zorbua
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- My Satellite Setup
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Dreambox 8000 HD
Dreambox 800se
Dreambox 900UHD
Clark Tech 5000 HD
Numerous other receivers (Retired)
Dish Gibertini 1.5 M
Dishes Gibertini 1.2 x2
Dish Gibertini 1 M
- My Location
- Malta
compufunk said:In short, its comparable to a DM8000 but costs half the price.
The hardware is very similar to that of the DM8000, so similar that you can run an image designed for the DM8000 on it (Not recommended though). The main difference in hardware is that it has two fixed tuners as opposed to the DM8000's potential 4 interchangeable ones.
The three main teams developing images for it (AFAIK)are Pli, VTI and Dream-Elite.
One of the big benefits as opposed to other Linux receivers on the market is that it uses a processor with the same architecture as the E2 Dreamboxs. This means that you can run anything compiled for Dreambox on the VU+, including the popular CCcam.
''as opposed to the DM8000's potential 4 interchangeable ones.''
2 interchangeable ones....as the two onboard DVB-S2 Tuners (A & B ) are fixed on the Mother Board, not Plugable.