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23Aug/102

The best DVR?

I preordered back in April and it showed up today. My CableCard will not be here until next Monday however. What am I talking about? My Ceton InfiniTV4 of course. If you are not familiar with this device it is a PCIe card that holds a CabelCard from your cable provider and lets you record 4 shows in HD at the same time on your Windows 7 Media Center PC. (endgadget review) That's right, 4 shows at once, some or all in HD and all recorded to the same location where you pick how much hard drive space you want to have. No more hard drive limits set by your cable provider or Tivo. And yes, since the PC is connected to the home network I can watch the shows on any PC that has a Media Center extender, such as an Xbox 360, connected to it. You can actually have 5 extenders connected at the same time, so I could have 4 shows being recorded and watch yet a 5th show that has already been recorded. This is the flexibility I've been looking for for years now. Only 1 week of waiting left. Of course, since I've said that, I better cross my fingers and hope everything goes according to plan.

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aws6000
August 24th, 2010 - 09:41

My InfiniTV4 arrived last week and I have an install scheduled for Thursday. I notified the CSR on my first call that I would need a cablecard. I called back yesterday to confirm that I would need a cablecard and they had no record of my initial request. I’m going to call again on Wednesday to re-confirm. Haven’t had cable in 14 years and am dreading the install even though I’ve done enough research to walk the installer through the process.
Craig
August 25th, 2010 - 14:31

Please let me know how the install goes. I haven’t done any research as I’m guessing it should be straight forward. I have 2 things I need to find out before Monday.
1. Should I install the InfiniTV4 early without the cablecard to save time?
2. When I run the Digital Cable Advisor it tells me that my video fails. I know this is due to only having VGA out. Is that going to prevent me from installing? I don’t plan on watching HD on the computer, but rather via the xbox360′s as MCE’s.