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The Lyngbox is here

  • 19-02-2008 10:36pm
    #1
    cormacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 360 ✭✭


    http://www.lyngbox.com/overview/

    Looks like it has started selling in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany & Spain.
    Price seems to €679 incl 160 Gb hard disk.

    the quick and dirty:

    2 Tuners, 1 satellite and 1 terrestrial. Both capable of standard MPEG2 and HD MPEG4 reception.

    1 expansion slot for an extra tuner.

    Box based on Linux but uses proprietary receiver-level software

    HDMI output
    Component, SCART & Composite also
    Optical SPDIF out and analog RCA

    PVR functions incl timeshift.
    160Gb hard-disk (seems to ship with this by default)

    Ethernet port
    4 USB 2.0 ports

    2 CI slots

    The dogs bollox aspect is that it integrates with Lyngsat.com for free and saves service searching, keeping itself up to date. There is also a mention of the Lyngsat TV guide which will provide programme information, defaulting to the DVB epg details if not available.The guide is hosted http://www.lyngsat-guide.com and seems to be in early beta stage.. one assumes they are sourcing the data from radio times and friends and then distributing the same way they spec the sat services. It also boasts the ability to schedule recordings remotely from the web. I'm assuming that the box is notified of the scheduling or just polls the remote site for programmed recordings... very clever idea.

    The manual is available from:
    http://www.lyngbox.com/downloads/docs/manual/lyngbox-manual-english.pdf

    Youtube videos with demos..
    http://youtube.com/user/LyngBox

    Screens in manual look basic in places but may well be usable.

    This one could be promising both price wise in terms of bang for the buck and the expansion options that could result. The combined sat/terrestrial and MPEG4 capability is exactly what any FTA head requires to get FTA stuff.

    Hopefully Dr. Dish will get to overview the receiver and give us some heads up as to its stability and performance.

    Could be a serious dreambox killer.. we need to wath this one very closely.


Comments

  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    I hope to test one in next couple of weeks.


  • #3
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    VERY interesting, and good find :)

    Shame about the price though.. :(


  • #4
    pbirney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭pbirney


    Can it view MPEG 4.2.2 feeds?


  • #5
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Jaysus, that's a fine looking piece of kit. 4 USB ports! And store up to 50,000 channels :D

    Just a pity it doesn't have a twin satellite tuner included in the extraordinary price of €680.

    Damnit, I want one :)


  • #6
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    cormacl wrote: »
    Price seems to €679
    :eek:


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