Ok so ive just unwrapped it, not got time untill the weekend to flash it and have a good play, but........
Everything about the packaging makes me think 'recycled', from the plain black ink on brown cardboard box (i know the box gets thrown anyway) to the instruction manual with a very 'grainy' looking card cover
anyway, taken out of the box, and got a screwdriver, and lifted the lid, first thing i noticed is how cramped the power supply looks, and start to think that this is going to be the receivers weak point in the future, then as i put the lid down, theres also heat reflective padding on the inside of it, this will reflect the heat away from the actual case, but back towards the electronics, making me think even more than in 18-24 months, there'll be people starting to complain about missing channels, power dropouts, dish moving problems etc as the caps start to overheat and fail
all of the cables are present inside for a sata drive to plug straight in, and fitting a fan shouldnt be too dificult
open the little box with the remote etc in, and.....WTF is that!!!???!!!
it has to be the ugliest fkin remote ive ever seen in my life, and ive seen a lot of them. all white, with white buttons, and black text, except for the record button, power button and the 4 coloured buttons, and most of them when you press them, you can feel and hear a definate 'click'. EWWWW
also comes with the usual cheapy batteries, a HDMI lead, a fig8 power lead, with an EU plug, so unless you stick something in your socket to open the contacts (dont try this at home kids) youll need an adaptor, and screws and rubber washers to screw the hard drive into place
for now, the lids back on, and its back in the box untill the weekend, and to allow me to get over the shock of the remote
Ill play more with the images etc then, and post back, unless i sell it first cos i really dont like that remote lol
Everything about the packaging makes me think 'recycled', from the plain black ink on brown cardboard box (i know the box gets thrown anyway) to the instruction manual with a very 'grainy' looking card cover
anyway, taken out of the box, and got a screwdriver, and lifted the lid, first thing i noticed is how cramped the power supply looks, and start to think that this is going to be the receivers weak point in the future, then as i put the lid down, theres also heat reflective padding on the inside of it, this will reflect the heat away from the actual case, but back towards the electronics, making me think even more than in 18-24 months, there'll be people starting to complain about missing channels, power dropouts, dish moving problems etc as the caps start to overheat and fail
all of the cables are present inside for a sata drive to plug straight in, and fitting a fan shouldnt be too dificult
open the little box with the remote etc in, and.....WTF is that!!!???!!!
it has to be the ugliest fkin remote ive ever seen in my life, and ive seen a lot of them. all white, with white buttons, and black text, except for the record button, power button and the 4 coloured buttons, and most of them when you press them, you can feel and hear a definate 'click'. EWWWW
also comes with the usual cheapy batteries, a HDMI lead, a fig8 power lead, with an EU plug, so unless you stick something in your socket to open the contacts (dont try this at home kids) youll need an adaptor, and screws and rubber washers to screw the hard drive into place
for now, the lids back on, and its back in the box untill the weekend, and to allow me to get over the shock of the remote
Ill play more with the images etc then, and post back, unless i sell it first cos i really dont like that remote lol