DM8000 over the VU+

[Zaxxman]

Hi guys n gals, I currently have a VU+ box but I am considering changing over to the DM8000 as I cant be doing with some issues I have playing back recordings on the VU+. I would just like to know if everyone is happy streaming MKV files to the 8000? playback of recorded programs is hitch free, ie: can you pause and play without ****ing back to the playlist? Can you install an image direct from a USB stick? and any other advantages over the VU+ please.

[ma4am]

stick to the vu m8 why pay twice as much for something that doesnt do much more, give it a month or two and most of the bugs will be ironed out, which image are you using m8

[Zaxxman]

I am on the dream elite 1.3.3f which doesnt have much support now so maybe a new image would sort it out?

[xanadu]

stick to the vu m8 why pay twice as much for something that doesnt do much more,

A clone DM8000 is same price as VU.

[DARKMAN]

A clone DM8000 is same price as VU.
are you selling many clones!?


Vu Duo is better price and better performande Hardware and is original...not copy.

[xanadu]

are you selling many clones!?


Vu Duo is better price and better performande Hardware and is original...not copy.

I don't sell anything for a living, so am not biased in any way.

Just reporting from the real world, which is something that sales people don't see.

[DARKMAN]

I don't sell anything for a living, so am not biased in any way.

Just reporting from the real world, which is something that sales people don't see.


I have read some of your post are most of them from the FAKE WORLD.

[jeffdmlover]

I don't sell anything for a living, so am not biased in any way.



Unlike some.:respect-055:

[paul01609]

about £399 for the 8000 clone

[stefor]

I was also wondering the same. If you had £400 and wanted to buy either of these boxes, whether clone DM8000 with a Ferrari sim or a VU+ Duo, I can't make my mind up.

The thing I like about the DM8000 is the amount of images that can be installed straight away and of course the chance of putting a cable and terrestrial tuner in it too. But like what Darkman mentioned, the VU+ is a genuine box, but there is nowhere near the amount of images to choose from.

Has anyone had any chance of using a clone DM8000? Are they as good as the clone DM800, which look and run exactly like the real thing?

[DARKMAN]

I was also wondering the same. If you had £400 and wanted to buy either of these boxes, whether clone DM8000 with a Ferrari sim or a VU+ Duo, I can't make my mind up.

The thing I like about the DM8000 is the amount of images that can be installed straight away and of course the chance of putting a cable and terrestrial tuner in it too. But like what Darkman mentioned, the VU+ is a genuine box, but there is nowhere near the amount of images to choose from.

Has anyone had any chance of using a clone DM8000? Are they as good as the clone DM800, which look and run exactly like the real thing?

yes its true ,,but you are missing the Point.

is Clone ,FAKE....mean can have time **** or some think else anytime ...no one know what is hide after Inigma 2...

I can understend buy clone 50 dollars stb,,but 400 pound is litke bit to much to try to experiment and get hight risk ..!

[jeffdmlover]

yes its true ,,but you are missing the Point.

is Clone ,FAKE....mean can have time **** or some think else anytime ...no one know what is hide after Inigma 2...

I can understend buy clone 50 dollars stb,,but 400 pound is litke bit to much to try to experiment and get hight risk ..!

Coming from soneone who sold fake DM 500 as originals on his site.

If you buy a clone yopu take the risk, if DM didn't over price there boxes then
no one be interested in clones.

I have both e V+Duo and DM8000 (original) and DM for me is far better.

[noviserbia]

I have both e V+Duo and DM8000 (original) and DM for me is far better.

I got original DM8000 for last 10 months or so ,and every now and then for no apperent reason just refuses to boot (stuck on boot).....tried most of the images (DreamElite,LT,Pli....etc.) and happens to all of them.
I am playing with VU+ for last week and i am very impressed with it.....running DE image and the quallity is so much better then VTI ....and back to the comparisment with DM8000 i can honestly say that for the money value the VU+ is better and even faster with channel change ,you can also put the USB terestrial tuner stick ,so the only think whats missing is a cable tuner and DVD burner.Will sell the expencive **** soon if they don`t introduce linux blu ray drivers cause its just not worth it......OVER PRICED

[crabber]

Has anyone had any chance of using a clone DM8000? Are they as good as the clone DM800, which look and run exactly like the real thing?

I had a genuine and clone 8000 running side by side, the clone looks exactly the same from a distance, closer inspection reveals the side panels do not fit properly, and recent clones do not have OLED front display.
The picture is very similar on both, hard drive, DVD and fan will fit and work just the same but the clone remote control is crap, it has a weak signal and a row of buttons missing.
However the SD card reader will read a card bigger than 2Gb on a clone but the original will not, (or at least one as old as my original)
The clone sim card is "updatable" so future images may work, and there are modified versions (genuine check removed I think) of lots of images available.

[passete]

I don't understand one thing,
What is Vu+? they just copy the architecture of Dm, and people say that is better ?
Vu+ is maybe not a Clone, But is a perfect copy of Dm, that's why you can run almost everything from a Dreambox.

[Zaxxman]

Thanks for bringing the thread back on topic fellas, how is the playback control on the HDD recordings and the streamed MKV files with the Dreambox?

[Zaxxman]

I have took the plunge and ordered one :)

[xanadu]

I have took the plunge and ordered one :)

DM8000 clone?

[jeffdmlover]

Thanks for bringing the thread back on topic fellas, how is the playback control on the HDD recordings and the streamed MKV files with the Dreambox?

