There isn't a difference. Any pre-fabbed HTPC that any manufacturer churns out can be cloned in a build-it-yourself setting. You can add your own tuners (for "premium cable" the cable company will have to send the cable over ClearQAM or provide CableCard), often many more than the pre-fabbed folks offer.
“Getting too close completely blurred what we saw to the point of incomprehension, but again, this shows a whole heap of potential that's fascinating to us.”
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There isn't a difference. Any pre-fabbed HTPC that any manufacturer churns out can be cloned in a build-it-yourself setting. You can add your own tuners (for "premium cable" the cable company will have to send the cable over ClearQAM or provide CableCard), often many more than the pre-fabbed folks offer.