£12 "Majority" Freeview box and recorder!

[SexyGreyFox]

Valid point. Probably good enough for caravans n shiz

and here's me being a Mr Hypocrite.
I have a VU+ Solo2 over the other side of the room that I use with a motorised dish (well used to) and to get a picture from that to my TV where I sit I have a very long SCART that goes under the floorboards

 

[Meddling-Monk]

I had a gold plated one in the old days - I think it was the equivalent to a Gucci belt today. Daft as it seems I wish leads today were Scart size - I struggled like hell the other day fitting a Spdif lead in my TV.

Spdif is (in theory) very easy to fit in and all, but that was assuming you had easy access and there was a universal "up" orientation where you can align the lead connection in yourself. Since there isn't (and everyone just popped it wherever and in any orientation that fit their build best), I sympathise with you. Nearly broke a few of mine a few times trying to get them plugged in and there was no room to see if I was getting the right orientation or at the right angle of entry.

 

[andy_mk3]

If anybody wants a SCART lead I've still got about 15 in my numerous man drawers.

I kept one nice one as a 'just in case', it was a braided one with gold plated terminals etc Not used one in many many years now though!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I just laughed out loud

 

[paradigm]

@adam cool dude - would you please do a review when it comes? Or anyone in this thread who has purchased one please? I would like reviews/videos and photos where possible.

If it’s good I’ll buy one.

I’ve ordered one to go with an old pre-smart Samsung 40” 1080p TV. The built-in DVB tuner on the TV is trash, picks up about 10 channels on a good day, but the TV itself is fine for the conservatory, plus the TV has ethernet which I use for DLNA streaming. I’ll put up my thoughts tomorrow when it arrives.

 

[Scam]

I get SkyQ with all channels and everything for free via work, I'm gonna pass

 

[Monkeynut]

I still don't understand why standard Freeview runs alongside Freeview HD. Close it down and tell everyone to get the £12 box. Would save millions in broadcasting costs.

 

[adam cool dude]

It has Ethernet why not use that?

Because I would have to use a massive long ethernet cable!

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Because I would have to use a massive long ethernet cable!

You trying to tell me you haven't ran any ethernet cable in your house? Disappointed.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

You trying to tell me you haven't ran any ethernet cable in your house? Disappointed.

My band rehearse on a platform called Jamulus and the lead guitarist uses the WiFi of his Mum's house next door.
For Jamulus he needs ethernet so he recently bought a 150 foot cable for when we rehearse

 

[helpimcrap]

Wish I had seen this before agreeing a sky renewal for 18 months. ‍

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Wish I had seen this before agreeing a sky renewal for 18 months. ‍

This isn't a dodgy box to get Sky Channels, only Freeview.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

This isn't a dodgy box to get Sky Channels, only Freeview.

There is but it’s illegal.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

There is but it’s illegal.

We all know about dodgy IPTV services but helpimcrap suggesting that he needn't have renewed a SKY contract for this particular box.

 

[adam cool dude]

Got this through yesterday and was a lot smaller than I was expecting. Works perfectly fine and the picture on the old telly is a lot better than before as it upscales SD channels. Tuner is a lot better as before used to be really sketchy with signal on some channels whereas now is fine. It does have a Youtube App but looks pretty basic.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Got this through yesterday and was a lot smaller than I was expecting. Works perfectly fine and the picture on the old telly is a lot better than before as it upscales SD channels. Tuner is a lot better as before used to be really sketchy with signal on some channels whereas now is fine. It does have a Youtube App but looks pretty basic.

Out of 10 rating?

 

[adam cool dude]

Out of 10 rating?

For the price of a couple of big Mac meals I can't really grumble. Only negative is its only app is YouTube. Would have been nice to get Netflix or Prime as well

 

[Deleted member 77746]

For the price of a couple of big Mac meals I can't really grumble. Only negative is its only app is YouTube. Would have been nice to get Netflix or Prime as well

Alright, cheers defo sounds like a caravan box for TVs with no internal TV tuner.

 

[paradigm]

Alright, cheers defo sounds like a caravan box for TVs with no internal TV tuner.

This is my take on it as well. The menu/interface is reminiscent of first gen freeview boxes from the early 2000s, but it's not slow to use and the image quality is fine.

Still not tried recording on it yet.

I'd also like to try and work out what OS it actually is, as @adam cool dude said, the lack of anything other than a Youtube app is annoying (catchup services would have been useful, like iPlayer).

 

[Deleted member 77746]

This is my take on it as well. The menu/interface is reminiscent of first gen freeview boxes from the early 2000s, but it's not slow to use and the image quality is fine.

Still not tried recording on it yet.

I'd also like to try and work out what OS it actually is, as @adam cool dude said, the lack of anything other than a Youtube app is annoying (catchup services would have been useful, like iPlayer).

Brilliant thanks for the update! I’ll give it a miss for this very reason regardless of been cheap. I suspect it might get better as time goes on, so they really need to sell 10 to get £100 abouts so to pay devs they going to have to sell a lot.