http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/ Engadget Comments for CableCARD diagnostic tool gets previewed at Media Center University http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/
Why is this not built in by default? Are they trying to make CableCARD fail?

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Of course they want you to rent the Box for $ 10-15 a month or whatever they charge]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/Mar 13th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/Just open the HDHomerun housing, jam the CableCARD in there, screw it back together, and voila. I guarantee it will work just as well as if you used the card in a supported device.

But your right. I was just referring to the channel info (ie modulation, SNR, etc.), and the fact that a devices like cableCARD should have some way of getting diagnostic info from it out-of-the-box. Maybe not in a nice GUI like this, but at least in a terminal window or something.

(Side note: I like how the screen shot provided both show the Overall Status as failed. I wonder if that's for demonstration purposes, or a common occurrence.)]]>Mar 13th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/cablecard-diagnostic-tool-gets-previewed-at-media-center-univers/

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