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leeds6 · 25-10-11, 11:00 AM

be aware that although i have an openbox direct from china as far as i know you can not send whole boxes back you have to figure out with your supplier which part of the box is malfunctioning and send that back or hope like me that nothing goes wrong with it

lincsat · 25-10-11, 01:02 PM

I have plenty of the DM800Pro in stock and a single DM800SE (clone) for sale at £195 including UK delivery - DM800SE for sale

cheeseslice · 28-11-11, 03:50 PM

I am interested in buying a dreambox or openbox to play about with, I intend on buying a few more once I see how I like it but I can't find any advertised on ebay for the prices mentioned in this thread. In fact, when I search most of the boxes are coming up over £300 and are orginials.

What am I missing?

lincsat · 28-11-11, 04:37 PM

Click on the link in my Sig

cheeseslice · 28-11-11, 04:53 PM

I don't want to be hijacking this thread but maybe you would be kind enough to answer a couple of quick questions lincsat.

I know we don't discuss cardsharing here but my intention is to use my sky hd card in a linux box (don't know which one) and buy some client boxes so that I can have multi room in a few places around the house. I just wanted to buy one box first to get my head around how things work and have a play with it before I bought another 3 of them.

What is the cheapest hd box you sell that is good? Would the dm500s be a decent enough box to give me a taster?

I have sky hd on my main tv, is it possible to split one of the cables and
use it as a feed to this additional box? Just to save me having to swap cables about while I'm testing it.

lincsat · 28-11-11, 05:47 PM

It's limited what can be posted to stay within the rules.

You can use a Sky card in a Linux HD box like the DM800 or Vu+, Oscam is the preferred CAM to read the card.

You can share a card from A Linux HD box to another box using Oscam or CCcam (or others)

You can't just split a Sky dish feed, if you have HD, then you likely have a quad LNB with 4 outputs, you may have a spare output on the LNB to run a cable to the new box.

The DM500S is not HD, the cheapest Linux HD box that I have is the DM800Pro.

Hope that helps

25-10-11, 11:00 AM	#21 (permalink)
leeds6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 264 Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Re: info on dreambox dm800 hd be aware that although i have an openbox direct from china as far as i know you can not send whole boxes back you have to figure out with your supplier which part of the box is malfunctioning and send that back or hope like me that nothing goes wrong with it

25-10-11, 01:02 PM	#22 (permalink)
lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 6,002 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2,580 Times in 667 Posts	Re: info on dreambox dm800 hd I have plenty of the DM800Pro in stock and a single DM800SE (clone) for sale at £195 including UK delivery - DM800SE for sale __________________ Blade7000 & DM800Pro/SE in Stock, Linux Sat boxes from £52.25, SkyboxF3 under £60. Kryptview £123.50 & SV6 under £72 with Members Discount - Lincsat's Nick-Nacks (Shop) Drivers Protest Union

28-11-11, 03:50 PM	#23 (permalink)
cheeseslice Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: info on dreambox dm800 hd I am interested in buying a dreambox or openbox to play about with, I intend on buying a few more once I see how I like it but I can't find any advertised on ebay for the prices mentioned in this thread. In fact, when I search most of the boxes are coming up over £300 and are orginials. What am I missing?

28-11-11, 04:37 PM	#24 (permalink)
lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 6,002 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2,580 Times in 667 Posts	Re: info on dreambox dm800 hd Click on the link in my Sig __________________ Blade7000 & DM800Pro/SE in Stock, Linux Sat boxes from £52.25, SkyboxF3 under £60. Kryptview £123.50 & SV6 under £72 with Members Discount - Lincsat's Nick-Nacks (Shop) Drivers Protest Union

28-11-11, 04:53 PM	#25 (permalink)
cheeseslice Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: info on dreambox dm800 hd I don't want to be hijacking this thread but maybe you would be kind enough to answer a couple of quick questions lincsat. I know we don't discuss cardsharing here but my intention is to use my sky hd card in a linux box (don't know which one) and buy some client boxes so that I can have multi room in a few places around the house. I just wanted to buy one box first to get my head around how things work and have a play with it before I bought another 3 of them. What is the cheapest hd box you sell that is good? Would the dm500s be a decent enough box to give me a taster? I have sky hd on my main tv, is it possible to split one of the cables and use it as a feed to this additional box? Just to save me having to swap cables about while I'm testing it.

28-11-11, 05:47 PM	#26 (permalink)
lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 6,002 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2,580 Times in 667 Posts	Re: info on dreambox dm800 hd It's limited what can be posted to stay within the rules. You can use a Sky card in a Linux HD box like the DM800 or Vu+, Oscam is the preferred CAM to read the card. You can share a card from A Linux HD box to another box using Oscam or CCcam (or others) You can't just split a Sky dish feed, if you have HD, then you likely have a quad LNB with 4 outputs, you may have a spare output on the LNB to run a cable to the new box. The DM500S is not HD, the cheapest Linux HD box that I have is the DM800Pro. Hope that helps __________________ Blade7000 & DM800Pro/SE in Stock, Linux Sat boxes from £52.25, SkyboxF3 under £60. Kryptview £123.50 & SV6 under £72 with Members Discount - Lincsat's Nick-Nacks (Shop) Drivers Protest Union

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