TV, Cable, and Satellite receivers have come a long way since way back when. Now they can do all sorts of things and even be incorporated into using things like your laptop to record shows, and videos. These receivers come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors, prices and lots more. If your a tech junkie, then you are probably going to be a kid in a candy store while reading up on some of the coolest little receiver gadgets I found online whilst searching around for other things. Obviously, the price differs on all of these so check out websites for that information! Here are some hardcore receivers along with some of the crazy specs they include! Pay attention, your in for a wild ride!

DreamBox 600S Satellite Receiver PVR -
This box is basically the same as the DM 500 with an IDE interface and enough room for a 2.5 inch laptop drive. These boxes in particular are incredibly small at just 195mm x 130mm x 40mm and look absolutely delicious! Its also a Linux set top based box with pluggable DVB-C standard universal cable turner and PVR support!

Specs -
-250 MHz PowerPC Processor (350 Mips)
-Linux Operating System
-1 x Smartcard-Reader
-MPEG2 Hardware decoding
-Come with Satellite Tuner and is NOT changeable (DVB-S)
-V.24/RS232 Interface
-10/100Mbit compatible Ethernet Interface
-2 LED status
-32 MByte Flash, 96 MByte Ram total
-Integrated IDE UDMA66 Interface
-Support for internal HDD 2.5" in any capacity
-Unlimited channel lists for TV/Radio
-Channel-change time 1 second
-Full automatic service scan
-Supports directly bouquet-lists
-Supports EPG (electronic program guide)
-Supports own videotext
-Supports multiple LNB-Switching control (DiSEqC)
-Fully adaptable OSD in many languages and skin-support
-S/PDIF Interface for digital bit stream out (AC-3)
-1 x Scart-interfaces
-S-Video connector
-Analogue modem

If you would like, you can also check out the following brands as well as models. And listed below with the brands/models is also a little bit of information as well as some specs you can view!

Echolink 777 FTA Super (Satellite Receiver) -
This Echolink is the newest patchable free to air digital satellite receiver from Echolink. It stores 4000 channels, supports USALS motor control, and has 15 day EPG and picture in mode. This is a really great buy!

Specs -
-4000 digital channels
-Easy graphics menu
-Multi language function
-800 pages teletext
-Editing functions, powerful channel sorting and grouping
-Electronic programming guide (EPG)
-Multi language OSD, audio and subtitle reception
-Multiple search modes
-Picture in graphic (PIG) supports
-Software updates RS232

OpenBox 800X (Satellite Receiver) -
The OpenBox 800X is a digital satellite receiver that has been tested over 10 months by hundreds of users and in turn has produced one of the most reliable products available. This product is both stable and reliable, and based on hardware tests has also been proven to be extremely safe and efficient even after months of excessive usage.

Specs -
-4500 programmable channels
-On-screen display in eight languages
-Teletext
-MPEG 2 Compatible
-Timer, clock
-Lists of favorite programs

All of the products with in this article have received highly rated reviews amongst people that have either tested out the products or that have bought the products, so any of these products would be a great thing to look into buying! Good luck in your purchases.