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Why?! :)]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Don't forget live viewing as well..

So you can watch one show, and record 3 other conflicts. That'd be more realistic for me, but still wouldn't happen all that often - just nice to know that when it dose, you can handle it.]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Remember, Media Center is an extender environment, so one box could be hosting 3 or 4 other "clients", streaming them live TV on 4 different channels.]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Right the first thing I tried was to record 6 shows at once (two on my HDHR) and playback recordings on all three of my extenders. Worked great.]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Here's one reason why:

http://www.atxnetworks.com/bulk-qam-to-qam-mdu

This unit uses a version of the card for hotel cable systems that use different encryption for digital video. They also have one that outputs to an Ethernet connection. Could have interesting possibilities for the cost-is-no-object home theater crowd.]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/$478.99

Check the source next time..]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/t/78488.aspx?PageIndex=151]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
I quite like Media Center, and being able to record 4 shows makes me feel all happy inside. ]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
+1

And they should've picked "Super Duper Alleyoopder"]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Because you'll constantly see it inside your case...]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Have a look at 90% of GPU's and Sound cards priced >£100.

Some people have windows in their PC's, and regardless, people buy things that look good.

I just think if it was in a swish looking black (or red, for the colour scheme) casing, sales would be higher.]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
its internal u asshole]]>Mar 13th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Wow, names really do define people.]]>Mar 13th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/It is a pre-release review unit. The retail version with probably look a bit different. But who cares. It is an internal card.]]>Mar 13th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/So, when you build your computer, you pick the "prettiest" components?

Again, its internal, which means that unless you case is in some awkward design, you'll never see the top or bottom just the side because its mounted horizontally.

I'm looking at my case (With a window) and All I see are the sides of my PCIe cards, not the top or bottom.]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Yes it works with Tuning adapters. One Motorola TA will be required for all four tuners, while two Cisco TAs will be needed for those on Cisco systems.]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
26. How does the Digital Migration affect a media center PC that is used with Comcast Cable service?
A set top box or digital adapter will be required in order for a media center PC to receive Comcast’s Expanded Basic channels or a higher level of service. The installation is the same as the installation for a set top box or digital adapter on an analog television.

Note: Media center PCs that use a cable card do not require a digital adapter. ]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
We are talking about Tuning Adapters, not Digital Adapters.
http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/18/motorola-cisco-see-tuning-adapters-certified/]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
It's starting to sound like you would be better off with a couple of Hauppauge 1212s. Even Tivos seem to have trouble with this bit of technological musical chairs.]]>Mar 13th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Good to hear, and most Cable companies are giving away Tuning adapters. Still you have to have a box or two (if using Cisco) Kind of defeats the purpose of an all in one solution for PC users.]]>Mar 14th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Has anybody done this sort of thing before and documented the process?]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
The Ceton card only requires one CableCARD which authorizes all four tuners. I just replaced my ATI Digital Cable Tuner with a review unit last night and it poped right in and worked. I'll write a full review just as soon as I can.]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 14th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/they could easily stream most of the shows using clear qam but no they lock it down so we have to use crappy cable box or cable card. all of this authorization to view should be at the cable corp side not in the home.]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. You can use it over the network but all four tuners have to be paired to the same PC.]]>Mar 13th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Oh yeah, sorry I read it wrong. You could do that.]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
To use the networking feature the OS needs to support Network Bridging, something WHS can't do out of the box. Might be a 3rd party add-in. You'd also need a 2003 driver, Ceton only has Windows 7 drivers at the moment.]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Right, the driver and the bridging feature should work in WHS2 right out of the box.]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/If only Media Center was a service on WHS2 like in Ben's article a while back.
]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 15th 2010 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/Mar 13th 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Oh HELL nah!]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Scalping the early adopters, or is this the price?]]>Mar 13th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/It is $399. There was a correction]]>Mar 13th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/13/cetons-quad-cablecard-tuner-for-media-center-available-for-pre/
Not saying it's Ceton with the increase in price, wondering if it's the vendor.]]>Mar 13th 2010 1:26PM