HD Satellite Receivers launched

[BGonaSTICK]

Mmm, very very interesting

Sounds like a non-Linux version of the Dreambox DM8000, and the link to the Lyngsat group of sites/companies is also intriguing. I assume it's them that are behind the production of the machine?

Thanks good2talk, you are our eyes and ears in the HD receiver-launch world

[BGonaSTICK]

Philips DSR 9005 launched in Germany. See this post.

[djvaso]

Topfield TF 7700HSCI in Germany.

[BGonaSTICK]

Thanks Vaso

A rough translation from German:

It is finite so far. TOPFIELD brings briefly the HDTVS-Receiver TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI expected with tension into the trade. The Receiver-specialist expands its extensive product range therewith by a further highlight and climbs into the fascinating world of the high resolution distant marriage.

After TOPFIELD with the Receiver first worldwide with incorporated 54MBit WLAN-interface set already new standards in the area of the digital distant marriage, the next drumbeat follows now. The TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI enabled an all around enthusing home movie theater experience and lets submerge the spectator into the TV world of tomorrow. Detail exact pictures and crystal clear tone in cinema quality: with the new TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI, does nothing stand the Premium-Filmerlebnis in the own four walls thanks to newest MPEG4-Technology and DVB-S2 reception technology more in the way.

The HDTVS-Receiver of the sign TOPFIELD punktet however not only through the reception of high resolutions television pictures, also the equipment on this side of and on the far side of the front orifice plate needs to shun no comparison. The TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI controls among other things two Common Interfaces. It supports so almost all current encoding systems as well as Conax, Cryptoworks, Irdeto, Nagravision, Seca and Viaccess and is therewith permanent.

Especially through its HDMI-port, the TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI is suited for the perfect home movie theater experience at the Beamer or flat picture television best. Moreover the HDTVS-Receiver of TOPFIELD possesses a S-VHS-connection as well as an USB-interface for fast Softwareupdates. Also the simple menu structure, fast Umschaltzeiten and a user-friendly alphanumeric display speak for the TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI.

The TOPFIELD TF-7700HSCI will be as of January 2007 for Euro (UVP) presumable 379 in the trade available.

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Hmm, USB and WiFi?
I can feel a patch coming on already...

[good2talk]

Good News!

Look forward to seeing one in the market.

Please let me know if any one know it is already in the market.

I hated Humax HDCI-2000.

[BGonaSTICK]

€359 will get you one of these very interesting HD set top boxes from the very well respected dish manufacturer Kathrein.

I'll let you check out the spec yourself, but it's a proper DVB-S2/MPEG-4 receiver available in both black and silver varients.

On sale now from the larger German e-tailers.

Oh, and it's Linux based

[BGonaSTICK]

If Kathrein can do an HD Linux STB with Ethernet and have it HDMI/HDCP certified, then it bodes well for Dream.

Here are the specs for those without Adobe Reader

[teck]

can this do the "special" things that a dreambox can do?

[BGonaSTICK]

Not that I know of (yet, anyway).

A brand new receiver is going to take at least a few months before any decent software is written and tested for it. If 'the scene' takes a shine to it (or there is some financial backing for a development project) then you never know.

We can only hope

[Jimdefruit]

Whilst they say it is linux based operating system, I dont think the base system is open architecture. The system is limited to 4000 channels so not much good for motorised sytems. Also only diseqc 1.0?