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    Openbox S9 a Gem!

    I've just picked up an S9 for £90 inc a weeks cline and all I can say is its taken me right back to the good old days of the Dbox and TM's with Soft Cam ie cheap and cheerful just as this hobby should be!

    The S9 does everything right beyond which you would expect at the price.

    The PQ is easily as good as any DM I've owned and falls just a little short of the Cuberevo and Icecrypt S4000. Although were it poos on both of those boxes is that it has a very stable Ccam that so far hasn't glitched on me once.

    Functions are very basic but I want to watch telly not play with my box so can't really complain there.

    Anyway, all in all a fantastic box that opens it all up again for less than a Ton.

    This is just as it should be, something for almost nothing

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    sounds like your on a pay server mate not good but as for the box itself maybe its time to get one for the kids room

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    The box is working as a Newcamd server, too - at least for some cards.

    So, no need for pay-server ****e, indeed! It's very simple!

    Around €99 on the Continent, not sure if sponsors have it...

    Not perfect, this box! Warning!

    Linux but not an open system!

    Some issues with various TPs.

    Not all cards supported!

    Etc.





    1) 300 MHz MIPS Processor - Linux Operating System
    2) Fully compliant MPEG-4 H.264/AVC Main Profile Level 3 & High Profile Level 4.1;
    3) Fully compliant MPEG-2 MP@HL & MP@ML;
    4) Fully compliant MPEG-1 Layer I & II & III, Dolby Digital Audio(AC3);
    5) S*** & M*** receivable from C/Ku band satellites;
    6) multiple LNB-Switching control (supports DiSEqC1.0/1.1/unicable/1.2/1.3(USALS) supported)
    7) NIT search supported;
    8) Support MHEG-5;
    9) Support HDMI 1.3;
    10) Support PVR(store in USB disk);
    11) Multimedia files playback(by USB);
    12) Support Electronic Program Guide(EPG) for 7 days;
    13) Teletext and subtitle out through OSD;
    14) Support multi-lingual DVB subtitle and teletext;
    15) Automatic and manual channel scan options;
    16) automatic service scan
    17) channel-change time < 1 second
    18) OSD in many languages and skin-support
    19) Multilingual support on screen menu (OSD): English, French, Deutsch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Greece, Portuguese, Finland, Holland, Turkish, Czech, selectable;
    20) LED Display
    21) Multiple display mode: 1080i/720p/570p/576i/480p;
    22) MPEG-2 / H.264 Hardware decoding
    23) Videotext Decoder
    24) Analog audio output: stereo(L+R);
    25) Digital audio output: S/PDIF by coaxial and optical;
    26) S/PDIF Interface for digital bit stream out (AC-3)
    27) YCbCr available;
    28) 2 x Scart (RGB, FBAS or S-Video)
    29) Screen format:auto, 4:3, and 16:9;
    30) Upgrade software through USB2.0 port;
    31) Powerful program management function, parent lock;
    32) CA 1x slot and CI 1xslot
    33) 10/100Mbit Ethernet Interface
    34) directly bouquet-lists

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    I've got one for a second box. Sky news puts the box into a loop so that amongst other channels deleted. Cheap and cheerfull. Great pic too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scallywag View Post
    I've got one for a second box. Sky news puts the box into a loop so that amongst other channels deleted. Cheap and cheerfull. Great pic too.
    Yes, I read about that on another forum but it hasn't happened for me running the latest F/W. Then again I haven't tried Sky News only Sky News HD.

    If I'm being very picky the blacks on this Box are a little dark, probally adjustable though. Still great PQ for the price.

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    Downsides for me are
    Cant view hdmi and scart at same time ie in another room.
    You have to change channels to view each epg.
    Dodgy tp's rebooting stb but you can get a list with them removed.
    Cant use softcams.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midnight R View Post
    Yes, I read about that on another forum but it hasn't happened for me running the latest F/W. Then again I haven't tried Sky News only Sky News HD.

    If I'm being very picky the blacks on this Box are a little dark, probally adjustable though. Still great PQ for the price.
    Could be argued that the blackness shows a decent quality of the box.Either way between £70 and £90 its a bit of a bargain

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    Colour/brightness etc can be manually adjusted on this stb as well as tv.

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    During chinese public holidays, our engineers release new software dated April 4th 2011 for openbox s9 hd according to the customers' feedback and advice.
    It mainly futher improve the cardsharing about DRE-CRYPT, PROBLEMS about rebooting of paid channels, and add softcam (patch)


    Code:
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SBYJV0G9
    Who needs it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by manic01 View Post
    Downsides for me are
    Cant view hdmi and scart at same time ie in another room.
    You have to change channels to view each epg.
    Dodgy tp's rebooting stb but you can get a list with them removed.
    Cant use softcams.
    Latest F/W includes soft cam function.

    Also, rebooting TP's has been fixed.

    Epg still Poop

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