DrDimitris wrote:

mr_anders_son wrote:

 

 

I had this idea couple years ago but someone said that It maybe be some trouble when updates

comes from Struer. It will check serielnumber online.

 

Do not worry about that. As B&O has stated NO updates will come for BM1 from now on…..

😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

Dimitri,

Ellinas sigoura einai o product manager gia na parei tetoia apofasi  😂

Spiros

Guys sorry for the Greenglish.

Just a Greek joke for such decisions from product managers!!!!

Merry Christmas 

Spiros

But I  still doesn't have an good answere about the hardisk upgrade.

can I upgrade the harddisk to 1GB?

is it possible to clone the hdd?

Thanks in advance

Frank.

Indeed Spiros… 😁

Frankly spoken I'm not a computer expert but I see no reason why this shouldn't work. After all BM1 is just an average PC based on Windows XP and a software that handles the Windows Media Player.

I think it should be possible.

Frank it's just a few screws away and a good cloning software. I guess that the Hard disc should not be that expensive so it may be worth the experiment!

I put a 1GB memory card into the BM1 and it IS faster on running video. This is because the memory buffer for video will less likely  be paged out to disk if the machine is up to something.

Next is the disk upgrade. I'm putting in a PATA to SATA converter and a 500GB disk I have lying around. 

Oké,

let my now if you do it and its working good.

Thanks

Frank

Hi Guys

The world of RAM seems fraught with danger!....is this OK to try in my beomedia 1 as I need to try something to see if it is capable of rendering video without stuttering!!

considering it is the same kind of ram in term of specs, it should not have any problems.

regarding the possibility of cloning the harddrive in order to load the image on another computer, no problem EXCEPT that you may certainly have some work to do in order to boot the B&O XPe  from it.

I am thinking buying a BM1 in order to to this hack. The BM3 is the same kind of hardware, a little better, but far from any ATOM setup, which are far away in term of performance as any regular processor.

I do not work for B&O, but I am sure they work on a new BM, probably using this kind of hardware (Sigma Designs 8642) with network streaming possibilities.

I am the owner of a DUNE HD Smart B1 (link) and I realize that the work for B&O to make a setup like that is not as difficult as it looks. They prove to have made some nice work with BM1 and BM5 in term of hardware integration and software developement, so they clearly have the capabitilies and human ressources to make such a universal box.

Keep in mind that it is a new world from B&O : it is the computer one. Clearly, it needs other competences than the one needed in audio/video techs.

sergio