LyngBox

[DarkStar]

http://gustaf.rr.nu/LyngBox/index.html

I hope Sadoun plans on stocking the LyngBox. It supports HD satellite reception, is a DVR, and updates itself directly from LyngSat over the Internet!

[Sadoun]

Nice receiver

[pictureon]

Nice receiver

Yeh the edge (the only thing showing) looks very nice!

[DarkStar]

Here's the full front picture of it...

[Sadoun]

Yeh the edge (the only thing showing) looks very nice!

I care more about the specs, but looks matter as well

[pictureon]

I'm sure you do Sadoun. It was a joke. It does look good too. Thanks for the full picture Dasrkstar

[T4Runner]

This receiver looks almost too good to be true. There is no indication what the price will be, but if anyone at SADOUN is going to the IBC show in Amsterdam they might tell us.

New Satellite Receiver Stores 50,000 Channels; Can Be Used Worldwide

Rocco Fanucci – Wed, 2006 – 09 – 06 15:34
Most “satellite people” are very familiar with the Lyngsat Web site. It could very well be the world’s most complete database of accurate satellite ladder charts. Pick a satellite and you can view all the channels available for viewing. For example, the AMC-4 satellite carries a number faith-based and international channels in North America. On another site, LyngSat Address, select a country and you can find out which satellites their channels are using for broadcasting – in their home market and internationally. TV Prima Romania, for instance, is using several satellites over Europe, Asia and the Atlantic.
Get ready for the LyngBox.



We were tipped off by a Polish Web site in February about a new project involving LyngSat for a “super receiver” based on the DVB-S2 standard, but also capable of receiving DVB-T and decoding HDTV:

Christian Lyngemark - właściciel legendarnego serwisu satelitarnego lyngsat.com - zamierza wprowadzić na rynek "superodbiornik" HD combo DVB-S/DVB-T.
Projekt prowadzony jest przez firmę Lyngsat Media AB i Europejską Agencję Kosmiczną ESA. Najważniejsze cechy planowanego odbiornika to dwie głowice - satelitarna i naziemna, odbiór w nowym standardzie DVBS2, dekodowanie zarówno MPEG-2 jak i MPEG-4 oraz dysk do zgrywania programów.

Największą nowością ma być łączność przez internet z portalem lyngsat.com i automatyczne aktualizowanie listy programów satelitarnych.

The Swedish National Space Board found it interesting as well:

Lyngbox är ett av de företag som för första gången 2005 genomför projekt med Rymdstyrelsens stöd. Lyngbox utvecklar ett intressant koncept för att via en databas på Internet automatiskt ställa in kanalerna på satellit-TV-mottagare, oberoende av var I världen man befinner sig.

More than a little intrigued, we looked it up and found it: a European Space Agency (ESA) project, for a telecom application called “LyngBox.” They set out to build a satellite receiver last July that would be able to continuously update itself from data published on the Internet. Brilliant. The ESA and Hollycroft Associates got together with LyngSat to develop this new “super satcom box” and got into the development work last December. Could they be using some of the new chips introduced at CES? According to the Swedish patent filing (see PDF, page 26) from earlier this year, this receiver can do it all.

With the patent issued, Lyngbox is set to debut at the IBC show in Amsterdam on Friday, 8 September 2006. Along with a 160-gig drive, it has all the features you’d expect:

Features:
> Can store up to 50,000 channels
> Free access to all LyngSat Network services (LyngSat, LyngSat Guide and LyngSat Maps) with exclusivity to the LyngBox. No other receiver has access to these services
> Always corrects channel names, not relying on service names in the DVB stream
> Family user profiles and parental lock. Each user can have their own selection of channels based on countries, languages and genres which will be updated automatically
> HDTV support (720p and 1080i)
> Supports H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and MPEG-2
> Built-in tuners for both satellite TV (DVB-S/DVB-S2) and terrestrial TV (DVB-T)
> Internal slot system which makes it possible to install an additional tuner card
> 4:3 and 16:9 TV screen format support
> Teletext decoding
> Dual Common Interface slots for use with pay-TV channels
> PVR functionality with hard disk
> Possibilities to store recordings on an external DVD recorder connected with USB2
> DiSEqC 1.2 support for controlling LNB and motorised dish
> Remote control as standard and a wireless remote keyboard as accessories
> Channel selection by typing the name of the channel on the keyboard
> View images from a digital camera connected to the LyngBox
Interfaces:
> DVB-S2 input
> DVB-T input + output (pass-through)
> Expansion slot for additional tuner card
> 2 Common Interface slots
> HDMI-output.
> Component output
> Composite output
> SCART output (RGB and composite)
> S/PDIF optical output with AC-3 support
> Stereo audio (2 RCA)
> 4 USB 2.0 ports
> Ethernet connection (100BaseT)

[rainman]

It sounds great as long as the price isn't outrageous.

[mhoward]

Has anyone else seen advertising for the new Lyngbox. It appears to be marketed by Lyngsat, but the new box combines DVB-S2 with DVB-T and a Hard Drive. You can watch Standard DVB and HDTV! So one could watch local digital television AND FTA Satellite on the same device. You could even record. My only question is this: While this is great for the Euro Market--Will it work in the North America Market? Does Europe use the same DVB-T system as North America?

[vj9999]

I have merged two new threads about LyngBox nto the existing thread. It's easier to keep it all in one spot.