HD Satellite Receivers launched

[BGonaSTICK]

I think that the vast majority of the OS must be made open source based on the terms of the GPL.

I'm hoping that the DiSEqC 1.0 thing is a typo. If it's not, it could easily be solved by a plugin, as could the 4000-channel limit.

I think this box has limited appeal, but it's very interesting all the same.

[good2talk]

Following link has a review of Topfield 7700 receiver:

http://magazine.tele-satellite.com/T...e-0703-eng.pdf

[djvaso]

Very soon we can expect that Kaon K-660HD hits the shops.

[BGonaSTICK]

I hope so. Some pictures (click to view animated version) attached.

[djvaso]

The first HDTV receiver with emulator Ferguson HF-8800HD appears in Poland.

[good2talk]

Foretec Star Passion is out now. Please look at the image.

[satsid]

TechniSat DigiCorder HD S2 (500GB)
This looks like a beast but its not cheep @ 519 quid,seen on sateuropa.I know nothing about this receiver bar its Hd.Maybe some of you guys can tell what this can do?@ 519 in price i would hope it did a hell of lot of things.As its from TechniSat i would expect 4.2.2 for a start,but dose it?.it has a twin tuner,i wonder what its like?is it any good.I have a eycos twin tuner Hd receiver,the tuner in that is good.here is some info.

- Reception of digital and HDTV satellite services (MPEG2/MPEG4)
- 2 in-built smartcard readers for Conax
- 2 Common Interface slots
- Twin tuner Personal Video Recorder
- 500GB HDD for PVR recording
- TimeShift event pause/delay feature
- 14 day SFI Plus Electronic Programme Guide with editorial, record options
- ISPRO: Automatic channel list update option
- Software-Update via Satellite
- VFD front-pannel display for names, info
- Dolby AC3 optical and electrical output
- 2 SCART connectors
- 1 x HDMI Digital Audio/Video output with HDCP
- Ethernet-connector
- DiSEqC 1.0/1.2 control
- USB 2.0 connection port
- Clinch A/V connectons
- LNB loop-through tuner
- AutoInstall for easy installation
- RS-232 port
- Super TechniText (1000 cache teletext)
- Subtitling
- aTHP (=advanced TechniSat Home Platform)
- OSD in 14 languages
- Made in Germany

[good2talk]

Maplin is selling Foretec Star Passion for £149.99. Please look at the link.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...265&doy=search

[BGonaSTICK]

Translated (poorly) from German :

The EZY-BOX 8000 HDTV PVR is a HDTV non removable disks Receiver.

The equipment gives it as PVR to ready (only non removable disks prepared) and with inserted non removable disks up to 750 GB.

The larger non removable disks are necessary, since a HDTV film needs 5-10 subject at data set approximately.

The non removable disks are attached over the SATA interface. The equipment is naturally also capable of of PayTV.

At the front side of the EZY-BOX 8000 HDTV PVR is 2 CI Slots. In the case of the display of the EZY-BOX 8000 HDTV PVR it concerns an alphanumeric display, which can indicate the transmitter names.

The DVB-S and DVB-S2 kind of condition and the Mpeg2 and Mpeg4 technology are supported. Naturally also the deferred television (time SHIFT) is supported. There are a multilingual OSD menu, videotex, 7 days EPG and USB of 2,0 connections.

CI Slots: 2
Cardreader: No
Twin Tuner: No
PVR suited: Yes
Scart connection: Yes, x2
USB connection: Yes
Lan connection: No

• 128 MByte RAM (Arbeitsspeicher)
• Alphanumeric Display
• Similar audio exit (Cinch)
• Digital video recorders function over USB
• Digital audio exit (AC3)
• DiSEqC 1,0, 1,2, and 1,3 compatibly
• EPG support (electronics Program Guide)
• HDMI Anschluss
• Multilingual OSD menu
• Very fast channel change in less than one second
• Serial interface RS232
• Timer function
• Timeshift function
• Support of Bouquet lists
• USB 2.0 connection
• Videotex

Looks like a filing cabinet though.

[BGonaSTICK]

This HD receiver supports cardsharing.

As djvaso mentioned, it only appears to be available in Poland and possibly the Czech Republic.

Looks pretty hot to me!