bit there is Edision MIO 4K+, main weakness is its remote control. Otherwise receiver is very good.
 

also nice but dont have gigabit port

 

Why do you need gigabit port???

Edited by twol, 20 December 2021 - 15:45.

[speed]

 

 

If you want to step up a bit there is Edision MIO 4K+, main weakness is its remote control. Otherwise receiver is very good.
 

also nice but dont have gigabit port

 

Why do you need gigabit port???

 

i transfer a lot of files between box and pc

[el bandido]

What fta receiver are you using now?

[speed]

vu+solo2

[speed]

so is 1gb ram still more then sufficient these days for iptv apps etc?

Edited by speed, 21 December 2021 - 03:41.

[twol]

so is 1gb ram still more then sufficient these days for iptv apps etc?

Yes .... Kodi is the big user
That is why I also asked about gigabit requirement, because for streaming unless you are streaming an uncompressed BluRay disc you are unlikely to need more than 100 megabits per second (and that's from readings on a bunch of media streamers over the years) 

[speed]

 

so is 1gb ram still more then sufficient these days for iptv apps etc?

Yes .... Kodi is the big user
That is why I also asked about gigabit requirement, because for streaming unless you are streaming an uncompressed BluRay disc you are unlikely to need more than 100 megabits per second (and that's from readings on a bunch of media streamers over the years) 

 

 

you mean 1gb ram is still sufficient or better 2gb ram these days

[Pr2]

If it is to run Kody purchase a cheap Android TV box and this will does the trick, a STB is always a poor mediaplayer compared to any Android box.

[zeros]

I'm suggesting you to take the cheap Raspberry Pi4 and it'll do everything you need for Kodi. But the sat box must be good.
In my current experience base, I continue to recommend dm920 (unfortunately, PLi is not supporting it).
From PLi supported boxes I don't know what to recommend, because there's something wrong with everybody. The main problem seems to be the manufacturer's drivers/ all these boxes have deficiencies that piss users off.

[speed]

no i dont use kodi i use iptv channels added to bouquet in that case 1gb enough?

[Pr2]

Go for HiSilicon box because it has better codec support than Broadcom.

Edited by Pr2, 22 December 2021 - 23:14.

[Quark82]

Look for a GigaBlue UHD UE 4K

+ internal HDD 2,5"
+ Gigabit LAN Port
+ 2x DVB-S2x FBC Tuner
+ Fast processor with 2GB DDR4 RAM
+ 4GB eMMC Flash

[speed]

Look for a GigaBlue UHD UE 4K

+ internal HDD 2,5"
+ Gigabit LAN Port
+ 2x DVB-S2x FBC Tuner
+ Fast processor with 2GB DDR4 RAM
+ 4GB eMMC Flash

this one support 4K in H.264 ?

 

i see its double price of sf8008 so whats better 2gb ram fbc tuner anything else?

Edited by speed, 25 December 2021 - 04:18.