class HardwareInfo: def __init__(self): self.device = "unknown" try: file = open("/proc/stb/info/model", "r") self.device = file.readline().strip() file.close() except: print "----------------" print "you should upgrade to new drivers for the hardware detection to work properly" print "----------------" def get_device_name(self): return self.device device_name = property(get_device_name)