http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/ Engadget HD Comments for How to install a CableCARD tuner in your DIY Media Center http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 11:26AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 11:32AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 12:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 1:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/I dont know of any other ones, and im not particularly eager on this since its firewire.]]>May 13th 2009 5:47PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/]]>May 12th 2009 1:04PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 12:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
On second though, I won't hold my breath.]]>May 12th 2009 12:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/I have Fios HD and the I have no real complaints about the dvr. Yes, you pay a monthly fee and the Hard drive is a little on the small side. But to think about it, when you have a super large hard drive with a couple hundred shows recorded, do you actually watch every show?
For me, it's no.
I prefer to pay the stinking monthly fee and if the dvr goes bad, I call verizon and the send someone the replace it.
I'm have no more patience for htpc/media center/tweaking/ etc.
HTPC's always screw up when the wife wants to watch tv or you have guests over and you are trying to demo the thing and you get some error message and you have to reboot.

]]>May 12th 2009 1:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
Basically, cableco DVRs suck. Bad.]]>May 12th 2009 1:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/Reasons why I'd never use the FiOS DVR.

160GB hard drive is a joke! I have a 1TB in my Media Center.
Only two tuners. I have twice that in my Media Center and still get conflicts some times.
Real multi-room support (can't MRV between DVRs)
Widescreen user interface.
MUCH better UI, animated transitions as well as translucents.

I could go on.]]>May 12th 2009 1:54PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/*its a MEDIA CENTER, not just a DVR. the MC can rip/stream DVDs, CDs, and display photos, in addition to cable shows
*DIYers love this- I built every PC in my home, and I don't think that will ever change
*widescreen interface, as Ben mentioned
*WAY MORE ROOM- not only can you stick a couple 2TB drives into your MC, you can expand the storage space quickly with external or network drives (and burn shows to DVD)
*ability to transfer shows to PMPs
*only one box on your shelf- it may be much larger than the cableco box, but its still only one box]]>May 12th 2009 4:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/For me, it's no."

I have a very old Moxi box from charter which allows a USB2.0 external HDD (unlike those unfornate souls who cant add an extra drive), I upgraded the 80 gig (which the idiots at the cable company said was more than enough), with a 1tb external. I would prefer a media center PC to what I have, better interface, more capabilities, unlimited mods that I can make, etc. Personally, I rewatch a lot of shows like history channel documentaries and top gear, my DVR is more like a video library. So yes, I do need all that extra store space, because when its a few months down the road and I want to watch something that came on months ago, I dont have to wait for the broadcasters! Thats exactly why I got a DVR in the first place.]]>May 12th 2009 7:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/ - Many recordings would skip every few seconds when the drive became very fragmented. The only solution was to clear out all my shows and start over.
- The UI was horribly slow
- The remote sucks. Some comcast remotes don't even have 30 second skip buttons. WTF?
- I don't know how big the internal drive is, but it's not nearly big enough

The main advantage of having the box vs. cable card was maintaining access to ondemand. But thats another buggy story for another time.]]>May 15th 2009 2:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 1:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 1:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 1:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 1:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 7:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 15th 2009 2:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 1:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://jamesmsingleton.com
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Why bother wasting time recording shows when you can setup utorrent or any other torrent client to subscribe to your favorite shows via RSS feeds and download them in open formats, commercial free automagically. Not only do they download about an hour after the show airs, but you can even get most of them in 720P encoded in Divx!!!

Trust me, don't go down this road, this is a total waste of time. Don't build the loud rig like I did, when you can get something like the EEE box b208 or the Aspire Revo to sit silently under your TV ,consuming low power, and downloading all your favorite shows automatically. You will even be able to get external blu ray drives soon to connect and you will have the perfect machine. Then, put xbmc or boxee on it to give you that slick media interface you always wanted. Best of all, this setup only requires interent. Ditch your cable tv and just pay for internet, get all your shows commercial free, and stop wasting time channel surfing so you can waste more on engadget ;-).]]>May 12th 2009 2:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 2:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 2:34PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
As for commercials, DVRMStoolbox & Comskip works fantastically for skipping commercials.
Furthermore your second comment post negated your first one. If I am going to keep cable for live sports, then I might as well build a HTPC/ Media Center PC for recording. That doesn't make sense to me, to have cable and use it only for sports and then use torrents for everything else. You're paying a bill, might as well get the most use out of it. Finally, I don't think all sports are going to move to live webcasts and like a said earlier in the post, the quality is not the same. ]]>May 12th 2009 5:04PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 5:30PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 6:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 3:47PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
Check out http://connectedcommuter.com/?p=48 for a review of Z-Wave dimmers you can integrate into your Vista/Windows7 HTPC.

-Dennis]]>May 12th 2009 3:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
Check out http://connectedcommuter.com/?p=48 for a review of Z-Wave dimmers you can integrate into your Vista/Windows7 HTPC.

-Dennis]]>May 12th 2009 3:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 4:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 5:41PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 12th 2009 5:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
HD-PVR ftw, folks...]]>May 12th 2009 6:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/I've installed a few OEM bought HTPC/cablecard PCs and they are pretty sexy... now.. if directv finally made their HTPC box.. yummy. (my cable company is timewarner in nyc and they totally suck!!)]]>May 12th 2009 7:29PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/May 15th 2009 2:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/12/how-to-install-a-cablecard-tuner-in-your-diy-media-center/
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