Dreambox 8000 - Die Box der Superlative!
Below is a translation of the article 'The Box der Superlative! " the December issue of German magazine "SatVision." The author of the Polish version is Cheevers, thanks for the effort inserted in the translation and the production of their work on the forum and portal. More than two years of waiting I look at the media center with two permanently embedded tunerami HDTV, as two additional option HDTV receivers and four inputs CI, LAN, USB and a massive hard drive and DVD or even Blue-Ray produced by the Dream. At the beginning of November has provided us with the latest Dream Dreambox DM 8000 HD PVR to the test. Is it fueled by the latest Linux and thus open flagship device will confirm our expectations?
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The first time ...
When I first saw the pack DM 8000 HD PVR pointed out the incredibly nuanced cardboard, which throw in the eyes of its mystic black, in which there was even a cardboard box. Wytłaczanym polished silver lettering reminded rather pack some dresses from Gucci boutique firms. The carton is the VIP card in the shape of a credit card, which allows access to a special VIP Forum (??) using a personal PIN. Odpakowanie such kartonika at Christmas this same pleasure. As well as packaging, its content in the form of Dreambox is gently refined.
Black lacquer resembling a piano keyboard, chrome-plated silver bead and a very readable OLED screen for a pilot. 128x64 pixels przeistaczają DM 8000 HD PVR in a particular type of jewelry.
A factory-fitted our test equipment Dreambox DM 8000 HD PVR left the label with two permanently embedded tunerami intended to receive a TV signal with high and standard definition networking as well as wireless LAN cards. The two other seats on tuners, like the place on your hard disk, and wypalarkę DVD is not a pre-built. Our test device is equipped with an additional tuner DVB-C (cable TV), DVB-T (Terrestrial TV), 500GB hard drive companies Seagate (Barracuda series) and DVD player business and wypalarkę TEAC (Slimline).
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The first installation and servicing
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After successfully connected by a DVI connector, Dreambox started within 136 seconds (with the exclusion of the network) and appeared to be an assistant. There, in addition to the language we chose the output resolution of 720p (1280 x 720 pixels) and nastawiliśmy in a simple way for the two tuners Astra and Hotbird using the DiSEqC. In view of the fact that our copy has an additional built-in tuners C and T, we had to carry out the settings related to the country broadcasting. The first two tuner DVB-S2 is built on a permanent basis. This is different from the two free places on the tuner. These are intended for any of their interpretację.W this way you can use HDTV tuners. Mixed reception of DVB-S2, DVB-C and DVB-T is also permissible.
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At the end we carried out searches of the channels, which wysortował box in the so-called automatically. BOUQUET Program. Bouquets may be set by the sender, alphabetically as well as the position of satellites. Thanks to well-known pilot and his cross navigation quickly find in the jungle and thus came to an end. Then nastawiliśmy our wireless LAN network adapter. We had to choose either cable connection (100 Mbit / s LAN) or wireless (54 Mbit / s WLAN) is also to choose a static IP address or IP automatically supplied by the "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", at a glance the DHCP. Since Dreambox can activate only one card, we decided on the LAN and allow us to combine a router IP address. On the menu at any time can be set freely adjust and change. Main menu in the menu compared with the previous models is graphically wymowniejsze, has a more pronounced subtitles, as well as more transparent structure.
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Watching television and recording
With four places on Tuners is almost independent of the weather because when it rains or strong wind blows, you can always switch to a tuner T or C, and does not lose contact with oglądanym program. For the four stocks Common Interface (two front and two rear), we were able to by all possible modules such as Alphacrypt, Omegacrypt, Viaccess and Irdeto track the pay-television programs (condition paid subscription). Two integrated card readers rozkodowują card inserted in the system DreamCrypt such as "FrenchLoverTv" (once "INXTC"), thereby watching TV is practically unlimited! Of course, is to be at this point to ask, to what until 4 ripples, and two IC card readers? Each of the stocks CI is coupled with one of the tuners receiver. For example, if the input is 1 CI module Alphacrypt together with Nagravision "Premiere" to be matched to the tuner 1 If the same system, one more Alphacrypt module Unity Media (German cable przp.pa) is located within the 3 to this input will be matched to the tuner 3, which in our case is a tuner DVB-C.
