- Joined
- Jan 1, 2000
- Messages
- 16,233
- Reaction score
- 4,202
- Points
- 113
- Age
- 81
- My Satellite Setup
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Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
After two weeks of head-scratching, my DB8000 is ready for some action.
As I'm new to Dreamboxes, initial setup posed many problems, not least the fact that I come straight to the box from a Triple Dragon, and although much of the Linux file system is the same, some of the files are in different sections of the system.
However, once network and satellite configurations were complete, I tried various images, settling on Nabilosat BH, residing in a USB stick alongside the Pure Flash, courtesy of Barry Allen.
Quality of picture is excellent, both SD and HD.
The system uses a Broadcom tuner working into a Broadcom 7405. Channel change is rapid.
I've retrofitted an internal 500GB Hitachi HDD, and will be looking now for a slimline DVD burner. This will be connected to the USB to eSATA stick provided (cable ready inside).HDD runs cool and sweetly.
A couple of niggles to get off my chest -
Overall finish is not as good as my TD - front hinge panel seems rather fragile, and the Dreambox escutcheon fell off
Also, and more importantly, a tuner blanking plate fell inside onto the mainboard as it was very thinly attached to the back panel(luckily it happened when not powered up )
I have made other owners aware of this on the DB8000 VIP board.
As for the high price of this receiver, my Echostar SR8700 cost more than this back in the early 90's. Whether this one justifies the cost, time will tell - I looked at several other boxes costing considerably less, but was not too happy whether full support would be forthcoming over time. At least the Dreambox support is second to none.
I will post updates on my experiencies with the 8000 as things progress.
Llew
As I'm new to Dreamboxes, initial setup posed many problems, not least the fact that I come straight to the box from a Triple Dragon, and although much of the Linux file system is the same, some of the files are in different sections of the system.
However, once network and satellite configurations were complete, I tried various images, settling on Nabilosat BH, residing in a USB stick alongside the Pure Flash, courtesy of Barry Allen.
Quality of picture is excellent, both SD and HD.
The system uses a Broadcom tuner working into a Broadcom 7405. Channel change is rapid.
I've retrofitted an internal 500GB Hitachi HDD, and will be looking now for a slimline DVD burner. This will be connected to the USB to eSATA stick provided (cable ready inside).HDD runs cool and sweetly.
A couple of niggles to get off my chest -
Overall finish is not as good as my TD - front hinge panel seems rather fragile, and the Dreambox escutcheon fell off
Also, and more importantly, a tuner blanking plate fell inside onto the mainboard as it was very thinly attached to the back panel(luckily it happened when not powered up )
I have made other owners aware of this on the DB8000 VIP board.
As for the high price of this receiver, my Echostar SR8700 cost more than this back in the early 90's. Whether this one justifies the cost, time will tell - I looked at several other boxes costing considerably less, but was not too happy whether full support would be forthcoming over time. At least the Dreambox support is second to none.
I will post updates on my experiencies with the 8000 as things progress.
Llew