German company Dream Multimedia's dm7000 and
dm5600 satellite TV receivers are proving popular with Linux fans
and heres why.
The Dreambox Satellite TV Receivers are the first satellite receives
based around the Linux operating system, its open source operating
system not only has satellite TV enthusiasts buzzing but has also
got the Linux world talking as well. The dm7000 Receiver is based
around a 250 MHz IBM PowerPC Processor and contains the standard sat
TV features like a DVB Common-Interface Slot with smartcard reader
as well as goodies like a compact flash socket, USB port and 100mbs
Ethernet connector. as far as we can tell the thing is almost future
proof. The box also has an udma66 IDE interface to upgrade it with a
standard hard drive giving you the opportunity to turn it in to a
digital video recorder.
its this flexibility that has got satellite TV enthusiasts in a spin
and with more and more people buying the box and many developing
their own bits of software for the Dreambox it may be the only
Satellite receiver you will ever need.
Although
John Logie Baird is often
considered the inventor of
Television his original design is
far different from the sets that first became popular. his
design was mechanical in part and only could display 30 lines.
