rhubarbe said:
I have read the manual for the 400S and it looks a great box. But from the point of view of being easy for my wife to learn how to use, do you think that the TF5000PVR might be a better choice?
I had the TF5000PVR Masterpiece and i absolutely hated it
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You can't add channels or edit cannels with the remote, all is done thru some proggy Topfield got, it's a real mess to be honest.
Ok, nice design and high quality, but the Relook got the same quality and nice design.
Topfield is easy to use when you are just zapping channels, not much too hazzle about, it's a boring receiver.
Performance is good, the tuner is sensitive but not as good as the Relook, Relook is VERY good.
I hated the remote to the Topfield, looks nice but dumb placement of the buttons, they dont place the number buttons as everyone else like 1, 2, 3, 4 and then next row 5, 6, 7, 8
They do instead 1, 2, 3 and then 4 ,5 ,6
Really stupid.
Also its way overpriced, i would instead look at Arion AF-9300PVR, its same but better and much cheaper, about 320 euro from Germany.
Relook 400s is a Linux receiver so people who buys them knows what they want, freedom to make their own things in it, there is no limit.
Yes of course there are more software for Dreambox, its been out for many years, Relook is pretty new on the market and have released very much software in short time and the community grows fast because many are fed up with the low quality of Dreamboxes and their weak tuner.
I don't think i will buy another receiver until Relook releases a DVB-S2 model.