BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | reply to halfband
Re: [Cable Card] Ceton InfiniTV and some channel problems. We have the "HD Technology Fee". You must have something different ("HD Access Fee")? |
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| Whatever they call it, it's a BS fee because HD channels are supposed to be included with a digital package. |
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 beachintechThere's sand in my tool bagPremium
join:2008-01-06
kudos:5 | If you pay for the HD ones, they are  |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | reply to GTFan
They included in my plan for free. Like I said, I only have to pay if I rent their HD equipment. Since I own my HD equipment, I don't pay extra. |
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said by beachintech:If you pay for the HD ones, they are
And I don't pay extra, and they are included (I also don't have any of their HD boxes). What you say is not true in all Comcast areas. |
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 telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
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2 edits | reply to Sword7
[Cable Card] Ceton InfiniTV 6 Released FYI - Ceton just released their new "InfiniTV 6" models of CableCARD devices for Media Center PCs:
Ceton Introduces World’s Most Advanced Digital Cable Tuners for the PC
New Ceton InfiniTV 6 Models support six simultaneous channels with a single CableCARD and are available in Ethernet-attached network tuner and PCI Express Form Factors
PR Web - May 13, 2013
»www.prweb.com/releases/CetonInfi···=4003003
Also see: »cetoncorp.com/products/infinitv/
and:
Ceton Boosts CableCARDs
By Mari Silbey, Light Reading Cable - May 14, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/content-pro···40154837
EDIT: Also videos on YouTube:
"Ceton InfiniTV 6 ETH Hardware Set-Up Walk-Through": »www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl···UV0EMg1o
"Ceton InfiniTV Software & Windows Media Center Setup Walk-Through": »www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl···wijtYEjA |
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| Yep saw that news yesterday but didn't post it here. After all I can't deprive you of your livelihood telcodad
I gotta say if the future of Media Center weren't so uncertain, and if you had or didn't mind building a nice quiet media center PC this new Ceton trumps just about any standalone DVR you can get. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | The problem is, while the hardware is amazing, there's no good software to go with it. MCE is a buggy mess with a poor UI/UX. |
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| said by BiggA:The problem is, while the hardware is amazing, there's no good software to go with it. MCE is a buggy mess with a poor UI/UX.
Say what? I dunno what you've been using, but I quite successfully used a media center PC in years past in MCE 2005 (XP), Vista and Win 7 flavors.
Media Center's actually a pretty decent UI. It's what U-verse's Mediaroom UI is derived from too. |
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Re: [Cable Card] Ceton InfiniTV and some channel problems. said by BiggA:No. The "HD Technology Fee" is a box fee, applied once per account. For example, the DVR is $7.95 as the first box, on top of an HD technology fee. The next box would have a $10/mo outlet fee, if it's a DVR, another $7.95, etc. The people at the Comcast have explained to me how it works, and I don't pay the "HD Technology Fee" because I don't have any of their HD technology. I have my own.
But all those other boxes would need the HD code on the outlet to make it work. You are correct that the DVR includes the HD fee. You are also correct that the next box would have a $10/ mo outlet fee.
If that box is an HD box and it does not have the HD code on it then no HD for you even though you have it on the DVR. The fee does cover the entire account, but the outlet needs to know its authorized for HD.
Beach is saying the same thing. Even though the OP has a DVR and is paying the HD fee, the outlet that the cable card is on still needs the rate code to authorize the channels. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
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| Yeah, it's around $7-$8 for a CableCard. If you have a DVR and a CableCard, have them code the CableCard as the primary on the account, it will come at no charge, and then put the DVR on as a secondary for $17.95, that way you won't get charged a fee for the CableCard. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | reply to SpHeRe31459
Re: [Cable Card] Ceton InfiniTV 6 Released It has a lot of problems. Not only is it buggy, but the UI/UX is poor. |
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