Mutant HD51 4K UHD H.265 STB

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Mutant HD51 4K UHD H.265 HEVC DVB Twin Tuner

Anybody tried one of these?

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

• CPU: BCM 7251S ARM
• DMIPS CPU 12000
• SoC: 28nm
• Clocking in Mhz: 1700
• Cores: 2
• Max Video Resolution: 2160p (4K/UHD)
• H.265: Yes
• VP9 4K Youtube: Yes *
• VP8 - Youtube: Yes
• OpenGL ES 2.0
• Smart Card Reader: 1
• Common Interface: 1
• Tuner changeable: Yes, 2 x Plug & Play tuner
• Tuners: 1x satellite (DVB-S2)
• Bootloader SPI Flash: 8MB
• Nand Flash: 4096MB (4GB)
• DDR Memory: 1 GB
• Hard Drive: 1 x SATA interface for internal 2.5 "HDD or external (optional)
• USB 2.0 Front: 1x
• USB 2.0 Rear: 1x
• USB 3.0 Rear: 1x
• RJ-45 1000 MBPS (Gigabit) LAN port
• HDMI Version: 2.0
• RCA: Yes
• S / PDIF (optical): Yes
• Dimensions (WHD): 30 x 22 x 5
• Display: VFD dot-matrix display
• Supply: External 12V
• Consumption (FSD): 13,1W | 7,1W | 0.5W

 

[Titanium]

Haven't tested the Mutant brand, but have had a sample STB with the BCM7251 chipset and single tuner (plug-in).

Unit has an intuitive GUI, fast navigation, good picture quality on SD/HD and down converted UHD (my 4K died and waiting to replace), fast and accurate blind scan.

I got a sample as the sales rep indicated it would do 4:2:2.... NOT!


Engineer is working on a firmware update to address some quirks like NBC stutter, AV sync and timer errors.

If the Mutant has refined their version, it should be a nice unit!

 

[KE4EST]

For that price, they should at least have a RF remote.

 

[Hockeynut]

What is the tuner?..16 APSK?

 

[Chewie]

I ask if this receiver does blind scan and they claim it does not.
Tunder

 

[Jim S.]

And the parade of receivers that sound great til you look at the details continues...

 

[Hockeynut]

I ask if this receiver does blind scan and they claim it does not.
Tunder

Enigma 2 can be added to blindscan...Deal breaker for me is if it can or can not do 16APSK...Many 4k feeds are 16APSK.

 

[mr3p]

Here is Mutant HD51 review

 

[Titanium]

Open ATV is a great OS once you get the hang of using it. There are some odd things that feel like work-arounds in the satellite GUI. As an advanced user, even I have found myself stumped and stumbling around in the menus, especially when setting up the LNBs and DiSEqC 1.2. Probably not the best OS for a newbie, but very versatile for a hobbyist once you spend a few hours navigating and programming.

 

[Chewie]

I was informed at OpenATV forum that the Tuner AVL6211 is blindscan ready. For now this function is not implemented, I wonder if it supports external tuner, some of these images support external tuner like TBS5925, I hope it does, I been looking at this receiver for a while, I purchased a K1 4K receiver and it looks good on my 4K TV i can see the channels on UHD 101 and 103.
Regards.
Tunder

 

[mr3p]

If it supports external tuner does that mean it should allow for viewing of mpeg4 4:2:2? Who wants to be the guinea pig?

 

[Lehman bud farm]

Who wants to be the guinea pig?

I'll pass on this one.
I expect to get the 4k receiver coming out in late January from Manhattan that holds a lot of promise from what I have been told already by one early user.

 

[mr3p]

I'm looking forward to release of the Manhattan's new box as well. Mutant box looks like a great option for those who want to run E2 but current lack of blindscan support makes it a non-option.