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DM500HD clone quality?

  • 18-10-2011 12:13pm
    #1
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭


    Anyone have one of these?

    Quality of initial DM800 clones was brutal... presumably these are the same?


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  • #2
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    quality of what? Build, design, picture quality? Ive a 800 and i have no problems with pic quality or build. does everything i need it to from using my sub cards and home network streaming to laptops etc.


  • #3
    Newtown90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭Newtown90


    Dm500hd clones are out long enough now and havent heard one complaint about them..


  • #4
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    snaps wrote: »
    quality of what? Build, design, picture quality?
    Picture is digital so quality should be constant.

    Build quality. I know someone with a clone DM800.. has the dodgy tuner that has glitching on some channels and the pointless display on the front is starting to fail.


  • #5
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    Any of the clones I have come across are badly built and poor isolation when using scart leads there is a constant hum, also u take the risk of goosing the box if messing with software on them. Stay clear of buy somethink like a technomate tm500 which does exactly the same thing.


  • #6
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    TM500 isn't HD is it?

    I am considering a DM500HD as they do HD (obviously) and can play media over the LAN.


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  • #7
    fish fingers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭fish fingers


    Get one of the newer clone dm800's. All those problems with the hd glitching have bee sorted. I got one from satboxes.com this time last year and it's working perfectly powering my 88cm motorized dish


  • #8
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    fish fingers wrote: »
    Get one of the newer clone dm800's. All those problems with the hd glitching have bee sorted. I got one from satboxes.com this time last year and it's working perfectly powering my 88cm motorized dish

    At the same price, isn't the DM500HD a better buy? It has a 400MHz dual core CPU, vs a 300MHz single core in the DM800, and has proper HDMI.

    The front display on the 800 is pretty useless, and the only thing it has that the 500 doesn't is USB. But that can be added to the 500 fairly easily.


  • #9
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    TM500 is an SD only box.
    TM800 is HD box not long out. Havent tried one yet myself.


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