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Hi all,

Wanted some tips please. I'm thinking of getting a second dream box and DVR for the home.

I currently have the 500C (DK v1.1 image) networked and working fine. I need to be able to:

1) record programmes similar to Sky+ on the new box and ideally (but not essential) watch other programmes at the same time. I also wish to view the recordings from the existing 500C box.

2) I want the option to record to HDD or external DVR (can anybody recommend a good recorder ?).

3) Lastly, I'm also thinking long term and wonder if it's worth keeping my Sat Dish and Sat cabling in case I decide to play around within this area. Get a separate box for Sat, any suggestions on a box that would be good for both Cable and Sat ?

So, in summary (apologies for waffling...had a few too many single malts ) Can anybody suggest a good model and configuration that would satisfy my requirements above ?


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if you were to go for the dreambox 7025 you can put 2 cable tuners or 1 sat and 1 cable as the tuners are plug and play, plus you can fit a hard drive so you can pause tv record 1 channel and watch another.You will be able to share the hard drive on your pc that you record on now with your 500c
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Try looking on DVBMonkey.com - cable & satellite at great prices (Powered by CubeCart), thats where I got my Dreambox 500c from....
They have quite alot of info on there about their box's including sky and I'm sure there is a box there that decodes them both and has a hdd, then all you'd have to do is connect a dvd recorder to that one box and network the rest. Can I ask where do you get your keys from please........mines gone AWOL and i don't know where to go?
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Cheers, will look into this a bit further but would appreciate any more configuration ideas. Is it worth considering the DM800 ?

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### Digital Kaos v1 Dreambox Image for DM500 C/S/T ###

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all the dm800 will give you is hd it has not got a hard drive but you can swap tuners there is a dm8000 coming out soon which may do all the 7025 can but with hd
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use the 500s its the best :-)
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if you like the 500s try the 7020si its got more memory it can be fitted with a hard drive you can stream no problem you can also multi boot from difrent images it has usb port so you can use a usb stick
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I would suggest using a DM600c with an internal hard drive added.
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me personaly going to wait for the dm8000 to come out
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Thankyou all for the info and advice.

Like the looks of the DM8000...but phew......!!! way out of my price range. I think for now I might go for the 600C. I'll wait and learn more about the Sat scene before investing in a Twin tuner receiver PVR.

Cheers all.

p.s I forgot to mention the Mrs said no more toys for the boys...LOL.
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Originally Posted by Booya16 View Post
Thankyou all for the info and advice.

Like the looks of the DM8000...but phew......!!! way out of my price range. I think for now I might go for the 600C. I'll wait and learn more about the Sat scene before investing in a Twin tuner receiver PVR.

Cheers all.

p.s I forgot to mention the Mrs said no more toys for the boys...LOL.
thats alright she will get over it
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LOL...

Doubt it....having said that, its ok when they buy 30-40 pairs of shoes a year not to mention the handbags...!!

Anyhow, 600C on it's way. Any tips on the best image to use would be apreciated. (I already have 500c)

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Originally Posted by Booya16 View Post
LOL...

Doubt it....having said that, its ok when they buy 30-40 pairs of shoes a year not to mention the handbags...!!

Anyhow, 600C on it's way. Any tips on the best image to use would be apreciated. (I already have 500c)

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try the one at the bottom of the page
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not sure if have to sign up to these places
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Hi,

Thanks for the info. Just to let all know that the administrator of the nabilosat.info site has disabled registration for the moment.

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