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RE: Dreambox



Ooopss :-)

Actually, I thought it wasn't of interest for the UK market since I haven't
heard any talk about it here - but I guess you were too occupied with your
Tivos a year ago...

Anyway, summer is here, and hopefully that will give me some time to
reinstall the unit and get it working again, I'll try to put up a review of
some sort.

/Johan

-----Original Message-----
From: UKHA [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: den 4 juni 2004 12:19
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Dreambox

Johan,

You do realise that you just confessed to owning one and not doing a
review,
don't you

:P

Andy

On 04/06/2004 at 11:16 Johan Olde wrote:

>I bought one, last summer and has been using it off an on since then.
>
>My conclusions so far is that it isn't very family friendly, it's a lot
of
>hassle to get things doing what you want - but for me, that is more
>interested in buying and configuring stuff that watching tv it's the
ideal
>companion.
>
>I haven't been using it for a few months now, since I broke the config
and
>then lost my broadband at the same weekend. But I plan to get it up and
>running any day soon again, so soon I'll be up to speed again and
hopefully
>able to answer any questions on it.
>
>/Johan
>
>Btw, it is possible to put in a harddrive, but far cooler is to record
>shows
>over the LAN to your server. Records the digital videostream, including
>teletext and stuff. You can also easily stream the signal to any pc in
the
>household..
>








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