Don't trash your Dreamboxes, if you do please send me them ;o).

All these, if MPEG4, are still strong and even better than new boxes. You just need to have the right software/sim on them. I don't count anymore all my friends who got back their DM800HD working, with the Japhar Sim and MastaG images OpenPLi 4.0 and BlackHole IPTV... and they watch Worldwide FTA IPTV ! The box was never thought for IPTV, but today is capable of Sat + Cable + Terrestrial and IPTV even better than other cheap boxes (remember cheap is always too expensive). Get your DM boxes working, and you will still use them for next 5 years.

Only the HEVC/H265 could change the situation, but none of the "cheap boxes" you talk about would survive as well. So keep your DM and get them updated properly.

TS