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re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Nick — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:59 GMT

I for one and drooling eagerly awaiting the time when I can happily fork over $600 for a 4-stream tuner.

Considering the myriad of advantages that WMC has over cable-co DVR's, in my opinion if Microsoft went on a full-court press and got some major OEM's to play ball with media center PC's that look like they belong under your TV they could gain a lot of market share in a Big Damn Hurry(tm).

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re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Zack — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:51:42 GMT

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

bizzbee — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:14:41 GMT

Open Cable finally becomes open? Well pardon me if I don't celebrate. This should have been done 3 years ago when Media Center had a chance.

Now, if I want video on my PC I'll go to Hulu. If I want an HD PVR, my cable company will rent me one.

Media Center is being "managed" into oblivion.

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re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Scott — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:00:05 GMT

S1digital created softsled, but only for their own product. I wonder if this will be a feature in the final release of Windows 7.

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Scott — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:09:28 GMT

I think Microsoft has something up their sleave still - Softsled!

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

chrisl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:18:47 GMT

There has always been a need, and that will continue. That was not the point of that article.

Softsled will never exist, what will is things like HomeGroup that can take advantage of content without DRM.

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

EGo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:34:04 GMT

Chris,

With the new Ceton tuners do you see a need for Softsled now?

msmvps.com/.../1469441.aspx

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

DavidinCT — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:38:41 GMT

I think it will drive up the use of Media Center. Even people with 2nd or 3rd PCs in their homes could add a tuner for $200-300 and about $2-3 a month could get all the programing their main TV gets (even if they have a Cable DVR)

I just hate the fact that about 7-8 months ago I picked up a OEM cablecard ready system. For the price I paid at the time, I could built a faster CPU, more HD space, more memory, better video and still got 2-3 cablecard tuners for less money. Oh, well, it is what it is...

re: What Do You Think of Windows 7 Media Center?

Tracy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:33:10 GMT

I'm not happy with the new fast forwarding. The initial speed is too slow and I don't need to hear audio while fast forwarding. The second speed is way too fast. Please give us a way to use Vista's fast forwarding speeds.

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Winnerman — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:46:27 GMT

All of the comments are great, and I am complete supporter of this, in fact it is my birthday and I couldn't have asked for a better gift. I have been on the fence about hacking my own system or just breaking down and buying an oem.

But the real questions is, can I go and get a DCT now and build my own system today? I looked an the ATI site and I didnt see a new driver release. Does anyone know when we can do this?

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Ed K — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:44:29 GMT

Tivo sells hardware at a loss, and has done so every year of their existence. Proof: their quarterly statements.

copied this from a TivoCommunity board:

Figures from last quarterly report say TiVo got $6.4 million from hardware sales and spent $10.6 million. That's much closer to breaking even than they have been in the past! (Fiscal year 2008, they got $42 million on hardware and spent $92 million, and 2007 was worse.)

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

Ed K — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:35:53 GMT

Um... yes, Tivo DOES sell hardware at a loss. Next I suppose you're going to tell us that $49 blackberries aren't sold at a loss either.

Keep in mind that the "cost" of hardware is that of the material, the R&D cost, the CEO's salary, etc. If all you do is sell the hardware, then the price will reflect.

re: CableCARD Opens Up, but Does the Marketplace?

John — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:45:21 GMT

Ceton has said they will be price competitive and those doesn't mean ATI DCTS which will probably soon disappear--to me it means against Tivo and Moxi.

Let's wait until the product comes out before we put a price on it--my magic 8 ball only has 8 answers and none of them are prices, perhaps you have better sources.

I still think the small operator now has the abilty to compete with the bigger guys and can bring a cablecard system into a smaller home installation.

Since we no longer have a Gen Saranoff to dictate the outcome of the future, we'll just have to wait.

John