OCTAGON SF8 HD E2 (xp1000S)

Penasaran dengan Openbox S6000 HD yang teman-teman Kota Satelit bicarakan, ternyata cek email dapat kabar dari Octagon kalo akan ada seri terbaru dari Octagon yaitu SF8 HD E2 yang punya spek mirip dengan Openbox S6000 HD itu. Berikut penjelasan dari Octagon Forum:

OCTAGON presents its first BCM (MIPS) box with Enigma2 operating system. As a BCM7358 processor operates at 500 MHz and provides switching times of less than one second. With this box now attracts OCTAGON in the open source community with the popular and well-known Enigma2 OS. In addition to the factory image will also Cummunity images of well-known team like openATV, OpenPLi, SIF team, VIX, PKT, HD freaks and other teams are at your disposal. Bakannte and popular plugins from CrossEPG and EPG Refresh on media player such as "Rnhanced Movie Center" and many other plugins. Settings of many teams and for every taste, tools and much more, What the community has to offer, all is well Octagon customers are coming soon. The first Enigma2 box is a fine, small entry level at a very fair price. A display, USB, LAN and a simple flashing are as much a part.

Main Feature:

500 MHz powerful processor (Broadcom BCM7358 MIPS)
512 MB of DDR3 Memory
128 MB NAND Flash memory
4MB SPI NOR
1 Watt Stand-by consumption
2 x card reader and CI slot
USB 2.0 and LAN connection
4-digit alphanumeric display
Operating System Linux OS E2

Features at a glance:

• 500 MHz MIPS CPU 3300 BCM7358 class
• 512 MB of DDR3 Memory
• 128 MB NAND Flash memory
• 4MB SPI NOR
• Full HDTV PVR Receiver (DVB-S/S2),
• H.264 / MPEG4 - HD / SD DVB-S2 tuner
• Operating System Linux OS E2
• 2 x card reader and CI slot
• 4-digit alphanumeric display
• HDMI - output sound and image (576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p)
• Optical (SPDIF) output Dolby
• USB 2.0 port
• HDMI & Scart
• Ethernet port (LAN 10/100Mbps)
• Wi-Fi & 3G modem support via USB port
• UFScontrol Plugin for Iphone & Android Phones
• Programmable Universal Remote Control
• Program change less than 1 second
• MP3 Player & JPEG Viewer Support
• Recording & Time Shifting (* optional)
• EPG - Electronic Program Guide
• FTP Server Support
• Favorite groups for TV and radio
• OSD in different languages
• Unlimited channel list for TV & Radio
• Parental Control
• Skin support (different menu interfaces)
• Teletext and subtitle support
• Multi-LNB support DiSEqC control version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and USALS
• Deep 1 watt stand-by consumption
• Automatic and manual channel search
• UNICABLE & Fast Scan support
• Power switch & external SMPS Power Supply

 (Maaf, terjemahannya saya pake Google Translate ya).

Sedikit penampakan Octagon SF8 HD:

Penampakannya nggk usah banyak-banyak ya, dua saja cukup. Kalau baca spek Openbox S6000 HD, yang beda dengan Octagon SF8 HD ini di bagian Processor dan RAM. Selebihnya sama kayaknya.
Openbox S6000 HD > 333 MHz : Octagon SF8 HD > 500 MHz
Openbox S6000 HD > 384 MB : Octagon SF8 HD > 512 MB.

Saya kurang tau juga apakah Openbox.UA akan mengeluarkan seri S6000 (karena belum tertera di website resminya), tapi yang jelas dari pihak Octagon sudah ada info dan kita tau keduanya sama-sama menggunakan Fortis di seri-seri sebelumnya. Ada apa dengan Fortis? Saya juga kurang tau. Yang jelas, keuntungan dari penggunaan Image Enigma di seri terbaru ini adalah dukungan komunitas tentunya (Enigma yang notabene Open Source, beda dengan Fortis yang Close Source).

Have fun!