Confused

[tanaka]

What is the difference between a dm500 and a 7000s? Do they support nagra 2?

[mudcrab]

Simply they are different models of the Dream Box, they require different software (images) ie 7000 images for the 7000 and 500 images for the 500

[elyx]

At the moment nagra2 is visible only with original cards.
Yes dreambox support that system. (Original premiere card which is in nagra2 works fine in DB).

[eriksla]

Originally Posted by tanaka

What is the difference between a dm500 and a 7000s? Do they support nagra 2?

The dm5600 and dm500 have a cheaper version of the microcontroller, having 1 demuxer instead of three for the dm7000. This makes recording very difficult. If you want to do any recording, go for the dm7000, even if you're not going to attach a harddisk directly.

[netserver]

no dreambox no support nagra2 cards. only support nagra2 cards via betacrypt cam soft to nagra2.

for example, D+ use pure nagra 2 . and premiere use aladdin system nagra2 via betacrypt.

[alfarobl]

Yes, but the tuner in the DM500 is a lot better than the DM7000... so I would wait for the DM7020 or get the DM500 today...

Originally Posted by eriksla

The dm5600 and dm500 have a cheaper version of the microcontroller, having 1 demuxer instead of three for the dm7000. This makes recording very difficult. If you want to do any recording, go for the dm7000, even if you're not going to attach a harddisk directly.

[eriksla]

Originally Posted by alfarobl

Yes, but the tuner in the DM500 is a lot better than the DM7000... so I would wait for the DM7020 or get the DM500 today...

Get the dm500 today and regret it tomorrow because you cannot record.

On paper the dm500 indeed has a better tuner, but I haven't been able to see _any_ difference in SNR. If you do see difference, I suspect your dish or lnb's aren't positioned optimally.

The dm7020 will take another few months to be available, I assume. Please note you cannot run dm7000 images on a dm7020, so expect immature images for it (bugs, less functionality). So imho it's still safest to buy a dm7000.

[alfarobl]

I guess the tuner only makes a difference with some weak transponders... it has been confirmed by several people. With the SF image and DM500S you can actually record without problems using NGrab.

If you need a harddrive today the only choice is DM7000, agree.

Originally Posted by eriksla

Get the dm500 today and regret it tomorrow because you cannot record.

On paper the dm500 indeed has a better tuner, but I haven't been able to see _any_ difference in SNR. If you do see difference, I suspect your dish or lnb's aren't positioned optimally.

The dm7020 will take another few months to be available, I assume. Please note you cannot run dm7000 images on a dm7020, so expect immature images for it (bugs, less functionality). So imho it's still safest to buy a dm7000.

[MrBandwidth]

New image with NFS fix and CIFS fix + loads of other stuff is due to be released for xmas I heard

[alfarobl]

You mean Official image from Dreammedia??? If so it is very good news! ;-)

Originally Posted by MrBandwidth

New image with NFS fix and CIFS fix + loads of other stuff is due to be released for xmas I heard