Some CES announcements

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ATI CableCard devices
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/11564

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New Hauppauge devices
WinTV-NOVA-TD-500-For the European and Asian markets, WinTV-NOVA-TD-500 is a dual tuner digital DVB-T TV tuner board that can be used in either a dual tuner or diversity configuration. Diversity uses two tuners to give better digital TV reception on a single DVB-T digital channel, while the dual tuner mode enables you to watch one digital TV channel while recording another digital channel.

WinTV-HVR-1800-For the North American market where the ATSC digital TV transition continues, WinTV-HVR-1800 is a PCI Express TV tuner for receiving analog cable and high definition ATSC digital TV. In a half-height PCIe board, WinTV-HVR-1800 has separate tuners for analog NTSC and ATSC digital TV. With Vista's Media Center application, you can watch a cable TV channel while recording high definition digital TV from another channel.

WinTV-HVR-1600-This is an analog cable TV and high definition digital ATSC PCI TV tuner for Vista PCs. On a single full-height PCI board, WinTV-HVR-1600 has separate tuners for analog NTSC and ATSC digital TV. With Vista's Media Center, you can watch an analog TV channel while recording high definition digital TV from another channel.

WinTV-HVR-1500-A dual format hybrid analog and high definition digital 54 mm ExpressCard TV tuner, WinTV-HVR-1400 brings NTSC analog and high definition ATSC digital TV to laptop computers running Vista's Media Center in North America. Watch and record either analog or high definition digital TV on your Vista Media Center PC.

[Brian_W]

*prays to the PVR gods that Sub will add support for these CableCard devices soon*

Time Warner's DVR sucks ass, but with them moving a lot of channels off of analog to digital only, my days of using GBPVR to record cable tv are numbered without one of these puppies (hint hint hint ;-) )

Brian

[Brian_W]

Well upon further reading, it doesn't look like you will be able to support it at all Sub. So many damn restrictions, OCUR compliant BIOS, activation codes, blah blah blah. Damn cable companies.

Brian

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*prays to the PVR gods that Sub will add support for these CableCard devices soon*

Time Warner's DVR sucks ass, but with them moving a lot of channels off of analog to digital only, my days of using GBPVR to record cable tv are numbered without one of these puppies (hint hint hint ;-) )

Brian

I think we're at the mercy of the gods when it comes to cablecard support in GB-PVR. I suspect Microsoft will allow third party apps like GB-PVR to use it, but only when you recording using DVR-MS mux so it can add some new special DRM for these types of recording, and may also put some restrictions on your machine components to decided if this can be played on your PC (secure digital path).

Everyone had pretty tight lipped as to what cablecard will mean exactly to PC solutions. Still early days, so we'll just have to wait and see.

[Torque]

That WinTV-HVR-1800 looks like something I want to try... has anyone found it for sale yet? I can only find the 1600.

[new350user]

That WinTV-HVR-1800 looks like something I want to try... has anyone found it for sale yet? I can only find the 1600.

The 1800 is the same as the 1600 except for PCI Express? Regular PCI is all I have, and the 1600 is $69.99 After Rebate from Circuit City right now. I believe I will pick one up tonight. Sure hope I can get it working with GBPVR!