Topic 'MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now!' in forum 'Microsoft Help' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23304733 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:38:55 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:38:55 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23308148 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23308148 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:37:55 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307804
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Q: How powerful does a computer system need to be to run your product? Are there minimum system requirements?
A: Subject to change: Windows 7 Premium with minimum Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400 or AMD Athlon II X2 240 processor, 4 Gigabytes of RAM, HDPC compliant graphics, and HDMI out or DVI out with sound card.


Looks like I might have to upgrade my quasi new HP P6150t with E5300 CPU. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307804 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:01:56 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307776 www.cetoncorp.com/ProductsWMC.php

Seems like not before Q1 next year.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307776 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:53:29 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307712 --
Rule #62: Don't take yourself so damn seriously!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307712 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:39:43 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307562 Re: [WIN7] Windows 7 Media Center - Best Ever!

=p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307562 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:11:46 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307229 said by Sandman5:

For anyone that's been following this:

What do I need to buy so that I don't have to rent a cablecard for my homebrew HTPC project, that was shelved years ago now.

Edit: Nevermind. After doing a little research I found out that I need the ATI DCT and will still need to rent a cablecard.
Actually, I think most people are going to want the new Ceton Multi-Channel CableCard units not the antiquated ATI ones.

My cable company, RCN, quoted me a ~$1.99 a month charge per-cable card. In contrast, I’m currently paying about ~$12 a month per digital cable box (2x) which between the two of them only allows for two simultaneous streams of viewing / recording. With the new upcoming generation of 2x, 4x and 6x DCT units from Ceton one cablecard can presumably allow for 2x, 4x or 6x concurrent watch / record functionality per-DCT. So I would be saving ~$10 a month every month and gain more concurrent recording capabilities in Microsoft Windows 7 Media Center.

This should have a very high Wife Approval Factor and greatly reduce tuner conflicts. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23307229 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:25:45 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23305797 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23305797 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:32:19 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23305182
What do I need to buy so that I don't have to rent a cablecard for my homebrew HTPC project, that was shelved years ago now.

Edit: Nevermind. After doing a little research I found out that I need the ATI DCT and will still need to rent a cablecard.
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Rule #62: Don't take yourself so damn seriously!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23305182 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:53:51 EDT Re: MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23304929 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23304929 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:21:53 EDT MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23304733 Looks like Microsoft finally did it! CableCards for everyone!

MCE: Digital Cable Advisor Tool Available Now!

ATI DCT Firmware update pops up on Windows Update, DRM-free MCE recordings & are a go

Microsoft emancipates Digital Cable Tuners with second Media Center update today ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/MCE-Digital-Cable-Advisor-Tool-Available-Now-23304733 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:08:52 EDT