Lyngbox

[Satsearching]

The Lyngbox LB1 Is a satellite PVR box, what is interesting about this box is that one of the company founders is "Christian Lyngemark" who is behind the well known Lyngsat website, a first port of call to many satellite enthusiasts.

http://www.lyngsat.com/

It is claimed that the features of this new box came about from the many people visiting lyngsat with ideas and emails about what the perfect box should do.

The other interesting thing about this box is that it was built in Motala Sweeden. The Nokia Dbox was also built in Motala Sweeden.

Also many of the people behind this new Lyngbox are former Nokia employees involved in the Dbox.

The Lyngbox is Linux based but not open source and is believed to be technically way before it's time just like the dbox was. Lyngbox has no plans to make the firmware public as this encourages piracy and Lyngbox plan to work with providers to develop features.

Interesting if in future someone does manage to hack this box though, it does look smart.



Technical Specifications

In the box

• LyngBox
• HDMI cable
• Ethernet cable
• Power cable
• Terrestrial antenna cable
• Remote control
• 2 x AA batteries

System specification

• STMicroelectronics CPU
• Three CPU cores (1×266 MHz, 2×384 MHz)

System memory

• RAM: 96 MB
• Flash: 32 MB
• Hard disk: 160 GB
• Store up to 50,000 channels

Software

• Linux operating system
• Proprietary LyngBox software
• Software upgrade over Internet

Dimensions

• Size (WxHxD) 384×83×256 mm
• Weight 3,8 kg

Power

• Line voltage AC 85-265V
• Frequency 50/60Hz
• Mains Power switch

Image formats

• JPEG

Video formats

• Supported resolutions:
  • 576i, 576p, 720p, and 1080i

Video output

• HDMI, Component (Y-PB-PR), SCART, and Composite
• 16:9 and 4:3 TV screen format

Audio output

• Optical S/PDIF (PCM or Dolby Digital pass-through)
• Analog stereo audio (2 x RCA)

Video decoder

• H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
• MPEG-2
• DVB Subtitling support
• Teletext support

Audio decoder

• MPEG-2
• Dolby Digital (downmix)

Display

• OLED front panel display
• Indicators for:
  • Current channel
  • Program name
  • new mail
  • HD or SD transmission
  • Dolby Digital multichannel audio
  • PVR status

PVR

• Store up to 40h HDTV or 120h SDTV
• Time shift capability

Satellite input

• Supports DVB-S and DVB-S2
• Modulation: 8PSK, QPSK
• Symbol rate (Msymbols/s):
  • DVB-S: 1-45
  • DVB-S2: 10-30
• Frequency range: 950-2150 Mhz
• DiSEqC: 1.1 and 1.2
• LNB voltage: 13/18 V
• Tone control: 22 kHz
• Support for C and Ku band
• Support for DiSEqC 1.2 motors

Terrestrial input

• Frequency bands: UHF, VHF
• Channel bandwidth: 7, 8 MHz
• Antenna power: 5V
• Antenna output (pass-through)

Conditional access

• 2 x Common Interface slots

Universal remote control

• Operate LyngBox, TV and DVD
• A wireless keyboard can be added as accessory

Connectivity

• 100BaseT Ethernet port
• 4 x USB 2.0 port for external devices
• Attach a storage device and transfer files

Expandability

• Expansion slot for tuner expansion card