Dreambox Rocks, Who's With Me ?!
- Thread starter sputnick
- Start date
- My Satellite Setup
- 1 GigaBlue Quad plus, 1 Dreambox 5620, MOTECK SG2100A DISEqC Motor, 120 cm noname offset dish, Humax 95 cm offset dish and a few UK digiboxes.
- My Location
- Somewhere where the Sauer is Kraut and the Wurst is Brat
There can't be "The Best" because even if it is, some other newer receiver is going to come out topping it. But no doubt it is a very good receiver and very good value for money (at least the 5620 is).
BGonaSTICK
Retired Moderator
- My Satellite Setup
- Dreambox 7000, Skystar2
- My Location
- Brighton
[FONT="]It's a real hobbyist box. Great if you're prepared to invest heavily, not only in $$$ but in time.
I love mine, but as mhku says, the exhaustive testing and quality control is not quite there.
Having said that, my own 7000 has never missed a beat. Only (original) firmware glitches and slightly poor design.[/FONT]
I love mine, but as mhku says, the exhaustive testing and quality control is not quite there.
Having said that, my own 7000 has never missed a beat. Only (original) firmware glitches and slightly poor design.[/FONT]
- My Satellite Setup
- Promax HD Ranger+ spectrum analyser.
- My Location
- Derbyshire
I would be loath to return to a conventional receiver, as I love the flexibility of the Dreambox, but they do also have their faults, the tuner sensitivity being one of them.
- My Satellite Setup
- 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
Never had a Dreambox, but I consider the Triple Dragon is now up there with the best of the Linux boxes. After a faltering start image-wise, there's plenty to keep the TD owner happy now, and the hardware is second to none.
Llew
Llew
BGonaSTICK
Retired Moderator
- My Satellite Setup
- Dreambox 7000, Skystar2
- My Location
- Brighton
I think if you said 'Linux receivers' instead of 'Dreambox', then not many folks would pull you up on your statement 
The Dreambox tuners were better in later boxes, but then they had other weaknesses. Why they couldn't manage to fit a decent power supply until the 7020 appeared is beyond me.
Now, if they would just stuff a much faster processor and a load more memory in the Dreambox 8000, you would have to beat people off with a very big...
STICK.
The Dreambox tuners were better in later boxes, but then they had other weaknesses. Why they couldn't manage to fit a decent power supply until the 7020 appeared is beyond me.
Now, if they would just stuff a much faster processor and a load more memory in the Dreambox 8000, you would have to beat people off with a very big...
STICK.