Advice Needed Before Purchasing Equipment - Freesat, Freeview & Plex

[JonMMM]

AFAIK USB tuners dont work on gigablue UE 4K so no terestial tuner

 

[twol]

AFAIK USB tuners dont work on gigablue UE 4K so no terestial tuner

C/T2 tuners not available (they say Impex/GigaBlue) until March 1 2023(I guess China issue) - although one German company still has them on the list to order.

Whats the issue with USB - drivers??

 

[abu baniaz]

Whats the issue with USB - drivers??

Driver change on 20180914. New Broadcom SDK. Maybe E2 needs to be adapted, maybe not.

https://github.com/GigaBlue-STB/meta-gigablue/issues/8
https://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?64135-Gigablue-4K-receivers-and-USB-tuners
https://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?63696-Terrestrial-Tuner-fails-on-startup
https://www.world-of-satellite.com/showthread.php?63321-GB-UE-4K-USB-tuners-not-working

 

[twol]

Just not something I can test. Only Sat around here

 

[JonMMM]

Just something I am getting in the back of my mind - I could be wrong

 

[IrishEric]

Good to know about the GigaBlue DVB-C/T2 tuners not being in stock until March. I might still order the Gigablue UHD UE 4K in the meantime and use the built in DVB-S2X tuners for Freesat, and then order the DVB-C/T2 tuner module when it comes into stock.

Thanks for all the help thus far guys, much appreciated. I have gone ahead and ordered the aerial which I will be mounting high up on the gable wall, and connecting using the second wire of the twin satellite cable (with the other going to the Unicable LNB).

I think I should be pretty much sorted now with the following setup:

• Gigablue UHD UE 4K
• GigaBlue DVB-C/T2 tuner
• Unicable LNB
• 40mm LNB adaptor for Sky dishes
• Aerial Kit for Saorview
• Unicable Splitter (if needed)

It's a bit more expensive than going the Zgemma H7S route with a standard LNB, but I think it should future proof things a little bit more and cause less headaches with running out of tuners etc.

 

[abu baniaz]

The FBC tuners are internally linked. So the splitter is not a requirement.

 

[gllenncross]

Thank you very much for that detailed explanation. That makes a lot more sense to me now! I was wondering how people were managing with a single DVB-T tuner on many of these devices....

 

[cactikid]

Thank you very much for that detailed explanation. That makes a lot more sense to me now! I was wondering how people were managing with a single DVB-T tuner on many of these devices....

What i have done on my Zgemma H7S on a Saorview feed into splitter and one goes to box and other to tv and if box needs to record i can view on tv as we have limited channels in Ireland.

 

[Huevos]

Duo4kse with FBC satellite tuner and twin DVB-T2.