Unibox is a

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and

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digital receiver (

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). It has been distributed widely for use with

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. It also enables the receiver to store digital copies of

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TS on internal harddisk or networked filesystems.

Linux on the Uni-box

Unibox was based on the

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operating system. Originally Unibox was developed in Korea and sold in

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, CIS, the Middle East and so on. Enthusiast groups in all over the world have developed localized software versions for the Unibox.

Unibox models

There have been a number of different models of Unibox available. The numbers are suffixed with -S for Satellite, -T for Terrestrial and -C for Cable:

UD-Combo

This is essentially a full

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(1080p) version of the UD Combo(S2+T) PVR, a 450 MHz MIPS processor, 32 MB of

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, 256 MB of

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. It also features one

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, two

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, one e-SATA and one 10/100 Mbit/s

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interfaces. It has a VFD display.

UD-1000HD(180 x 145 x 40)

This is full

(1080p)

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PVR. It also features one

, two

, one 10/100 Mbit/s

interfaces. It has and touchpad on front.

UD-1100HD(180 x 145 x 40)

This is essentially a full

(1080p) version of the UD-1000HD(S2/T/C)

PVR, a 450 MHz MIPS processor, 32 MB of

, 256 MB of

. It also features one

, one

2.0, one 10/100 Mbit/s

interfaces. It has and touchpad on front. The main differences of the UD-1100HD compared to the UD-1000HD are one USB port.

UD-2000HD(280 x 180 x 58)

This is full

(1080p)

PVR. It supports one fixed tuner and one detachable tuner module (S2, T, C). It also features one

, two

, one eSATA, two Common Interface, two Smart card, one Optical and one 10/100 Mbit/s

interfaces.

Plug-ins

There are also many 3rd party plugins available. Plugins such as Weather forecast, YouTube,

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chatting, WebCam, youporn, torrent are available. In addition, unofficial third-party conditional access software modules ( CAMs or emulatorsEmuzone
/ref>) are widely circulated on the Internet that emulate the CA systems developed by NDS (VideoGuard), Irdeto,

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Nagravision Nagravision (or Nagra Kudelski or simply Nagra) is a company of the Kudelski Group that develops conditional access systems for digital cable and satellite television. The name is also used for their main products, the Nagravision enc ...

Viaccess Viaccess is a conditional access system developed by Orange S.A. There are six versions in use today, Viaccess PC2.3, Viaccess PC2.4, Viaccess PC2.5, Viaccess PC2.6, Viaccess ACS3.x/Prime Sentinel, Viaccess ACS4.1, Viaccess ACS5.0, and Viaccess A ...

and other proprietary vendors. Some Uni-box owners use these softcams in conjunction with card sharing software to access pay TV services without a subscription card inserted in every connected box. This practice may be illegal in some jurisdictions and third-party software for this purpose is neither officially endorsed nor supported by UNIDIS and voids the official warranty.

References

External links

Linux DVB API

ST Linux

DVB

ETSI
{{Home theater PC (application software) Satellite television Set-top box Television technology Digital video recorders Linux-based devices

Linux on the Uni-box

Unibox models

UD-Combo

UD-1000HD(180 x 145 x 40)

UD-1100HD(180 x 145 x 40)

UD-2000HD(280 x 180 x 58)

Plug-ins

See also

References

External links