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peejayw

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#318523 26-Jan-2025 09:18
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I have a working caravan setup that receives Freeview just fine, but the receiver is an unknown brand and I suspect pretty old, the software looks pretty clunky.
As well as watching Freeview I would also like to be able to watch my own media files stored on a usb drive. My existing one cant do that.

 

Any suggestions on a good but cheap box that would suit? I dont need recording abilities, just playback.





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  #3335934 26-Jan-2025 13:53
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The TV screen itself doesn't have any USB ports that support playing media from a USB stick?




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  #3335935 26-Jan-2025 13:55
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No, it's just a dumb tv.





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  #3335938 26-Jan-2025 14:21
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Your best place to look would be aliexpress as there are a tonne of dvb-s boxes on there. The local ones will be either those marked up considerably by importers, or else ones that are "freeview approved" and therefore gimped for features like 30s skip and other things that they dont think their customers would appreciate having the users able to do.





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  #3335966 26-Jan-2025 16:55
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I use a DishTV A2 in my caravan. It has a HD in it for recording from Freeview which I find useful. It runs GoogleTV so apps like Kodi should work for media playback. (I use Plex, but the media isn't local)

 

 


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  #3336141 27-Jan-2025 08:56
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Thanks, I will look at all those suggestions.





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