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This is an old revision of comparison made by Erik Slagter on 2013-10-13 16:09:37.
STB Comparison
In these tables below you will find all STB's currently supported by the OpenPLi team,
with their technical specifications, real power consumption figures, and the OpenPLi
version supported for the model.
Dream Multimedia
| STB Model | DM800HD | DM8000 | DM500HD | DM800SE | DM7020HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | |||||
| Status | discontinued | discontinued | discontinued *1 | discontinued *1 | discontinued *1 |
| Life cycle | 2008-2012 | 2009-2012 | 2010-2013 | 2010-2013 | 2011-2013 |
| Tuners | |||||
| Fixed / pluggable | -/1 | 2/2 | 1/- | -/1 | -/2 |
| Fixed tuners | - | 2xS2 | 1xS2 | - | - |
| Available tuners | S/S2/C/T/C+T | S/S2/C/T/C+T | - | S/S2/C/T/C+T | S/S2/C/T/C+T |
| Media | |||||
| CI | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Smart card | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 (DVI) | 1 (DVI) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HDMI-CEC | - | - | + | + | + |
| Component video | - | + | - | - | - |
| Scart | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Audio S/PDIF | optical | optical+rca | optical | optical | optical |
| LNB pass-through | *3 | *3 | - | *3 | *3 |
| User interface | |||||
| HBBTV / browser | - | - *2 | - *2 | - *2 | - *2 |
| Display | OLED graphic | OLED graphic | - | OLED graphic colour | OLED graphic |
| Miscellanuous interfaces | |||||
| Ethernet Mbps | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Ethernet (wireless) | - | 802.11bg | - | - | - |
| USB 2.0 host | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Serviceport | RS232C | RS232C | USB client | USB client | USB client |
| Storage | |||||
| Harddisk internal | 2.5" eSATA | 3.5" SATA+DVD | - | 2.5" | 3.5" |
| Harddisk external | USB | USB+CF | eSATA/USB | eSATA/USB | eSATA/USB |
| Internal | |||||
| SoC | bcm7401 | bcm7400 | bcm7405 | bcm7405 | bcm7405 |
| CPU Mhz | 300 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| CPU cores | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CPU threads | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| RAM total MiB | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 512 |
| RAM available MiB | 180 | 146 | ? | ? | ? |
| Flash size MiB | 64 | 128 | 64 | 64 | 1024 |
| Video decoders | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Video resolution | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 |
| Transcoding | - | - | - | - | - |
| Video codecs *4 | mpeg4vc | mpeg4vc | mpeg4vc | mpeg4vc | |
| Audio codecs *5 | |||||
| PiP | - | full | limited *6 | limited *6 | limited *6 |
| Linux kernel | 2.6.18 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Delayed decoding | - | - | - | - | - |
| OSD layer | 1280x720 | 1280x720 | 1280x720 | 1280x720 | 1920x1080 |
| OpenPLi | |||||
| Support status | 2.1 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 |
| Power | |||||
| Active | ? | 31 | ? | ? | ? |
| Stand by | ? | 27 | ? | ? | ? |
ClarkeTech / XTrend
| STB Model | ET5000 | ET6000 | ET9000 | ET9200 | ET4000 | ET6500 | ET9500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | |||||||
| Status | discontinued | discontinued | discontinued | discontinued | actual | actual | actual |
| Life cycle | 2010-2012 | ||||||
| Tuners | |||||||
| Fixed / Pluggable | 1/- | 1/- | 2/- | 2/- | 1/- | -/1 | -/2 |
| Fixed tuners | S2 | S2 | S2 | S2 | S2 | - | - |
| Available tuners | - | - | - | - | - | S2/C/T2 | S2/C/T2 |
| Media | |||||||
| CI | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Smart card | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HDMI-CEC | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Component video | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Scart | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Audio S/PDIF | optical | optical | optical | optical | optical | optical | optical |
| LNB pass-through | + | + | + | + | - | + | + |
| User interface | |||||||
| HBBTV / browser | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Display | - | VFD text | VFD text | - | VFD text | VFD text | |
| Miscellanuous interfaces | |||||||
| Ethernet Mbps | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Ethernet (wireless) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USB 2.0 host | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Serviceport | RS232C | RS232C | RS232C | RS232C | - | RS232C | RS232C |
| Storage | |||||||
| Harddisk internal | - | 3.5" SATA | 3.5" SATA | - | 2.5" SATA | 3.5" SATA | |
| Harddisk external | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB | USB |
| Internal | |||||||
| SoC | bcm7413 | bcm7413 | bcm7413 | bcm7413 | bcm7358 | bcm7413 | bcm7413 |
| CPU MHz | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 400 |
| CPU cores | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CPU threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| RAM total MiB | 256 | 512 | 512 | 512 | 512 | 512 | 512 |
| RAM available MiB | ? | ? | 290 | 290 | ? | 290 | 290 |
| Flash size MiB | 1024 | 1024? | 128 | 256 | 128? | 1024 | 1024 |
| Video decoders | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Video resolution | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080p50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 |
| Transcoding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Video codecs *4 | mpeg4vc,wmv | mpeg4vc,wmv | mpeg4vc,wmv | mpeg4vc,wmv | mpeg4vc,wmv | mpeg4vc,wmv | mpeg4vc,wmv |
