<s>
The	O
Vu+	B-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
VuPlus	B-Application
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Linux-powered	O
DVB	B-Application
satellite	O
,	O
terrestrial	B-Application
digital	I-Application
television	I-Application
receivers	O
(	O
set-top	O
box	O
)	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Korean	O
multimedia	O
brand	O
Ceru	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
older	O
Vu+	B-Application
hardware	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
are	O
MIPS-powered	O
,	O
newer	O
are	O
all	O
ARM-powered	O
and	O
uses	O
Enigma2	B-Application
image	O
based	O
software	O
as	O
firmware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
firmware	B-Application
is	O
officially	O
user-upgradable	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
computer	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
third-party	O
"	O
patching	O
"	O
of	O
alternate	O
receivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firmware	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
Enigma	B-Application
2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
Dreambox	B-Operating_System
by	O
Dream	O
Multimedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
units	O
support	O
Conax	B-Device
conditional	I-Device
access	I-Device
(	O
CA	O
)	O
system	O
,	O
with	O
software-emulated	O
conditional-access	B-Device
modules	I-Device
(	O
CAMs	O
)	O
available	O
for	O
many	O
alternate	O
CA	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
built-in	O
Ethernet	O
interface	O
allows	O
networked	O
computers	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
recordings	O
on	O
the	O
internal	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
and	O
stream	O
live	O
picture	O
from	O
the	O
tuners	O
.	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>
Unlike	O
many	O
PC	O
based	O
PVR	B-Application
systems	I-Application
that	O
use	O
free-to-air	O
type	O
of	O
DVB	B-Application
receiver	O
cards	O
,	O
the	O
built-in	O
conditional	B-Architecture
access	I-Architecture
allows	O
receiving	O
and	O
storing	O
encrypted	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
September	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
Dream	O
Multimedia	O
obtained	O
a	O
temporary	O
injunction	O
against	O
the	O
Satco	O
Europe	O
GmbH	O
company	O
for	O
using	O
their	O
"	O
Enigma	B-Application
2	O
"	O
name	O
in	O
an	O
advertising	O
flyer	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
installed	O
on	O
the	O
Vu+	B-Application
set-top-boxes	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
Enigma	B-Application
"	O
( 2	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
registered	O
trademark	O
name	O
of	O
Dream	O
Multimedia	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
Vu+	B-Application
Uno	O
and	O
Vu+	B-Application
Ultimo	O
have	O
a	O
dual	O
core	O
processor	O
BCM7413	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
at	O
"	O
Vu+	B-Application
Day	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
publicly	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
generation	O
of	O
Vu+	B-Application
DVB	B-Application
satellite	O
receivers	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
publicly	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2012	O
would	O
be	O
ARM-powered	O
and	O
use	O
XBMC	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Center	I-Application
(	O
now	O
renamed	O
to	O
Kodi	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
software	O
for	O
its	O
main	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
an	O
OpenEmbedded-based	O
development-project	O
that	O
they	O
call	O
"	O
XBMC4STB	O
"	O
(	O
XBMC	B-Application
for	O
Set-Top-Boxes	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
beta	O
releases	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
new	O
hardware	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
XBMC	B-Application
developers	O
before	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
it	O
took	O
two	O
more	O
years	O
before	O
a	O
native	O
source	O
port	O
of	O
XBMC	B-Application
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
newer	O
Vu+	B-Application
(	O
VuPlus	B-Application
)	O
based	O
set-top	O
box	O
models	O
SoloSe	O
,	O
Solo2	O
,	O
and	O
Duo2	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
MIPS	B-Device
instead	O
ARM	B-Architecture
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC	B-Application
will	O
not	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
older	O
Vu+	B-Application
set-top	O
boxes	O
due	O
to	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
with	O
missing	O
OpenGL	O
graphics	O
acceleration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Open	O
Black	O
Hole	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
for	O
making	O
unofficial	O
third-party	O
OpenPLi	O
based	O
images	O
for	O
newer	O
Vu+	B-Application
set-top	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
XBMC4STB	O
software	O
fork	O
of	O
Kodi/XBMC	O
from	O
Vu+	B-Application
,	O
the	O
images	O
are	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
hybrid	O
integration	O
between	O
Kodi/XBMC	O
media	O
center	O
software	O
and	O
Dreambox	B-Operating_System
's	O
Enigma2	B-Application
PVR	B-Application
software	O
scripts	O
,	O
forked	O
from	O
OpenPLi	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
OpenEmbedded	B-Application
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
as	O
such	O
also	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
PLi	O
plugins	O
and	O
coding	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
25	O
May	O
2015	O
and	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Black	O
Hole	O
Team	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
independent	O
developers	O
of	O
long	O
popular	O
community	O
driven	O
firmware	B-Application
images	O
for	O
Vu+	B-Application
-based	O
set	O
top-boxes	O
,	O
however	O
these	O
Open	O
Black	O
Hole	O
project	O
images	O
are	O
completely	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Black	O
Hole	O
image	O
for	O
Vu+	B-Application
.	O
</s>
