kiddac
Newbie
First post, so a quick hello all, great community and advice on here.
I am about to setup my first dish and box, I have spent a fair while on this site over the last few days reading up on everything so I am pretty clear on what I need to do and the process of setting everything up. It doesn't seem that complicated as I am a computer geek, so fingers crossed.
A few quick questions that I couldn't seem to find the answers.
I have removed some questions that have been answered as I asked a lot - the answers are still there though for others
Box questions
2) I have got about £100 budget for a box. I will probably be buying from W-O-S rather than fleebay or slow boat. I don't need a HDD or twin tuner yet, so it seems to be a toss up between VU+Zero and the TM-Nano SE. The seem pretty evenly matched so peoples opinions would be good.
3) Do particular firmware/images work better on different boxes, there seems to be a bit of a pc/mac debate about which people prefer. I think I will just go for Openvix for now as there seems to be more guides for that, but there seems lots of fans of blackhole.
5) How good are the PICON sets. I am a graphic designer, so should I just download one, or should I create my own perfect graphic one.
Gifts (if I am not allowed to ask this just delete this bit).
10) If I buy a 24 hour test line, is this active from the moment I receive it, or the moment I install.
Thanks for any help.
And before I start can people PM rough price approximations they are paying, so I know what to roughly expect in the next couple of weeks when I finally get round to completing my setup. Cheers
I am about to setup my first dish and box, I have spent a fair while on this site over the last few days reading up on everything so I am pretty clear on what I need to do and the process of setting everything up. It doesn't seem that complicated as I am a computer geek, so fingers crossed.
A few quick questions that I couldn't seem to find the answers.
I have removed some questions that have been answered as I asked a lot - the answers are still there though for others
Box questions
2) I have got about £100 budget for a box. I will probably be buying from W-O-S rather than fleebay or slow boat. I don't need a HDD or twin tuner yet, so it seems to be a toss up between VU+Zero and the TM-Nano SE. The seem pretty evenly matched so peoples opinions would be good.
3) Do particular firmware/images work better on different boxes, there seems to be a bit of a pc/mac debate about which people prefer. I think I will just go for Openvix for now as there seems to be more guides for that, but there seems lots of fans of blackhole.
5) How good are the PICON sets. I am a graphic designer, so should I just download one, or should I create my own perfect graphic one.
Gifts (if I am not allowed to ask this just delete this bit).
10) If I buy a 24 hour test line, is this active from the moment I receive it, or the moment I install.
Thanks for any help.
And before I start can people PM rough price approximations they are paying, so I know what to roughly expect in the next couple of weeks when I finally get round to completing my setup. Cheers
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