Admittedly, I was very skeptical about whether such a small receiver, which costs only one-tenth of its predecessor, can occur in the large footsteps of AMC. He can. And how!
At first glance the TechniStar S2 looks rather unimpressive and is indistinguishable from low cost receivers from discounters: Lightweight plastic housing and green digital display (yes, it is green, why Technisat advertises the unit with b / w photos, I also do not understand). For this, he is nice and small and should supposedly be even very low power consumption. The kit includes a HDMI cable. I can only conclude, although the receiver via an HDMI> DVI cable to my TV, but an HDMI cable you can always use.
The device is plug & play and done quickly and with no technical knowledge, only downloading the program guide SFI takes a bit, the unit is already operational. The quality of free to air HD channels is excellent, the switch moves quickly, the operation is intuitive. Solely the remote control has now and then contact problems with me. Toll I think the ISIPRO feature that allows the station list is kept up to date. Does certainly not everyone, but there were times when I've tried every change that announced the Astra newsletter, manually nachzupflegen on my AMC. By contrast ISIPRO is a quantum leap. The channel list can be sorted easily, it can even entire blocks of channels moved, locked or disabled, beyond individual favorite lists are possible. Super, because you realize the experience of Technisat compared to other manufacturers.
Excited right has me TechniFamily: let Comfortable identified for the child daily limits in hours and time frame for Allowed TV - and different for Mon-Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun. A parent account and up to three children accounts are possible via individual PINs can be protected. Besides getting restricted users can not access the system settings and file management. Even pictures can be blocked individually by the parents.
My Sony USB key has been detected immediately and they were right (Time-) Shift shots possible the put through of timestamps can be cut even, but what I have not yet tried.
Most excited I was, whether the works! TechniStar S2 as a streaming client. And what can I say: Right away! All PC's on the network have been recognized without any settings, the Streaming Server. From my Windows Home Server of TechniStar streaming MP3's without hesitation, mpg's and jpg's, access to the other PCs is possible by entering a user name and password.
Conclusion: The TechniStar S2 has complied in every respect my high expectations. Top!
