Very good choice I believe. I did not try SF4008 yet, but it seems a very promising receiver. Any feedback from you would be very appreciated. Not sure about hdd in this specific box, but generally speaking 7200 rpm is always better for video operations. I would choose WD Black. All WD drives are not so warm nor noisy, Black too. Please let us know your opinion about this new receiver. Thanks.
I tried WD blue which I believe is 5400 rpm drive. It was obviously too slow as the box crashed when I recorded a high bitrate HD channel. I think it crashed after 30 minutes. When I recorded UHD it crashed immediately. When changed to WD black, no problem with neither. Conclusion: If you want to record HD / UHD / Satellite feeds box needs 7200 rpm drive or SSD.
On a positive note, box restarted very quickly after the crash. 20 seconds later I had picture without any action from me.
I don't know much about this box, maybe it is German brand. Eventhough I selected English language I see german words in many menues. FEC Autosetting is missing so you have to select something.. which is timeconsuming of course if you want to watch satellite feed and the feed hunter didn't specify which FEC channel used. Blind scan feature is there but missing driver, I hope it comes soon enough. One thing I liked in blind scan setting is I could filter out known nearby satellites. For instance, if you want to scan 10E you might want to filter out 9E channels.
What I like of the box is very good picture quality. Remote control is not good, it makes clicking sound when using it.
Anyway this thread is about which box I should buy, we may need to move to another thread if speaking specifically about Octagon SF4008.
