Rich

Member since: Feb 2nd, 2009

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Ceton's InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner delayed again (Engadget HD)

May 23rd 2010 12:05PM I'm waiting to see how this shakes out around the current wording of CableLabs rules limiting the ability to 'share' the physical tuners on the PC that hosts the card with other PCs in the household on the same network. If the constraints mean that these tuners can only be accessed by the host PC or other PC in an all or nothing sense, the value proposition is diminished. Yes, media extenders may be able to get to them, but I don't want a xbox360 or a Dlink in multiple rooms just to make this work when I have PCs/laptops already. If SiliconDust can get their networked model (3 tuner) ready soon and past these legal hurdles, I'm waiting for that. I would consider Ceton, but they also have to get past CableLabs limitations.

I'm still not clear if Ceton's card will allow other machines to use the tuners(I read this as all 4 can be used as a block, not split, see link below) by another PC on the network. SiliconDust's pending networked model is more intriguing to me for now. Can anyone sell me on Ceton over SD's HDHR? I hope this legal minutia can get resolved so I can just get the flexibility I want to legally get the content I paid for in my own house to my own devices.

To me, the whole point is streaming live and recorded content from the Host PC to other PCs is avoiding the ridiculous costs for the Cableco DVR and STB monthly lease fees and only requiring one hardware tuner(set) in the household. C'mon, I've got 3-4 other PCs perfectly capable of receiving a signal from the host PC, but I'm locked out because 1 of the 4 tuners is in use? Ridiculous!

http://www.cetoncorp.com/support_faq.php#faq_321
http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8523&start=15&sid=e0e64e1fab3e1c2507161e11f9c81554

Ceton's InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner delayed again (Engadget HD)

May 23rd 2010 11:40AM I'm waiting to see how this shakes out around the current wording of CableLabs rules limiting the ability to 'share' the physical tuners on the PC that hosts the card with other PCs in the household on the same network. If the constraints mean that these tuners can only be accessed by the host PC or other PC in an all or nothing sense, the value proposition is diminished. Yes, media extenders may be able to get to them, but I don't want a xbox360 or a Dlink in multiple rooms just to make this work when I have PCs/laptops already. If SiliconDust can get their networked model (3 tuner) ready soon and past these legal hurdles, I'm waiting for that. I would consider Ceton, but they also have to get past CableLabs limitations.

I'm still not clear if Ceton's card will allow other machines to use the tuners(I read this as all 4 can be used as a block, not split, see link below) by another PC on the network. SiliconDust's pending networked model is more intriguing to me for now. Can anyone sell me on Ceton over SD's HDHR? I hope this legal minutia can get resolved so I can just get the flexibility I want to legally get the content I paid for in my own house to my own devices.

To me, the whole point is streaming live and recorded content from the Host PC to other PCs is avoiding the ridiculous costs for the Cableco DVR and STB monthly lease fees and only requiring one hardware tuner(set) in the household. C'mon, I've got 3-4 other PCs capable of receiveing a signal from the host PC, but I'm locked out because 1 of the 4 tuners is in use? Ridiculous!

http://www.cetoncorp.com/support_faq.php#faq_321
http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8523&start=15&sid=e0e64e1fab3e1c2507161e11f9c81554

China Mobile planning to subvert Unicom's iPhone launch with the OPhone? (Engadget)

Apr 20th 2009 12:03PM But can you play Crysis at 60fps at 4096×3072 resolution w/ 1Million polygons, if it does I'm in!

China Mobile planning to subvert Unicom's iPhone launch with the OPhone? (Engadget)

Apr 20th 2009 10:49AM An O upside down is still an O

Engadget's recession antidote: win a pair of Aperion Audio Intimus 5B Bookshelf speakers! (Engadget)

Apr 16th 2009 1:00PM Gabba gabba goo!

Engadget's recession antidote: win a Klipsch HD Theater 500 sound system! (Engadget)

Apr 9th 2009 1:18PM Living roooooooom HT!!!!

Engadget's recession antidote: win an iRobot Roomba Pet 562! (Engadget)

Mar 30th 2009 12:57PM I need a pet that picks up sh*t instead of me doing it

Engadget's recession antidote: win a Paradigm Cinema 70 CT surround system! (Engadget)

Mar 23rd 2009 1:59PM Randomly pick me, here's winner spelled randomly to sweeten the odds: rewinn

First look at Boxee Alpha media center for Windows (Download Squad)

Feb 2nd 2009 12:48PM Thanks Brad, I thought you might have figured it out. I hate having to jump in/out of Boxxee and was hoping to give more lovin to the awesome interface. FYI, you CAN browse in Boxxee to the new source you can add for RecordedTV and they do play(so far just analog/SD/no DRM afaik), so some kudos to Boxxee for that.

You know the pain of conversion/transcoding and talk about tens/hundreds of daily files some of which you want to have VMCE delete over time, though not needed. You get the point.

This would be a huge plus for Boxxee Win users if nothing else to leverage the power of their sweet interface. I did put in a request for a 'settings' addition to allow user defined file format recognition to properly categorize TV Shows...we'll see :)

First look at Boxee Alpha media center for Windows (Download Squad)

Feb 2nd 2009 11:49AM Brad,

You mentioned that you got Boxxee to recognize your MS-DVR files. I also added the RecordedTV folder to my sources and Boxxee didn't scan/index them. I even renamed a few to the Boxxee recognized TV show formats noted in their forums.

Please, please, please share how you got that to work.

Many Thanks,

Rich