- Twin satellite receiver
- Beautiful, simple design
- Recording (have lying around some hard drives and thus only taken the PVR-ready version and its own built-in)
- Network (RJ45) (and / or Wi-Fi)
- USB ports (eSATA would be great but not a must)
- No CI + or indirect financial support to HD +
Söderle, and? What do you get now? Answer: A wonderful part. Really smart design, a front with large display (configurable) and blue-illuminated sensor keys for rudimentary operation. A slight upward scurrying with your finger activates the respective sensor keys, so you do not even have to leave grease fingerprints. To the right of the display the different insertion possibilities for different decryption systems.
The technique is expressed quite simple, nothing more than a small PC, which is operated with a Linux operating system and can therefore be expanded and further developed by anyone who is familiar with something good. The installed at delivery on the Ultimo operating system, has been sufficient to firstonce to conjure up the first image on the TV after connecting. At this point, anyone who wants to have that little "more" aware "that was not yet everything ?! I think the case can conjure up" ... and in fact, since there are still a lot. You register in the forum (Google for: vuplus support) and read through the various topics ... and directed gradually its receiver according to his ideas a ...
So far so good, now the Ultimo got partly filled with a new image, save as required on the internal hard disk or on a network drive, you can surf with her or watch the previously stored movies from the network. Well anyway, the review should remain clear ... too deep into details, I did not want to digress, because that certainly deters many a buyer when they go in unto detail on the device.
From my side, an absolute buy recommendation with a small but ... but only if you bring a willingness to deal with the device. A price of more than 500 is not exactly a small price to pay if you "just Fersehen" wants. There are certainly more favorable receiver in diverse Amazon offer.
Best regards from Hank :)