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Collar receiver DM 8000 HD PVR adds instant switching between programs, less than 1 second for a standard (SD) transmission (PAL or NTSC) and 1.4 seconds between SD and HD and HD to HD. Thanks zielonemu button on the remote control could trigger the so-called option. Mulifeed, which is used for example in the "Prime Minister" to select individual games or movies on the portal "Premiere Direkt" or "Blue Movie" and thereby induce their sub. User-friendly EPG, we could have a week in advance, read the offer through TV and unlimited programming of interest to us to save programs. Thanks telegazecie (Top - Videotext) we were able to freely search for additional information relating to the program. Practical feature PiP (picture in picture) allows you to view two programs at once, whatever the tuner, which increases repeatedly pleasure watching television. When the holidays mass of good films and serials zagości in our homes should be thinking about their record. During our tests we were able, using two tuners DVB-S2, DVB-C and DVB-T as many as 18 (!!!) record programs at the same time, which corresponds to eight programs to the tuner (each Sat-Tuner can record 8 programs from one transponder) and 1 in cable and 1 in cyfrówkę ground. The number of simultaneous recording depends on the broadcasting of the frequency. As the producer - depending on the frequency, using four tuners DVB-S2 can simultaneously record 16 programs from four different transponders. Both programs broadcast in SDTV (standard) and HDTV are recorded as air in a magnificent image quality and sound on your hard disk or a pre-defined place to defer its plate such as DVD or USB stick. Recording the 60 minute standard program based on the quality of broadcasting takes about 3.3 gigabytes, while recording a program in HDTV quality already 4.7 GB.Podczas our test all the time using passive cooling the receiver does not turn right away or because of the noise, wydobywałby with which we have built-in hard drive. The same pleasure watching TV was not in any way disrupted. In the case of any sports event or series for a short time would be interrupted for a period of the refrigerator handles, for instance, you have the option of pressing a button on the remote "pause" and returned pressing "start" from last place continue to watch our program. "Timeshift" record until it runs out of disk space (of course you can also disable the previously dop.pa). In our test nagrywaliśmy on our internal hard drive, and then przenosiliśmy via USB or WLAN recorded programs to external media playback. In the future, using so-called Plugins (dop additional programs. Pa) can be pezpośrednio record with a USB to contact other external medi
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The quality of picture and sound
No matter what the connector used to test whether the euro connector, or component (video), or DVI quality sound and image has always been excellent. The signal standard (for PAL and NTSC equally) through the so-called. "Upscalers" (podbijacz dop.pa pixels) has raised the relative value unnoticed image to 1080i (1920 x 1080 pixels półbildzie) in excellent quality. Recorded HDTV programs such as Discovery HD or HD Premiere odznaczały to such greatness as sharpness and color, that our DM 8000 HD PVR could still compete with the receiver Macrosystem DVC 2000. Thanks nieoficjalnymu program (Plugins - Cardsharing), you can even play the picture in 1080p format (1920 x 1080 pixels in full picture). Sound to the choice of the analog output (stereo Chinch, the euro connector) or digital (optical koax respectively. DVI) as Dolby Digital AC3 Bitstream forward to separate the delicate tones of high, medium and low from each other.
Treatment and DVD burning
After recorded at smb material on the hard drive if you can not work properly or improved? Thanks "Cutlist Editors' childish in a way that we could simply recorded programs released from the ads, no matter whether it was recording in SD or HD. If someone other than the hard disk also has a 0.5 inch (about 1, 3 cm) SATA burner (Slimline) may use another program (plugins) "DVD burn" selected record programs directly from the hard disk to a CD DVD.
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The card reader, USB and network
Features such as mandatory watching or recording TV is not all qualities that can be used Dreambox. Thanks czytnikowi card type SD / MMC and CF, as well as a program, "Picture Player," we could during our test on our TV brand reference Philps 42PFL9803H see numerous photos. Photos can also be viewed using a contact or a USB network adapter LAN / WLAN. These last two have yet something in itself. At the further we were able to connect USB MP3 player or external hard drive and play their content. Unfortunately, unsuccessfully sought a contact for DV camcorders. For we who are in the carton (belonging to wypsażenia) 512 MB USB-sticku carry out a security system or software update. Thanks kartom network LAN / WLAN and a special free program "VCL Client" for the so-called. Web interface, we were able to network computers already installed with the program "VCL Client" We send recorded programs (the so-called streaming). We could also use our Dreambox by the network in the same way as a normal computer, which can be found in almost every home. When we entered our IP address in our online "browserze" or Mozilla (Firefox), was issued immediately greeted with complete data structure or content of our Dreambox. Therefore we were able to exchange files without trouble for the photos, music and others in our state computer. In the version we tested, we could not, however, the Internet itself "surf". According to the manufacturer for the new "Plugins" this will be possible in the near future. Additional extension of that, for example, play a video portal YouTube is already ready for free download. With a USB-stickowi, network adapter, contact the Internet could tested a device equipped with the latest currently soft.
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Summary
The latest "flagship" brand Dream quietly satisfied our expectations. Incredible picture, great sound, with room for four HDTV tuners, four ripples CI, as well as easy to use and unbounded widening receiver using the "plugins" is so far unattainable result in our editorial - "very good"! Only a relatively high energy consumption, both in standby (wait) and the full work, and no input for DV camcorders is certain, and indeed we are to survive manki.
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In our next editions of our magazine SATVISION we will inform about the new additional programs "plugins" on a regular basis. Also new softy, and any news about this receiver. We'll write about all trickach and we will reveal the types of improvement on Dreambox. At a price of 999, - Euro 'naked' receiver (without hard drive and DVD recorder), which does not belong to the category of "cheap" gives a receiver, which is currently on the market is technically unattainable as multimedia headquarters.
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Briefly: new Dream Multimedia is really beztroskim HDTV receiver prepared for each receipt.
