Technomate TM-TWIN 4K

TM-TWIN 4K Twin Tuner 4K UHD Satellite Receiver, another similar and competitive alternative to the Octagon 4008. Currently about $235 plus shipping from U.K. Although there's no mention of 16 or 32 apsk or blindscan. Current images available are Openvix and OpenATV.

Fully MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, H.264 & H.265/HEVC Compliant
2x HD Twin Satellite (DVB-S2) Tuners (also available: S2 + Twin C or T2 Lite options)
1.7GHz Dual-Core ARM Broadcom BCM 7252S CPU
12K DMIPS
4GB Nand Flash, 2GB DDR4 RAM
Linux Open Embedded
Output Resolution: 4K2K UHD 2160p HDR, Full HD 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 576p, 576i & True 3D
1x Smart Card Reader
1x Common Interface (CI)
HDMI 2.0
Hardware Transcoder
Picture-In-Picture (2 HD PIP)
Dolby Digital Plus compliant via optical S/PDIF output
Internal 2.5” Hard Disk Drive Support (SATA 3)
2x USB 3.0 Ports
Gigabit Ethernet Port
Universal remote
Record up to 7 channels at the same time (on two different transponders)
Temperature & Speed Controlled Fan
Unlimited Channel Memory
Super sensitive tuner for very weak signals and weak transponders
Less than 1 second channel change
DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3 (USALS) compatible
Extended EPG and programme reservation on EPG
Support for multiple audio language broadcasts
Supports PAL/NTSC systems
Parental Control
SCPC & MCPC receivable from C/Ku band satellites LNBs supported: Universal, Single, Single S & C band wideband LNBs
4:3 & 16:9 screen formats
Timer & multi-event timer functions
Automatic FEC and PID detection and manual entry of PID values
Real time clock
Teletext & Subtitle support by OSD and VBI
LNB short circuit protection onboard
1W Standby power consumption option

No Blindscan. Do not know if this feature will be added or not.

Once Technomate releases a new receiver it's very rare for them to add any additional features later on. Almost all upgrade files for TM receivers are via phantompatch files. If and when TM address a blind scan feature it will most likely be with the release of a new stb.

Going to ask a question here that I'm sure you guys can answer. Why would a receiver such as the Technomate not have blindscan built in at that price when the el cheapo Chinese boxes all have blindscan? Is it cost or that they just don't think it's worthwhile.

Probably the major market for fta right now is Europe. They can get channels on the fta receiver like we do here on Dish Network or Direct TV. We would not need blndscan either if we could get the channels from Dish or Direct TV using fta receivers. Europe also has a VAT tax which helps pay for free channels on the satellites. These free channels are advertised and well known. So the bottom line is: The average fta user in Europe does not really need blindscan.

For those DXers that want blindscan, TM has non-linux receivers for that task. For more media related, and other capabilities, TM came out with their linux version.

Hmmm, funny how Europe has what they call a VAT (Value Added Tax) and here, in Canada, we have what started out as GST (Goods and Services Tax) which has morphed into the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) and no one that I know has ever been able to explain where all that money goes. The Europeans have used the same type of tax to make television available to everyone and we use it to fund??? Oh yeah, we give it to the CBC to create the worst televsion programming on the planet. Oh well.