Donnie Darko
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I initially thought they came with a HD.Its obviously slightly bigger to accomodate a HD with a £60 increase over the 500.
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Why is the 600 so pricey??
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Thats the retail business for you! It seems that because they now have given us the option of having a hd on the 600 compared to the 500 that a price increase is warrented!!! But it is naughty considering the price increase doesnt actually include the hd. The price will of course come down eventually and we all can help this happen fast by not BUYING the 600 forcing them to lower the price, thats how the retail business works and thinks, if people keep buying fake 500c's this will help to!!!!
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Even direct from china they are 180 quid!
http://www.teknokolik.com.tr/urunler.php?malkodu=RC.DB-DM600PVR.B
I think, have to get the office in Hong Kong to check.
http://www.teknokolik.com.tr/urunler.php?malkodu=RC.DB-DM600PVR.B
I think, have to get the office in Hong Kong to check.
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Works out better (at least for me) just setting up a network with my PC, for the price they want, I reckon it's better going for the NAS option and having the support that the 500c has.
The increase is around £100 now, which is ridiculous considering how little the change is (can't cost them all that much to add an IDE interface/enclosure!)
The increase is around £100 now, which is ridiculous considering how little the change is (can't cost them all that much to add an IDE interface/enclosure!)
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to be hohnest with you, i personally dont see any point in buying fakes..... what happens when dream dont sell enogh and they close up, who else will improve on the technology, peng wont be doing this????
and i have had trouble with fakes and am glad i bough a lovely original!
the 600 is about the smae size as a 500c a bit heavier thou
it had interchangable recivers
and the option for a hdd (that i have utilised)
when i orderd mine it was £180 and with next day delivery! so i am very pleased as the 500c was £140. at its cheapest i was paying £122.50 inc 3day delivery.
i think the 500c had inproved over the last few images, i hope they do the same with the 600 as well. its a much nicer unit.
maybe a little expensive for what they have dun, yes its only and ide connector, but how much has it cost for them to develope this techonology?
a lot of money!!!
cause why do cable companies install such big units if a dreambox can do more with a better picture???? beacuse its cheaper to use older and bigger technology.
and i have had trouble with fakes and am glad i bough a lovely original!
the 600 is about the smae size as a 500c a bit heavier thou
it had interchangable recivers
and the option for a hdd (that i have utilised)
when i orderd mine it was £180 and with next day delivery!
so i am very pleased as the 500c was £140. at its cheapest i was paying £122.50 inc 3day delivery. i think the 500c had inproved over the last few images, i hope they do the same with the 600 as well. its a much nicer unit.
maybe a little expensive for what they have dun, yes its only and ide connector, but how much has it cost for them to develope this techonology?
a lot of money!!!
cause why do cable companies install such big units if a dreambox can do more with a better picture???? beacuse its cheaper to use older and bigger technology.
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To be fair though, the technology was already available and they've profitted off their other boxes - over the 500c, they've added an IDE connector, they aren't that expensive and I suspect not a whole lot of development has gone into designing the new 600c (because why would they need to develop hardware, that's already been developed?)
Going on prices now, they've thrown £100 on for the IDE addition - they've done it to cash in on the success of the 500c and until the price starts dropping, I really can't see as much development with images being specifically designed for it (not to say there wont be any, but not on the scale of the 500c).
I don't blame them for trying to make more profit, they are a business afterall, but it's too much for me with little 'reward' to ever consider it (especially when the harddrive addition is possible over a network with the 500c) - personally, the next logical step for me over my 500c, would be a 7025.
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BadKarma
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Sorry if this has been asked before and answered but I wanted to know whether the tuner on these devices is any better than the 500c or is it too early to tell?
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The 600PVR box got a new mainboard with tuner slot for pluggable tuners, a IDE interface and 32 MByte Flash and 96 MByte Ram.
Thats not a simple DM500 board with additional IDE interface.
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You must buy additional a cable tuner, it cost agian £35-40 !
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