I was actually hoping to get some worthwhile info as to what the problems may be before spending money on one. I have an X2 Premium Mini that is a good little unit with two exceptions; first the clock is worthless (but I don't record off it so it's a moot point) and two, in a piggyback setup it doesn't allow correctly setting the C-band and Ku band LO seperately so it's being used as a C-band only receiver right now. On the other hand it locks transponders that others don't. So if the LO settings issue were corrected I would buy one to try out but if not then there's no point. This is why details are important, what might lead you or someone else to call a unit trash might be something another user could care less about. For instance, you might trash a unit because you can't get IPTV to work while another user isn't the least bit interested if IPTV works because they don't use it. This is just one example but points up, I think, why details are valuable and important.