Giveaway: DTVS Smart1 Satellite Receiver

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#129531 18-Sep-2013 19:40

We have just published the DTVS Smart1 Satellite Receiver review and have another TWO of these devices to giveaway.

It's simple to enter: tell us what satellite receiver the DTVS Smart1 will be replacing and why. Tell us what excites you about this device. And earn TWO entries to the draw if you post a picture of your current setup*.

Notes: The DTVS Smart1 Satellite Receiver requires a satellite dish. Two winners will be seletec. The prize consists of one DTVS Smart1 Satellite Receiver for each winner (satellite dish not included). Only users registered before this thread started are eligible to win. Previously banned users are not eligible to win. Competition closes Wednesday 2nd October and winners announced shortly after. Only one reply per user, multiple replies will not be considered. This is not a discussion thread, use it only to enter the competition.

* Please resize pictures to 560 pixels wide, save as JPG and providing it's under 200Kbytes upload to Geekzone. Copy the bbcode to your entry and you are set!

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#897957 18-Sep-2013 19:48

awesome give away!

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#898006 18-Sep-2013 20:50

This would sooo replace my parents old coship satellite receiver and finally give them a way to view video files I have for them on USB rather than having to burn to blank DVDs all the time!

Awesome giveaway and thanks for the review too.

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#898035 18-Sep-2013 21:27

I would use this to replace our DVB-T freeview as it just goes directly into the TV.
It would replace my WDTV as well!

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#898099 18-Sep-2013 22:59

This will be replacing my parents Dish TV satellite receiver which is very unstable, crashes all the time and they've told me it's corrupted itself a few times deleting recordings in the process. I think an Android based set top box would be awesome since I can get it to boot into XBMC to stream content from their laptop and other devices over the network as well as stream Freeview over the network to devices.

In other words, I'm hoping to find a solution that can record and play back media / recordings as well as actually not crash all the time.

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#898100 18-Sep-2013 23:03

This would be replacing a very cheap DVB-T box from The Warehouse and would supplement the MySky HDi in the main room (I already have a satellite connection to use). I was thinking of buying another Raspberry Pi for the family room but this would provide all the things I need, Decoder, PVR and Media Player - what a great piece of kit this is.

Better than my current setup!!

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#898105 18-Sep-2013 23:20

Well the review makes these sound pretty impressive and would certainly help replace that I accidently stuffed the aeriel plug into my tv so I can't use he built in Freeview anymore so I need something to help actually get my 50" plasma back to being something more than a glorified Xbox or PC monitor.

Good luck to all who enter.

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#898164 19-Sep-2013 07:11

Help me ditch mysky!

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#898462 19-Sep-2013 13:50

After recently ditching mySKY and reverting to Freeview i'm finding my poor reception to cause a multitude of artifacts during any broadcast during any weather other than perfect.

As such, it won't be replacing anything, but bringing me back to satisfying home life.

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#898514 19-Sep-2013 14:50

Hi. This would replace mysky as I am sick to death of paying to record mainly free to air programs.

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#898552 19-Sep-2013 15:34

I'm gonna be in to win!

It wouldn't 'replace' anything,m but as we are going digital in December, my bedroom TV will need a digital STB, and as we already have the dish (for Sky in the lounge), it will save me hanging an aerial up.

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#898786 19-Sep-2013 23:24

I am very interested to replace my current receiver above with this DTVS! I gave up my Sky TV subscription 2 months ago and very happy with freeview. This DTVS will be an awesome replacement for my current receiver and my laptop! I used my laptop to play YouTube videos and this DTVS will allow me to do everything from ONE box. This also means less cable around the TV. I have already recommend to few of my mates who are looking to ditch SKY TV for freeview. The price you pay for this device alone is worth it!

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#901543 23-Sep-2013 22:25

Ahh nice!

A single device that can replace my current XBMC machine and Vu+ Duo STB ... and being Android I could probably play Angry Birds on it!!
Looks like it is easy to use, which means it would gain a very high WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) very important for a device to last longer than 1 night in the living room , failed devices end up in the man cave ;)

This is what I'd want to swap out :

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#901575 23-Sep-2013 23:23

This is the remote for my satellite receiver. The remote quit working a while ago, so although I can still change the channel on the box, I can't rescan without the remote, so I'm slowly losing channels as they switch frequencies...

Something with a working remote would be great. Not to mention all the other features...