DM 500S CLONE

[anoirtiger1]

thaks you a lot

[boekkie]

Thanks,I can change maxadres!

[satman]

Why bother anyway?

Some of the clones are better than the real thing.

Just don't use the Gemini Project images - they are shit anyway.

Bother because if you dont know chances are one day you could be looking at a doorstopper, jtag doesnt work everytime!,,,,,

clones have NEVER been better than the real thing, thats just utter nonsense,
and gemini image, in all honesty from a developers point of view is a excellent image,,,
And in future you will see more the bigger teams will have such procedures in place, and mabie even sneaked into the cvs...,, Down with the clones!!!

[aftermath]

Hmnnnn , thats a shame as i regarded my clone better than my original.

better tuner.

no sound volume problems.

and i get far more chans to work.

I just gave my original one away a week ago, and kept the clone.

[Neil]

clones have NEVER been better than the real thing, thats just utter nonsense,
and gemini image, in all honesty from a developers point of view is a excellent image,

Its good to see someone saying that Gemini is a good image. Especially someone involved with creating images. I think the Gemini is one of the best available. Everything just seams easy to use on the image. With a couple of tweaks it could be perfect

[pacman362]

You can tell by the case srews that the box is a clone as they have cheap quality fine threaded screws in them as apposed to self tappers in the original boxes.

[satman]

Hmnnnn , thats a shame as i regarded my clone better than my original.

better tuner.

no sound volume problems.

and i get far more chans to work.

I just gave my original one away a week ago, and kept the clone.

Sorry to hear that aftermath, but, common never been any better clone tuners,,,,,( seen all 4,, yes 4 versions )
( even the machine gun tank style threaded type are poor ),,,,

Sound volume problems??? thats related to your drivers in the image, and the clone boxes are running on same firmwares so i am afraid that ones is more than likely you looking for something more positive...

and you get more channels to work??? umm sorry dont understand that either,,, how can you get more channels from one box to another??? it same box, same tuner,, same software,,same softcams, same keys,,,,,, how does one aquire more channels?

I can understand perhaps you have had a box that the tuner has just been ~~~~ed ( in which case if under a year old would have been sorted under its year warranty ) but I promise thats things that just are not better,,,,,, it cant be,,,,

[aftermath]

my original one had the push in tuner, which was poor.

The clone is a screw in one, hence a better connection, and got the missing channels E4, E4+1 e.t.c.

Thats my honest opinion on what i have here, i am not speaking on behalf of all boxes.

[satman]

my original one had the push in tuner, which was poor.

The clone is a screw in one, hence a better connection, and got the missing channels E4, E4+1 e.t.c.

Thats my honest opinion on what i have here, i am not speaking on behalf of all boxes.

yup, thats the ones im talking about,,,,,,,,, ( machine gun style screw tuners )
And does one know where they tuners came from???

they were second hand tuners that had been used by the Shenzen lot in a panic. And they are 1st generation alps tuner!!! or the alps drivers in the images would not work it!!! ( well i never seen any clone-only images with drivers for there tuners ) after they ran out of there original push in alps tuner....true mate, honest, take any new one apart and rub your hand down it you will get 2 or 3yr old dust on them,,,,
Yes its a better connection i agree, but the tuner i promise against a working original push in alps one is not as good..... This i can guarantee after spending many hours trying to help people with them,,, locally and on the net.
You should have sent your box back ( the orignal ) and got it replaced under warranty as you must have had a ~~~~ed tuner,,, your missing channels were coming from bad signal,, nothing in the slightest to do with the box itself,,,But i respect your opinion as you only had the 1 against 1,, but cant work out why if it was an original it never crossed your mind that it is just faulty?

[aftermath]

satman i respect your opinion.

when i had the original box, and only had about 10 missing channels, i bought a yellow brick signal booster which , then picked up the missing channels, since then i got the clone and didnt need the yellow brick.

Thats why i got rid of the original one, and i gave it away for free ( family ) so i dont feel bad.

I agree in principal that original is better than clone, just for me it didnt work that way.

Roll on the clone 800, as ?380 is too expensive for a real one

[satman]

satman i respect your opinion.

when i had the original box, and only had about 10 missing channels, i bought a yellow brick signal booster which , then picked up the missing channels, since then i got the clone and didnt need the yellow brick.

Thats why i got rid of the original one, and i gave it away for free ( family ) so i dont feel bad.

I agree in principal that original is better than clone, just for me it didnt work that way.

Roll on the clone 800, as ?380 is too expensive for a real one

oki,, ive said my halfpennyworth anyway, end of that,
man but to end it with that is a disappointment, why would you like to see boxes being cloned? this is what causes so many problems, on so many levels,, for so many people......this approach is whats caused so many problems originally for the traders, but now with clone killing software the end user...,, and partially the reason why dreams boxes are so dam expensive.... and 1) by the time its cloned it will be cheaper,, 2) there are other linux boxes outwith dreambox that you will get original receiver with warrantys, example the dgstation made ipbox900 or 9000, ( the 900 is about the equivalent of a dm800 but only rrp about ?270 ),, the 9000 will be twice the price but a twin tuner,,,, anyways not the point, point is look elsewhere instead of supporting the cloners which is killing all our un-found happiness in the end..

[Neil]

anyways not the point, point is look elsewhere instead of supporting the cloners which is killing all our un-found happiness in the end..

I have always had that opinion which is why I own 3 original Dreambox's. I have recently bought a used clone 500c just because it was cheap. I do agree about the cloners killing off our hobby if we are not careful. I think there are 2 schools of thought, those that want to get free TV as cheaply as possible and those that enjoy playing with their boxes and class it as a hobby.

I dip my toes into both waters. I enjoy playing with my sat box and the 7025 but my 600 and 500 are just for the family to watch TV. A bit of a hypocrit I know.

[rs1600]

have you heard of dreambox clone flybox fb-500s?