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I have just bought the 800, i got an original from gold wafers. £399.
I have a question or 2 for any other dreambox 800 owners.

I decided not to get a hard drive as those little hdds have always been a pain in the bum for me they dont last very long!

I plan on using a 1 terrabyte external hard drive.
  1. does an external harddrive allow for time shift
  2. do you use esata or usb?
  3. what is the best image? PLI, Gemini, Nabilo?
  4. are there any essential plugins, like for EPG which i thik is very important.
  5. i have bought a DigitALB Gold package with HD chans, I am aware that the HD chans will not work without the original box but other than that this card will run in cccam right?
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Hi mate, glad to see you got one. I can answer No3 & 4. for you mate. Nabilosat Blackhole is by far the best image. It includes a built in EPG feature for many of the popular providers including Sly UK as well as a lot of other cool features and some really impressive skins.

Not sure about the other questions mate, hopefully others can help. I'd be very surprised if it can't read the card.


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Thanks b16mac i will try nabilosat then, i am quite excited. I have been told that they get quite hot and a lot of people fit fans inside. this would void the warrenty though!
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I have just bought the 800, i got an original from gold wafers. £399.
I have a question or 2 for any other dreambox 800 owners.

I decided not to get a hard drive as those little hdds have always been a pain in the bum for me they dont last very long!

I plan on using a 1 terrabyte external hard drive.
  1. does an external harddrive allow for time shift
  2. do you use esata or usb?
  3. what is the best image? PLI, Gemini, Nabilo?
  4. are there any essential plugins, like for EPG which i thik is very important.
  5. i have bought a DigitALB Gold package with HD chans, I am aware that the HD chans will not work without the original box but other than that this card will run in cccam right?
Thanks fellow owners!
Hi I have a 160gb extenal hardrive dual esata/usb, will only work on esata for recording, bought from Ebay (input 160gb esata) for £35, hope this helps.
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Hi yes that does help lots! i am waiting for my esata caddie to arrive, i will be using a 400gb drive with it not a tb. i think 400 is ample for now.

I may need to pick your brains if i have any issues with mounting it etc.
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Hi yes that does help lots! i am waiting for my esata caddie to arrive, i will be using a 400gb drive with it not a tb. i think 400 is ample for now.

I may need to pick your brains if i have any issues with mounting it etc.
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If you install it on the esata port you will have absolutely no problems
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