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Monday, May 12, 2008 1:38 PM

SDV Tuning Resolver Unlikely to Work with OCURs

I’ve covered the fact that CableLabs has said they are not focusing the upcoming Tuning Resolver (TR) on OCURs, and this has become more evident in the actual specifications for the TR. OCURs, which are PC-based Digital Cable Tuners (like ATIs) are not...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:21 PM

ATI Digital Cable Tuner Firmware Update Posted

ATI/AMD has posted version 1.17.1 firmware for Digital Cable Tuners (OCUR/CableCARD). The update is said to fix several issues including Multiple OCUR having the same IP address and “No TV Signal” errors when tuning twice on the same channel. You can...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:30 PM

Dell Drops Prices on CableCARD Tuners

A few weeks ago Dell ended their special pricing on Digital Cable Tuners , taking them from $180 for a single tuner to $255 for a single tuner. That didn’t last for too long though. Now Dell has lowered the price to $199 for a single tuner and $379 for...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 8:17 AM

HP Winning CableCARD Price Battle

With Dell’s ending of their Digital Cable Tuner sale , HP has taken the lead in the mainstream CableCARD desktop price battle. You can now pickup an HP m9200t that includes a single CableCARD tuner for as low as $1,099. Dell on the other hand will cost...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:18 PM

Dell Raises CableCARD Tuner Prices

It was sure fun while it lasted, but Dell’s special purchasing deal with ATI/AMD on the Digital Cable Tuners appears to have ended. When the XPS 420 first launched four months ago , Dell was pushing out the tuners for only $180/each. This was an amazing...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:17 PM

Reader Questions: Round 1

Have any questions for me? As a part of Media Center Week I’m trying to answer as many as I can. Post them here. Q: I've heard that Cox is refusing new HD channels for CableCARD users even though they are not going to SDV until the end of the year...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:07 PM

Short Bits: Advertising, MAINGEAR, Ultimate PC

Microsoft has started another round of Media Center/Extender online advertising on sites like The Green Button, AVS Forum, and more. It is nice to see Microsoft advertising more, but the point still stands that the people who need to know about these...
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Friday, February 29, 2008 3:08 PM

Two-Way CableCARD Appears in Windows 7

I’ve long talked about the addition of two-way CableCARD within Media Center , but so far no real timeline has been drawn. Microsoft has kept their lips locked as has CableLabs about actually finishing (or announcing) the specs for the two-way tuners...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:22 AM

S1Digital Prepping Windows Home Server & Custom Touchscreen

S1Digital is launching a number of new products for 2008, starting with their newly designed website that looks great. On the hardware side, S1Digital will be launching two Windows Home Server’s and a 17 inch Media Center touchscreen. The new solutions...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:16 PM

New TV Toolbox Beta Released; Somehow Edits CableCARD Content

Two part post here, first of all Olcay has released a new version (beta 4) of his 10-foot MCML DVR-MS editor . The release is mainly because of a timebomb in the last release, so if you currently have it installed you should grab the new release if you...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:56 PM

Short Bits: CableCARD, Beta Testing

Missing Remote has published a few great CableCARD articles, including some steps to take if your cable company doesn’t want to install a CableCARD in your PC . A Vista PC with Digital Cable Tuners are CableLabs certified, so all US cable companies must...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:48 AM

Life|ware Rolls Out The First Life|media Media Servers With Internal Quad CableCARD Tuners

With seven media servers in the line, Life|media offers something for everyone. Las Vegas, NV – CES 2008, Central Plaza 4 – January 7 – 10, 2008 – Life|ware™, the industry pioneer in Windows® Media Center-based digital entertainment and home automation...
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