Chorus mmds advice and help needed please

Hi All,

I have 2 questions if anyone could please answer them for me.

1. Im getting chorus digital mmds(aerial on roof) installed at the weekend and I want to know what is the best box to get so as I can avail of all the channels.

2. My parents have chorus basic installed via cable, but signal ultimately comes from a central mmds receiver in town, what would be the best box for them to get to receive the channels?

Thanks in advance for replies...

 

Starview,eurovox and the likes will not work on mmds (cho*us)
Maybe a dreambox might but im not sure !
U need to find a box with a dvb-t tuner.

 

Thanks for reply MAINAMN, could anyone please tell me what exact box would work for me? I dont want to buy the wrong one and am completely new to this. thanks again...

 

As far as I know there are no boxes at present that work on Ch**** MMDS, i.e., Dreambox, Dbox2, Eurovox or Starview.

There is a new Starview box that is in development that has been specifically designed for Ch**** MMDS signals, but it has not been released yet.

 

Every box with dvb-t tuner is working.
Dream 500-t, dream 600 with dvb-t tuner, dream 7025 with dvb-t tuner.
The tuner at dream 600 and dream 7025 is pluggable.
For technical oriented blokes a usb dvb-t stick for the pc could be a alternative one.

 

Mgb17 does that mean a Dream 500-t will work on mmds chO*us ?

 

Sure, chorus mmds is using dvb-t and dream 500-t is a dvb-t box.
Precondition is a working mmds aerial or a working connection to a central chorus mmds mast.

 

cheers for the info.

 

Sorry Mgb the confusion lies in the fact that I was talking about DVB-C type boxes, should have added that DVB-T type tuners are compatible.

I am not going to ask any queries relating to usb sticks, BDA drivers and progdvb as I think this has been answered before and all the info is already here.

 

Thanks for all the info everyone, im going to go search ebay now for one of the the following:

Dream 500-t, dream 600 with dvb-t tuner, dream 7025 with dvb-t tuner.

Out of these 3 that work with chorus mmds, which one is the best box? Thanks again for all the help...

Oh, p.s. where is best play to buy these boxes? ebay?

 

From what i gather. The dreambox 600t will work for you. I have just ordered one for myself

 

check out www.dreamboxmagic.co.uk good prices

 

Hi tw0nk, glic83 and everyone else.

Just wondering how ye got on with the dreambox for ch0ru$ mmds. What model did you end up getting? I'm planning on getting one, but want to make sure it works.

Did anyone try setting it up using an analogue antenna? I would prefer not to upgrade to a digital antenna if possible.

 

There is a new box coming out end of month called TheBox-T just for the irish market i have the url if you want pm me

 

If the DreamBox 500T and 600T allow you to watch all the channels available on Ch0rus MMDS, why are people waiting for the release of "TheBox-T"?

Does "TheBox-T" offer better performance or something? I cannot find any specs or manual which decribe the capabilities of "TheBox-T".

 

No mate,
Its just that you wont get a genuine 500T now only clones unless your very lucky and the 600T costs about 300 euro,
Where as the Box-T will be less than 200 euro.

 

Thanks wiz569,

But I have heard that the release of the "TheBox-T" keeps getting put back. We could be waiting for some time!!!

Also, if the "TheBox-T" is yet to be released, how does anyone know if it will unscramble ch0rus and/or ntl MMDS? Does it run the same images/keys as the DreamBox. (I'm a newbie, please excuse the novice Qs). Thanks

 

dont forget that there is talks of nagra 2 coming online shortly and who would be doing the images for this box?

 

Believe me someone will

 

the beauty bout the dreambox is it auto updates so there is rarely a problem,if the firmware for this boxis like the starview and the box people will be waiting for the fix