Hi, I am thinking of purchasing this machine instead of building a HTPC but I am a Sat-newbee. I am looking to do the following:
- watch pictures and DIVX/XVID/DVD videos via an external USB DVD drive (if seen a plugin in for E2) with subtitles e.g. *.srt
- record directly on my USB DVD recorder from a HDD
- use a bluetooth device like a keyboard, I have an USB dongle
- use any wireless keyboard
- receive/record streams from the BBC iPlayer, e.g. via XBMC's BBC iPlayer plugin or Youtube website or Airplayer or BBC Bigscreen website, if this is not possible will it become possible once a HTML5 version is available
- receive email or facebook notifications on the front panel display in standby mode
- listen to satellite radio and internet radio (will flash streams work with Opera Flash Lite) without switching the TV on/off
- watch German, Italian as well as UK SatTV (I am based in the UK)
- cut out adverts on recorded programmes automatically either during recording or afterwards
- access the box from the WAN, either to stream from or to the box, or copy material onto HDD
- use the keypad of an android phone (e.g. samsung galaxy mini) to type messages, google, or flip channels
Also,
- how does channel switching compare to other machines
- is the third tuner always a combo T/C
- are video recordings done in *.TS, if so can the easily be converted into mp4
- what is the format of radio recordings
- will an external HDD go into a low power mode when a recording is scheduled
- when a recording is scheduled will the USB wake a HDD that is in deep-mode
- is it worth getting this machine at all with what I am looking for or would you recommend me getting stand-alone machines, e.g. streamer, sat receiver, dvd player etc.
- can you upgrade the machine with ram or processing power?
Many thanks.