figrin_dan
Newbie
Hi,
I hope this is the correct place to post. It's my first time here. Be gentle.
I know a bit about satellite and terrestrial and have always just had terrestrial. Before HD I had a Toppy running Mystuff so I'm ok with a bit of tinkering.
Now, though my signal is not good enough for HD so I'm looking to satellite. I have no dish yet and a single coax going from the roof to my two (don't ask) youview boxes. I'd like to put up a small dish with unicable LNB so I don't have to add any new wires.
I had been waiting for a freesat PVR but I'm not impressed with what has been delivered. I have no interest in subscribing. So I started researching "other" satellite boxes that will replace my youview boxes. Features I'm after are: Decent AV, rewind live tv, twin tuners, remote recording ability, delete unwanted channels, 7 day EPG, wife friendly. I also like the idea of moving recordings onto a server and/or accessing them on firestick or kodi device. I don't need any other IPTV stuff.
Since the weather has taken a dive I've been doing a bit of research and came up with the ZGemma H9 twin. This seems to fulfil my above requirements but I want to check if this is the right direction before going ahead.
I've not heard of this brand. Or any other really so it's a bit of a gamble for me. Are they reliable?
I see that is an Enigma2 box. Is that the type of hardware? What's the alternative?
From what I gather the firmware it runs on is called openATV. Is that correct? Is that the the OS? ie Linux? That's fine by me or is there a better option?
I've seen people talking about running Wooshbuild Infinity on top of that. It looks to me like a GUI for the above with some additional skins. Does that sound right?
I'm also keen on having a support forum (this place looks nicely established) and a lively youtube presence is a plus as I find videos easier to follow than text.
So what do you think of my choice?
What else would you suggest?
Further reading?
Thank you for your time :)
I hope this is the correct place to post. It's my first time here. Be gentle.
I know a bit about satellite and terrestrial and have always just had terrestrial. Before HD I had a Toppy running Mystuff so I'm ok with a bit of tinkering.
Now, though my signal is not good enough for HD so I'm looking to satellite. I have no dish yet and a single coax going from the roof to my two (don't ask) youview boxes. I'd like to put up a small dish with unicable LNB so I don't have to add any new wires.
I had been waiting for a freesat PVR but I'm not impressed with what has been delivered. I have no interest in subscribing. So I started researching "other" satellite boxes that will replace my youview boxes. Features I'm after are: Decent AV, rewind live tv, twin tuners, remote recording ability, delete unwanted channels, 7 day EPG, wife friendly. I also like the idea of moving recordings onto a server and/or accessing them on firestick or kodi device. I don't need any other IPTV stuff.
Since the weather has taken a dive I've been doing a bit of research and came up with the ZGemma H9 twin. This seems to fulfil my above requirements but I want to check if this is the right direction before going ahead.
I've not heard of this brand. Or any other really so it's a bit of a gamble for me. Are they reliable?
I see that is an Enigma2 box. Is that the type of hardware? What's the alternative?
From what I gather the firmware it runs on is called openATV. Is that correct? Is that the the OS? ie Linux? That's fine by me or is there a better option?
I've seen people talking about running Wooshbuild Infinity on top of that. It looks to me like a GUI for the above with some additional skins. Does that sound right?
I'm also keen on having a support forum (this place looks nicely established) and a lively youtube presence is a plus as I find videos easier to follow than text.
So what do you think of my choice?
What else would you suggest?
Further reading?
Thank you for your time :)
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