Gigablue Quad

[squig007]

i see from the pics that the remote control is identical to the tm twin remote !

 

[Sicilian]

i see from the pics that the remote control is identical to the tm twin remote !

Look closely, similar, but NOT identical

 

[tickett]

I too ordered the day I got the e-mail from the sponsor. I will be sure to share my experience. I currently use a couple of Clarke Tech ET9000 with the latest OpenVIX image.

 

[Larry-G]

i see from the pics that the remote control is identical to the tm twin remote !

From my understanding very few STB manufacturers also produce their own remotes, it is common practice to give such contracts to external OEM manufacturers which is why they look so similar.

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[OldSkulRide]

I am looking forward to get info from vix guys! Box seems interesting but i am afraid that they will have to make new revision of their board (same as with vuduo).

 

[rossi2000]

why is that?

 

[Sicilian]

but i am afraid that they will have to make new revision of their board (same as with vuduo).

Not sure where that has come from, spoken to the dev's, no such thing is planned.

 

[Rob van der Does]

And also not sure where the DUO-revision comes from; apart from adding the RTC to the frontpanel (3 years ago) no real H/W revisions have been carried out (the minor updates in r/v number you can see are from replacing parts that were no longer available).

 

[OldSkulRide]

Yep, i switched frontpanel with motherboard Thanks for clearing this out. I was among first buyers of DUO and now i am without RTC. Nothing spectacular but it is missing

 

[bobby1]

Do anyone know which company makes it for Gigablue?

 

[Sicilian]

Do anyone know which company makes it for Gigablue?

Gigablue is the brand, I doubt very much they will disclose where they manufacture, why do you ask?

 

[bobby1]

Gigablue is the brand, I doubt very much they will disclose where they manufacture, why do you ask?

Read some specultation it was from the same manufacture that makes the VU+.

Should the color LCD do red colors? Picons with red is shown as blue. And yellow also seems blueish.

 

[bobby1]

Read some specultation it was from the same manufacture that makes the VU+.

Should the color LCD do red colors? Picons with red is shown as blue. And yellow also seems blueish.

Tried a different image that fixed the color issue.

 

[bokkie]

So how is the Gigablue Quad so far? Worth the money or should I wait for the Duo2?

 

[bobby1]

Still early days to conclude anything. But I would advise waiting for some driver updates unless you absolute need it right now. There is much yet to be fixed in my opinion.

The very positive is the speed. It is ultra fast navigating the menus and fast zapping. Definitely the fastest E2 I have ever tried.
PIP works with fine with FTA HD channels.

The negative:
Main issue for me is Image quality. Think it is a issue in the drivers that I hope they will fix soon. It is unnatural sharp but adjusting sharpness does not help then it becomes very fuzzy.
No recording of encrypted channels on 2 different transponders. The same for PIP only one can be decrypted. Again driver issue that should be fixed soon.
Common Interface decoding also does not seem to work yet only Softcam.
Recording from deep standby mode does not seem to work yet.
No HbbTV/Gigabit Network support yet as claimed in the item description on various shops.

 

[Alec]

I read this on Amazon de
Habe den Quad getestet. Auch im Vergleich zu meinem CT ET 9000 der mit derselben Software arbeitet
tested the Quad against CT ET 9000 with the same Image
Positiv : Advantage

Schnelle Bootzeit ca 45 Sek.,schnelles zappen, schönes Display. Möglichkeit bis zu 4 Tuner zu verwenden.
Quick boot about 45secs, nice display, possibility to use 4 tuners
Intere und externe Festplatten laufen einwandfrei. Internal and external Hard drive work faultlessly

Tuner haben starken Empfang, gutes Signal, auf Astra wurden über 1600 Sender gefunden.
Shows a strong signal on Astra, over 1600 programmes found
Die Box bleib obwohl sie ohne Lüfter ist kühl. Even without a fan the box runs cool.

Jetzt das leider Negative: disadvanges

Bildqualität bei SD ist schlecht, verpixelt und Senderlogos zittern und wabern. picture quality on SD, bad pixel, icons not steady

Auch bei HD Sendern wird eingeblendete Schrift und Logos undeutlich dargestellt. On HD front and logos faded

Das ist bei meinem ET9000 wesentlich besser. It is much better on the ET9000

Timer werden aus dem Deepstandby nicht gemacht.HDMI CEC Steuerung geht nichtŽ.
Timer on deepstandby did not work

Man kann nicht einen verschlüsselten Sender aufnehmen und einen anderen sehen, es kommt dann kein Bild.
you can't record an encrypted programme and watch another encrypted programme, there is no picture

Falls diese Punkte per Firmwareupdate gelöst werden, ist der Receiver top. If the update software fixes these problems, the box will be tops

Aber so nicht, meiner ging zurück. If not, mine will be going back

 

[Rob van der Does]

No HbbTV/Gigabit Network support yet as claimed in the item description on various shops.

According to Broadcom the chipset has only MII ethernet embedded, so that's 10/100Mbit/s, see

http://www.broadcom.com/products/Satellite/Satellite-Set-Top-Box-Solutions/BCM7356

On the manufacturer's website however Gb-lan is (still) announced, see

http://gigablue.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=37&lang=en

And VU+ uses the same chipset in the Solo2 and has correctly announced it as 10/100Mbit/s-LAN.

 

[rossi2000]

Hmm what to do now with the pre-order.
Do gigablue not test there shit before releasing?? Those issues shud of been picked up way back in dev testing.......

 

[Larry-G]

To be fair to GB they have been very reliable with the previous 3 models and have very regular driver / bootloader support releases.

 

[75mak]

Hopefully duo2 won't have these issues when it released. I do think most of the issues can be sorted when drivers are released for this chipset.

Only gigabit LAN seems like false advertising, or will it change with new drivers?