<s>
The	O
DBox	O
is	O
a	O
DVB	B-Application
satellite	O
and	O
cable	B-Device
digital	B-Application
television	I-Application
integrated	O
receiver	O
decoder	O
(	O
set-top	O
box	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
commissioned	O
by	O
the	O
Kirch	O
group	O
's	O
DF1	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
German	O
provider	O
of	O
digital	B-Application
television	I-Application
that	O
later	O
merged	O
with	O
Premiere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
third-party	O
developers	O
and	O
network	O
connectivity	O
which	O
facilitates	O
card	B-Device
sharing	I-Device
,	O
makes	O
DBox2	B-Application
(	O
and	O
the	O
DBox2	B-Application
based	O
Dreambox	B-Operating_System
)	O
use	O
particularly	O
common	O
among	O
enthusiasts	O
and	O
those	O
who	O
intend	O
to	O
obtain	B-Application
services	I-Application
without	I-Application
payment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
enables	O
the	O
receiver	O
to	O
store	O
digital	O
copies	O
of	O
DVB	B-Application
MPEG	O
transport	O
streams	O
on	O
networked	O
filesystems	O
or	O
broadcast	O
the	O
streams	O
as	O
IPTV	O
to	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
and	O
XBMC	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Center	I-Application
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
device	O
was	O
in	O
production	O
,	O
both	O
free	O
and	O
pay	O
TV	O
were	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
SD	B-Device
resolution	I-Device
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
PAL	B-Language
and	O
NTSC	O
)	O
,	O
thus	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
receive	O
today	O
's	O
programs	O
in	O
HD	B-Device
with	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
D-Boxes	O
or	O
to	O
modify	O
them	O
accordingly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
1997	O
an	O
alternative	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
Dbox2	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Dbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
DBox2	B-Application
,	O
an	O
effort	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
then	O
possible	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
backup	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
including	O
vital	O
micro-code	O
images	O
for	O
the	O
MPEG	O
decoder	O
chipset	O
)	O
and	O
flash	O
an	O
image	O
based	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
and	O
drivers	O
,	O
a	O
significant	O
amount	O
of	O
code	O
is	O
needed	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
DBox2	B-Application
to	O
function	O
as	O
a	O
digital	O
receiver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enigma	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Dreambox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DBox2	B-Application
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
or	O
other	O
internal	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modules	O
have	O
however	O
become	O
available	O
for	O
attaching	O
IDE	B-Protocol
hard	I-Protocol
drives	I-Protocol
and	O
SATA	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
and	O
MMC	O
and	O
SD	B-Device
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