| Audio codecs *5 | ac3+,dts,wma | ac3+,dts,wma | ac3+,dts,wma | ac3+,dts,wma | ac3+,dts,wma | ac3+,dts,wma | ac3+,dts,wma |
| PiP | limited *6 | limited *6 | limited *6 | limited *6 | - | limited *6 | limited *6 |
| Linux kernel | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Delayed decoding | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| OSD layer | 1280x720 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 |
| OpenPLi | |||||||
| Support status | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 |
| Power | |||||||
| Active W | 35 | 16 | 28 | ? | 10 | ? | ? |
| Stand by W | ? | 12 | 23 | ? | 5 | ? | ? |
VU+
| STB Model | Solo | Duo | Uno | Ultimo | Solo2 | Duo2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | ||||||
| Status | actual | actual | actual | actual | ||
| Life cycle | 2011- | 2011- | 2012- | 2013- | ||
| Tuners | ||||||
| Fixed / pluggable | -/1 | -/3 | 2/- | -/2 | ||
| Fixed tuners | - | - | 2xS2 | - | ||
| Available tuners | 2xS2/C/T/C+T | 2xS2/C/T/C+T | - | 2xS2/C/T/C+T | ||
| Media | ||||||
| CI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Smart card | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| HDMI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| HDMI-CEC | + | + | + | + | ||
| Component video | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Scart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Audio S/PDIF | optical | optical | optical | optical | ||
| LNB pass-through | + | + | - | - | ||
| User interface | ||||||
| HBBTV / browser | + | + | + | + | ||
| Display | VFD text | VFD text | VFD text | VFD text + TFT graphic | ||
| Miscellanuous interfaces | ||||||
| Ethernet Mbps | 100 | 100 | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Ethernet (wireless) | - | 802.11g | - | 802.11n | ||
| USB 2.0 host | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Serviceport | RS232 | RS232 | RS232C | RS232C | ||
| Storage | ||||||
| Harddisk internal | 2.5"/3.5" SATA | 2.5"/3.5" SATA | 2.5" SATA III | 2.5/3.5" SATA III | ||
| Harddisk external | eSATA/USB | eSATA/USB | USB | eSATA/USB | ||
| Internal | ||||||
| SoC | bcm7413 | bcm7413 | bcm7346 | bcm7424 | ||
| CPU Mhz | 400 | 400 | 1300 | 1300 | ||
| CPU cores | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CPU threads | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| RAM total MiB | 512 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | ||
| RAM available MiB | ? | ? | 570 | 965 | ||
| Flash size MiB | 128 | 1024 | 256 | 1024 | ||
| Video decoders | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Video resolution | 1080i50/60 | 1080i50/60 | 1080p50/60 | 1080p50/60 | ||
| Transcoding | - | - | limited | full | ||
| Video codecs *4 | mpeg4vc | mpeg4vc | mpeg4vc | mpeg4vc | ||
| Audio codecs *5 | ac3+ | ac3+ | ac3+ | ac3+ | ||
| PiP | limited *6 | limited *6 | full | full | ||
| Linux kernel | 3.1.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Delayed decoding | - | - | - | - | ||
| OSD layer | 1280x720 | 1280x720 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | ||
| OpenPLi | ||||||
| Support status | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 3.0,4 | 4 | ||
| Power | ||||||
| Active | 20 | 22 | 33 | ? | ? | |
| Stand by | 17 | 16 | 31 | ? | ? | |
Other manufacturers
| STB Model | XP1000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | ||||||
| Status | actual | |||||
| Life cycle | 2012- | |||||
| Tuners | ||||||
| Fixed / pluggable | 1/- | |||||
| Fixed tuners | S2 | |||||
| Available tuners | - | |||||
| Media | ||||||
| CI | 1 | |||||
| Smart card | 2 | |||||
| HDMI | 1 | |||||
| HDMI-CEC | + | |||||
| Component video | - | |||||
| Scart | 1 | |||||
| Audio S/PDIF | 1 | |||||
| LNB pass-through | - | |||||
| User interface | ||||||
| HBBTV / browser | - | |||||
| Display | - | |||||
| Miscellanuous interfaces | ||||||
| Ethernet Mbps | 100 | |||||
| Ethernet (wireless) | - | |||||
| USB 2.0 host | 1 | |||||
| Serviceport | - | |||||
| Storage | ||||||
| Harddisk internal | - | |||||
| Harddisk external | USB | |||||
| Internal | ||||||
| SoC | bcm7358 | |||||
| CPU Mhz | 500 Mhz | |||||
| CPU cores | 1 | |||||
| CPU threads | 1 | |||||
| RAM total MiB | 512 Mb | |||||
| RAM available MiB | 230 Mb | |||||
| Flash size MiB | 128 Mb | |||||
| Video decoders | 1 | |||||
| Video resolution | 1080p50/60 | |||||
| Transcoding | - | |||||
| Video codecs *4 | mpeg4vc,wmv | |||||
| Audio codecs *5 | ac3+,dts,wma | |||||
| PiP | - | |||||
| Linux kernel | 3.8 | |||||
| Delayed decoding | + | |||||
| OSD layer | 1280x720 | |||||
| OpenPLi | ||||||
| Support status | 3.0,4 | |||||
| Power | ||||||
| Active | 8 | |||||
| Stand by | 4 | |||||
*1 DMM has issued successors to these models: dm500hd v2, dm800se v2 and dm7020hd v2. These models are not supported by OpenPLi.
*2 HbbTV and Web browsing are only available in the proprietary/closed images from DMM, the required components are not released to the public domain.
*3 Whether passthrough is available, depends on the (pluggable) LNB in use.
*4 Video codecs In addition to DVB HD requirements: mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4 (= h.264 aka mpeg4 avc). Other abbreviations: mpeg4vc is mpeg 4, part 2, aka "divx".
*5 Audio codecs in addition to DVB HD requirements: mpeg1-layer-II (aka mp2), mpeg1-layer-III (aka mp3), dolby digital (aka ac3) and mpeg advanced audio coddec (aac). Other abbreviations: ac3+ is dolby digital plus (aka dd+).
*6 SD full motion and HD I-frames only (pictures gets updated 1-2 times a second)
