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Manufacturers
First of all, you must be acquainted with the manufacturers that made the old Sky Digiboxes. Below are manufacturers that have produced Digiboxes for Sky back then.
Pace Micro Technology
Amstrad
Grundig
Panasonic Corporation
Thomson
Sony
Advantages & Disadvantages
Now that you are acquainted with manufacturers that have made Digiboxes back then, we will go into detail on the pros and cons on each of them.
Pace
PROS
Fast
Reliable
Best boxes out there
CONS
PSU issues in early boxes
Amstrad
PROS
None
CONS
Earlier TP3 boxes may get stuck in standby
Loud
PSUs aren't good
Below average speed
Grundig
PROS
None
CONS
Very slow
Weak tuners
Bad PSU
Panasonic
PROS
Very fast (for it's age)
Strong tuners
CONS
A potental PSU issue
Reports of boxes being stuck in standby
Thomson
PROS
None
CONS
Slow EPG
Bad PSU
I can go on...
Sony
PROS
None
CONS
None
Recommended Models
Digibox
For a standard Digibox, we personally recommend,
the Pace DS445NB. If you can find it, however, we recommend the
Pace 1000 'Minibox'. They only need a 12v DC power input and nothing can go wrong with them. You can even power them with a strong-enough USB-DC power bank
Sky+
For a Sky+ box, we recommend the
Pace 3100 as they are very versatile and can be JTAGged to modify and flash custom firmware versions (don't try this if you are not experienced in soldering, you'll damage and/or kill the box and its motherboard)
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