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    Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/11/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    Anyone know anything about this company/product? The info on their site is a little sparse, looks like the best option provided it's not vaporware and the price isn't astronomical...

    [www.cetoncorp.com]
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    This is good news indeed.

    Now let's see some Linux drivers, so I can use one with MythTV.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/10/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    I absolutely recommend Cablecard tuners with WMC. I currently have 3 ATI tuners on my Media Center and I can't imagine going back to any other solution. I believe each card is $2 a month and the functionality is light years ahead of all cable boxes.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    09/10/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    THIS I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Of course it comes at a time when I won't be able to afford to buy any of those ATi Tuners for at least a few months... but oh well.

    Its still fantastic that CABLElabs finally managed to remove that tree-stump from their ass!
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    I'm not sure this is such great news. The press release says Microsoft will release a special tool that checks to see if your computer is capable of adding the tuner. I'm guessing the tool is going to confirm the same requirements for a pre-built media center PC, including the special BIOS additions to secure content.
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    09/11/09

    @njb42: The whole announcement would be moot (and mind-meltingly inane) if the tool was looking for the special bios just like in the OEM HTPCs...
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    Image of Random434 Random434
    09/10/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    Oh thank god... I was going to hack this together, but now I don' t have to.. I don't have to have the Cable guy give me weird looks when I have him install a cable card hooked up to my Ion/Atom mediacenter.
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    09/10/09


    @Random434: You'd better be careful. Next thing you know, your girlfriend's been kidnapped, and you've been arrested by one of his cop buddies, all because you wanted free Showtime.
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    Image of FalconFour FalconFour
    09/10/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    "so you can have four digital cable channels simultaneously without any kind of special setup."

    -- Um... wat
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    Image of SampadaPhegeus SampadaPhegeus
    09/09/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    @Mike Zuniga: You get the cablecard from your cable company, it plugs into the "tuner" box and you plug the cable from the wall and USB into that card. The internal and external ATI cards are basically identical (I have two of each). The first card is free w/Comcast in MN, the rest are $2.99 a month. They give you all the digital channels, including HD and premium (plus the basic analog cable channels). No PPV or On-Demand though.

    @krztov: I have the ATI internal and external units, both work great, both use USB (so you need a USB to motherboard header cable). Internal uses floppy power connector, external uses a rather large power brick (4Amp) with about 8' of cable. I got them from cannonpc.

    I was surprised that the clear QAM tuners don't count as "digital", which was pleasant, because that means you really get a total of 12 tuners possible. No more fighting over who watches what!
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    Image of AustineMozie AustineMozie
    09/09/09

    In reply to Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs
    I just got two more CableCARDs installed in my Win7 DIY HTPC. I now have 4 analog tuners, 4 CableCARD tuners, and 2 clear QAM tuners. On the OTA channels, I have 10 tuners! Life is great, and I'm excited to learn that I'll no longer have to run the DIY hacks to get this going.
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    Image of krztov krztov
    09/09/09

    @AustineMozie: can you recommend a decent cablecard reader for a win7 pc? i have a custom built gaming/htpc, with 8800gt videocard 3gb ram, dual 2.6 amd proc, even threw a turtle beach montego ddl soundcard to get 5.1 gaming going. been wanting cablecard support forever, i think rcn offers the card for 1.50 a month.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/09/09

    @AustineMozie: I'm a tad uneducated when it comes to CableCards. Do you pay a monthly fee on them or are they using your existing cable line somehow?
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    Image of krztov krztov
    09/09/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: your cable provider (check first, im not sure all of them do it) would provide them for a fee
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    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    09/09/09

    @krztov: yeah, but you don't have to pay the stupid leasing fees for the box anymore. Overall, you should come with a lower monthly payment, no?
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    Image of krztov krztov
    09/09/09

    @gadam07: eventually yeah itd even out, but from what im seeing the average ATI cablecard rig is over 200$, so itll take awhile to even that out, i mean for my cable, if i take off the box/dvr functions, saves me maybe 15$ a month, will take quite a bit to get the money back if i paid 200
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    04/29/09

    In reply to System Builders Bypass CableCARD Certification With BIOS Tweaking
    What cablecard tuners are out there? I only recall seeing an ATI external behemoth: [ati.amd.com]
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/29/09

    In reply to System Builders Bypass CableCARD Certification With BIOS Tweaking
    I understood nothing in this article. What a noob.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/29/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: By that, I mean I'm the noob.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    04/29/09

    In reply to System Builders Bypass CableCARD Certification With BIOS Tweaking
    Those ASUS P5 Boards are something else. I feel like way down the LGA 1333 line we will still be seeing hacks from LGA775 P5 boards.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    04/29/09

    In reply to System Builders Bypass CableCARD Certification With BIOS Tweaking
    i have never even heard of cablecard...
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    04/29/09

    @fleebailey33: it's one of the the technologies (currently the most prevalent) that lets you use devices that weren't manufactrured by your cable provider to get HD content and the channel guide. You get a small card that looks like a laptop PCMCIA card to insert into the device. This is how Tivo HD for exmple can work with your provider. What sucks abotu it at the moment is the cable industry is dragging its balls on getting 2 way service cards out -- so currently a Tivo HD or HTPC can't be used with "On Demand" services. Totally the fault of the cable gangsters.
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    04/29/09

    In reply to System Builders Bypass CableCARD Certification With BIOS Tweaking
    First Post!!


    Are there any savings with this?

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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    04/29/09

    @venc: Man, so sad. So very sad.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    04/29/09

    @venc: Wow. What a waste of bandwidth. This kid didn't even bother reading the article.

    "You still need to buy a standard CableCARD tuner, however, so don't get your hopes up that you're saving money on that."

    What a World
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