Dreambox 800 is a truly popular dreambox for sat viewing
The aptitude of the DreamBox DM800HD which is Linux-powered will probably be determined by you HDD choice.
The sample for our review was operational with a drive of 2.5” and 120GB. External power provide is 1 other factor the 600 and 800 designs have in common.
1 benefit of this feature is the fact that it permits it to operate cooler as well as that its receivers are able to be powered from a 12-volt DC provide which is suitable. This is ideal for persons travelling inside a caravan. The 800HD allows for standard-def connectivity and reception to making it effortlessly satisfying to have just a 14” Scart-fed portable set in the event you ought to decide to take it on the driving journey.
There is no need to look further than the display of the front panel for confirmation the receiver’s design is an accomplishment of structure over perform.
In spite of the small size in the 800HD (196 x 130 x 40mm), the designers of DreamBox believe it is ideal to make accommodation for a tiny edition of LCD front panel states which adorns the products that are full-sized. Though a great cutting-edge idea, the displayed text is so small that it would be good if a magnifying glass is supplied. Adding towards the already limited usefulness will be the fact that there are no controls, except for the standby.
There is a card slot that is concealed by a flap and is opposite to the front-panel. The slot is active only if you're emulating a CAM with a third-party firmware or ‘plug-in’. As a standard practice of Dream Multimedia to pre-install Enigma2 firmware, there's no provision for CAM emulation.
Standard connectivity
The possibility exist for switching the Scart output between S-video, composite or RGB which are all come with stereo audio. Additionally to the single tuner LNB input which has a loopthrough, there's also two USB ports, Ethernet, an eSata (external SATA) terminal for gadgets for storage, an RS232 port and, amazingly an analogue modem which is built-in.
There's only 1 data or power connector so fitting a hard disc of 2.5” or attaching an eSATA will be simple to do. An downside although is that it is not possible to have external and external drives operating simultaneously; the well-designed BCM7401-powered 300MIPS Broadcom 'motherboard' comes with only a single SATA connector. The connector is routed towards the panel port at the rear if there's any requirement for eSATA operation.
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