[madpup]

My Dune Duo arrived today and i thought you might like to know how i got on with it, i spent a lot of time reseaching which media tank/player i wanted as my last player was a pch110a which got used a few times then ended up in the cuboard with the betamax, that was 3 years ago so as you can guess i was not pleased with my choice, by chance i saw a ad for the new pch and thought i might have a look, much better machine, i dug deeper and came to the concluion that the dune was a better choice, having got a blueray player i went with the duo ordered from MY-HTPC (not the cheapest place to buy from but loads of help, so worth the extra imho)while waiting i setup a harddrive with zappit (up to this point in time iv been watching movies on my pc) i found zappit easy to use and i setup all the movies in no time, i did try yadis but did not like it, the duo arrived and i plugged the hdd into it and it worked, every movie was there on the screen and the ones iv tested sofar has played with no jerking i also plugged a usb hdd full of music, it found all them too, although the front end player for the music is rubbish i have heard that zappit is working on one,
its early day with this player but i would recomend it

[graham.myers]

Originally Posted by madpup

i went with the duo ordered from MY-HTPC (not the cheapest place to buy from but loads of help, so worth the extra imho)

I strongly disagree that we are not the cheapest. The Duo is £285 upwards (Advanced MP3 and us @£285 including free delivery). Everybody else is higher (Scan @298.67, KG Global @299).

Those are the only official UK sellers

So I dont see how you can claim that

You did pay by paypal that does include an extra charge due to their stupidly high charges, you could have chosen any other payment method that does not incur a surcharge.

We do strive to be the most helpful though

[mcspongy]

Ummm.... isn't it still cheaper to but the Dune H1 and HE extension?

[graham.myers]

the H1 + he (£258) will give you two hot swap bays but without the display, so yes its cheaper

A D1 + HE (£268) will give you the display and an internal bay plus one hotswap bay

You will also need two power points, and we'd recommend the £10 fastening brackets to hold them together.

The Smart series is designed to be a modular series but there is no reason they cant be purchased together

[mcspongy]

Too many power cables already lol so that's a good enough reason in itself for me, thanks.

[MarkE19]

Plus the Duo gives you a set of 7.1 analogue audio outputs and an eSATA port that you don't get with the Smart range.

And if Dune ever actually release any expansion cards you can plug them into the Duo, but would need another expansion module (and power socket) to use them with the Smart range.

Mark.

[graham.myers]

Expansion cards are still on the horizon

[MarkE19]

Yeh but if you get too close to the horizon you fall off the edge of the world

And that is why Dune are keeping them there - out of everybodies reach

Mark.

[awink1]

Originally Posted by MarkE19

Plus the Duo gives you a set of 7.1 analogue audio outputs and an eSATA port that you don't get with the Smart range.

The Smart range players do have eSATA ports btw

[graham.myers]

Sooo want to say something..... Mmmm... Tv201.....

[MadScientist]

Originally Posted by MarkE19

Plus the Duo gives you a set of 7.1 analogue audio outputs and an eSATA port that you don't get with the Smart range.


Mark.

Actually, it's the other way around. Surprisingly, the Duo doesn't have an eSATA port

[Mr Eric]

the eSATA port on Smart is only for the Smart extension (HE/BE). I don't think you can connect anything else to it...

[graham.myers]

Originally Posted by Mr Eric

the eSATA port on Smart is only for the Smart extension (HE/BE). I don't think you can connect anything else to it...

Not true. It can be used for any eSATA device. I have just double checked with a D1 and an external eSATA HDD and it worked fine.

[Mr Eric]

another day with something new learned