Guide me / upgrade

Upgraded my tv to a nice spangly UHD and looking to pair it with a 4k sat box to replace my ageing Humax Foxsat HDR which has a measly hard drive and with the image blown up to 55 inches is starting to look quite shabby.

There are two LNB wires coming from the wall plate, I suspect the previous occupant had SKY , they just connect straight into the back of the Humax and I had to do nothing more than scan for freesat channels and it has been that way for probably 6 years now.

My budget tops out at probably £200.

I'd ideally like to just swap out the Humax for the chosen new device with little or no other changes.

i'd like uhd/4k

I do not have an external aerial so terrestrial broadcast support is not required.

I typically time-shift all but live sporting events so storage on-board or to external devices / net shares and the like would be useful.

Good community support for images is also desirable.

from my cursory research it seems that the Mutant HD51 4K UHD ticks all the boxes

are there others that I should consider?

am I missing any obvious contenders ?

regards and thanks for your time.

MDD

thanks for the tip , just read your review of the zgemma, lots of useful info in there,

the images you posted with it show only one lnb input , it that right ?

ah ! missed that. i'll check the h7s too then. thanks

Thanks for the alternatives world-of-satellite.co.uk :thumbup:

I had thought this would be straightforward, more options , more choice :D

Lemme see if I have this right then, my current setup with two connectors from the wall to the Humax gives me two channels to watch/record at the same time.

FBC tuners give eight per connector but require a compatible LNB ? (i'm not good with ladders, you should see my upstairs windows ,filthy, the prospect of switching LNB makes me light headed)

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I have now read the excellent info by abu baniaz over at W-O-S forum regarding FBC.

My thoughts are that while it would be nice to have I don't think it is something I need at the moment.

I have one TV and I barely have enough time to watch what I record as it is , most shows that interest me are repeated many times and are generally on the +1 channels afterwards, the Humax HDR Freesat does as much as I need for watching / recording except for the limited capacity and low image quality.

given that I could just swap out the Humax for a Mut@nt HD51 at a lower price point than the alternatives I think I am headed that way.

Quote from abu baniaz

You can use an FBC tuner with conventional LNBs. The 6 non-physical tuners will operate in loop-through mode.

An FBC module/unit is two physical connections and 6 non-physical ones. Total of eight. If you have Unicable, only one connection on a module needs to have a signal wire attached.

So, the legacy lnb connectors ( there are two connectors), will just plug n play in a FBC tuner on the two suggested alternatives?

this would then give me the option at a later date to upgrade the old sky dish / lnb should my needs change?

the mutant HD51 has modular tuners

DVB-S/S2

DVB-C/T/T2

DVB-S/S2/S2X

but no FBC as far as I can see so wouldn't give me that option in the future

decided , ordered

Thanks to all for their input

mdd