Why Flash A Dreambox?

[tadoran]

Just out of curiosity, What or why would you need to Flash a Dreambox?
Thanks All.

[Buenchico]

From Wikipedia:
" . . . unofficial third-party conditional access software modules (CAMs or emulators) are widely circulated on the Internet that emulate the CA systems developed by NDS (VideoGuard), Irdeto, Conax, Nagravision, Viaccess and other proprietary vendors. Some Dreambox owners use these softcams in conjunction with card sharing software to access pay TV services without a subscription card inserted in every connected box. This practice may be illegal in some jurisdictions and third-party software for this purpose is neither officially endorsed nor supported by Dream Multimedia and voids the official warranty".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreambox

I'd guess that you might need to flash the device to enable such add-ons to be used.