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CableCARD
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A fair amount of headroom has recently been made for
CableCARD support on non-OEM machines.
CableLabs regulations have limited only Microsoft approved OEMs to build
and sell CableCARD machines using well outlined stipulations including a
special Read More
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Microsoft might not have hit on it in their Media
Center-less keynote, but there is one big change getting ready to happen. Well over a year after it was first spotted, Ceton
is out with the news that they will be shipping an MOCUR in 2009 (Via Read More
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(Via Media
Center Blog) LAS VEGAS, NV --
01/08/09 -- Ceton Corp., a Seattle-area technology company, today announced
the development of the next-generation Ceton cable TV card for Windows Media
Center-enabled PCs. PCs incorporating the Ceton Read More
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Ricavision is officially dead now, but Phillips
is sort-of taking their place with the SRM7500 SideShow Remote.
Hardly the eye candy that the Ricavision was, but at least it is shipping with
a much lower price tag. Clear downside here is Read More
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Good news, OCURs (can) support Tuning Adapters. Bad news, OCUR is an open spec and the fact
that they “can” doesn’t mean a whole lot.
CableLabs
recently addressed the issue (PDF)with the two fantastic (ok, maybe not) bits Read More
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October 2008 Cumulative Update
for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB955519)
Fixes an issue in which you cannot seek through recorded TV
shows on Windows Media Center systems that have digital cable tuners.
Additionally, the recorded TV shows display Read More
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For the longest time SonyStyle.com was the only
place that you would buy standalone Digital Cable Tuners. However a month or so ago Sony pulled out of
the market and only started selling refurbished tuners at a discount. However, most of Read More
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Ed Bott has a great post on why CableCARD will never be
mainstream. Not only is the process
of getting a CableCARD and having it paired a problem, but the lack of
troubleshooting information (or rather the need for troubleshooting at all) Read More
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From distributed
HD entertainment to automation and control, Windows Media Center is at the
center of an ever-expanding ecosystem within the custom installation channel.
DENVER — Sept. 4, 2008 — At CEDIA EXPO 2008,
Microsoft Corp. announced Read More
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Today Microsoft made public their intensions to support
Switched Digital Video (SDV) within Windows Media Center. While details are limited, Charlie Nilsson,
Program Manager for the NetOps TV Team at Microsoft posted on The Green
Button about Read More
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This edition ripped straight from CE Pro…It seems Niveus Media is done with pushing their
recently developed Niveus EDGE Extender. The might have been Xbox 360-based Extender (sans gaming) is out and the HP MediaSmart
Connect is in. Read More
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Award-winning Niveus Media Server – Vail Edition integrates
technologies to provide a high-performance entertainment experience.
Milpitas, CA – August 27, 2008 – Niveus Media is teaming up
with ADI to distribute the newest Niveus Read More
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It has always been hard to stomach the DRM variations that
CableLabs has set up between OCURs and UDCP devices like TiVo’s. TiVo
gets the ability to have non-DRM recordings if the content provider hasn’t
flagged the broadcast at all Read More
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On Friday Cannon PC
demoed a system recording
from six CableCARDs all at once, while playing back a recording and the
system didn’t skip a beat. This was demoed in the YouTube video,
but I got some higher resolution screenshots of Media Center Read More
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June 18, 2008 - Cannon PC, LP demonstrated a capability of their
Media Centers to accommodate 6 Digital Cable Cards and simultaneously
record 6 different HD Digital Cable Channels.Cannon
PC, the award winning Media Center specialty company, demonstrated Read More
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