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#128777 23-Aug-2013 06:47

Folks... Are you a skilled Freeview satellite user and pretty good with Android? Something is cooking here. Something cool and you can be involved.

I'm looking for someone who can configure their satellite receivers and is comfortable around Andoird.

Post a reply with something interesting about your setup or your experience. Who knows what can happen next?

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#883131 23-Aug-2013 06:55

Satellite as in Freeview and Sky delivered via satellite?

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#883132 23-Aug-2013 06:56

Good question - Freeview. Edited the post.

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#883136 23-Aug-2013 07:18

90cm dish, DiSEqC rotor. Two non Freeview set-top units hiding in a box somewhere. Hasn't been used since we got the TiVo boxes though.

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#883139 23-Aug-2013 07:31

Linux box running Myth TV on one dish, and a freeview box on another dish. Multiple Android devices running custom ROMs, including one running Cheapcast and acting as a Chromecast (badly).

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#883149 23-Aug-2013 08:16

Mmm android on a raspi as a DVB-S receiver with media centre functions? Sounds fun!

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#883165 23-Aug-2013 08:42

VuDuo = brilliant Sat receiver, and there's already a free Android app that allows you to remote control it.

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#883172 23-Aug-2013 09:00

MythTV with DVB-T and DVB-S cards

couple of standard sat boxes for playing with

Range of android devices - tablet / phones

raspi running OpenElec

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#892313 9-Sep-2013 19:08

Here's n4's DTVS Smart1 Satellite Receiver review.

I will be soon posting a competition - we have two of these to giveaway :)

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#892373 9-Sep-2013 21:23

This looks seriously interesting. What has piqued my curiosity isn't the android apps, it's the fact that this is the first satellite recorder that I am aware of with a DLNA server to share recorded material across a home network. I have a network in place, but only a satellite connection to one room. Given the pricing, acquiring one of these and networking it has just gone on the possible Christmas project list.

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#894959 12-Sep-2013 21:28

Looks very nice ;)

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