Nab12 is a little funny sometimes, DreamElite was excellent though.
Only MKV i've had problems with is Iron Man 2, starts but just won't have it.
I download X264 and don't have any problems at all.

I add all my films to HD i don't stream them, just use DCC to ftp them to media/hdd/movies

[Zaxxman]

DM8000 clone?

I have ordered an authentic box to save me from a dead box in the future as i remember that happening to some clones a few years ago, it should be here on Monday so standby for a couple of questions. Although I cant see it being much different to my DM7020s.

[Zaxxman]

Can anyone suggest which image is the best to put on it that is supported by a server for the addons etc?

[Cormac]

Hi guys n gals, I currently have a VU+ box but I am considering changing over to the DM8000 as I cant be doing with some issues I have playing back recordings on the VU+. I would just like to know if everyone is happy streaming MKV files to the 8000? playback of recorded programs is hitch free, ie: can you pause and play without ****ing back to the playlist? Can you install an image direct from a USB stick? and any other advantages over the VU+ please.

Hi. What problems are you having with playing back recordings? :confused:

Thanks

[paul01609]

I use nabilo image on my 8000

[dangerous1]

I'm not too familiar with the V+DUO, but after having had the DM8000 for a while now I feel very happy with it. I am currently using the latest Dream Elite image, which is virtually faultless, the EPG is fantastic and records and plays back everything perfectly. If the V+DUO has the features you want and is half as good as the DM8000 then grab it with both hands, as my only complaint with the DB is it is overpriced.

There is really no comparison with your 7020 and the DM8000.

[Zaxxman]

Hi. What problems are you having with playing back recordings? :confused:

Thanks

I was having problems with the pause and playback buttons on recording where pressing either of them would send me straight back to the playlist. I have actually tonight put a new image on it (VIX 1.1) and it is working perfectly on all counts. I can even fast forward and rewind with MKV files streamed from my PC so happy days. Now that my Dreambox has arrived I will be having a play with that next.

[Cormac]

I was having problems with the pause and playback buttons on recording where pressing either of them would send me straight back to the playlist. I have actually tonight put a new image on it (VIX 1.1) and it is working perfectly on all counts. I can even fast forward and rewind with MKV files streamed from my PC so happy days. Now that my Dreambox has arrived I will be having a play with that next.

Thanks. I'm having BIG problems with my DM800 and I'm looking to upgrade to the VU+ Duo or the DM8000. I'd be interested in hearing on how you get on with your DM8000 and especially how it compares to your (now working!) VU+ Duo:respect-054:

It's a big step up in price!

[Zaxxman]

Will let you know as soon as mate. What problems have you been having and what image on your 800?

[Cormac]

I'm running Dream Elite 1.3 on my DM800 and I'm finding that it simply can't handle recording and watching a recorded HD program at the same time - a lot of freezing and blocking. This does not happen with SD (or if I record HD and watch a recorded SD). After a lot of digging I've come to the conclusion that it's just not up to it - it needs something better then the 300MHz processor.

I also miss the dual tuners of my old Sly box so that's why I'm looking for a dual tuner with a bit more grunt. The VU+ Duo and DM8000 both have 400MHz processors so there should be no problems there. I believe the DM8000 can take up to 4 tuners and tbh, this functionality id a bit of overkill for me.

So, my choices are a VU+ Duo or DM8000 clone for £400 or a DM8000 original for £800.

[Zaxxman]

Ok I plugged in the DM8000 after swapping my 2TB HDD from the VU+ box into the 8000. The 8000 came with a combined power and data lead for the HDD but it also had a normal big computer power plug on it and a smalled floppy disk style power plug. I plugged both of the into the main board at the same time which resulted in the box not booting up. Once I removed the smaller power plug it booted up fine, and I put the PLi image on it, it all set up very well pretty much exactly the same as the VU and the Pli image saw and played all of my HDD filmes that I had recorded on the VU box. The main difference I can see so far are the ability to do Picture in picture. The channel settings that I like to use called Catseye were availiable so if anyone knows how I can manually add them that would be great. All playback issues I had on the dreamelite image on the VU box are sorted but the MKV playback doesnt have normal fast forward and rewind only jump around using the number buttons. I will try to record a HD channel whilst playing back a HD recording and report in later.
I wonder if I can install the new VIX image on my dreambox?

[paul01609]

hope your enjoying the 8000 like i do,it just does every thing i want it to do

[Zaxxman]

hope your enjoying the 8000 like i do,it just does every thing i want it to do

What image do you have on it fella? and what channel list do you find is the best one?

[paul01609]

I'm using nubile 12'i only have sly installed

[Zaxxman]

I cant find that image name in the image files mate, where did you get it from?

[paul01609]

Sorry mate it's this stupid iPad respelling stuff,it's nabilo 12

[Quailman]

Nab12 is a little funny sometimes, DreamElite was excellent though.
Only MKV i've had problems with is Iron Man 2, starts but just won't have it.
I download X264 and don't have any problems at all.

I add all my films to HD i don't stream them, just use DCC to ftp them to media/hdd/movies


Regards to Iron man 2 the problem is the DM can be a bit funny with multi layered MKVs so if you use mkvextract and mkvmerge to take the video and DTS audio out and rebuild it with these two tracks it should work.

[kemik]

Zaxxman how's things going as I was just about to upgrade from my Dm800 to a Vu+ as I wanted the extra tuner so interested to know get a view of which you think is the best

Thx

[Zaxxman]

Very pleased with the DM8000 as it seems to be a little more stable than the VU+ and it does Picture in picture but I dont know if its worth the double money.