

TV TUNER FOR PC WITH CABLE CARD TV
The Ceton Multi-Channel Cable TV Card enables Media Center PCs to play or record up to six live channels of HDTV at once and stream live HD channels or recordings to multiple HDTVs throughout the home, all from a single cable connection. Below is a diagram showing how the CETON tuners would work in a MediaCenter environment It also enables secure distribution of all TV programming, including live and recorded shows as well as premium and encrypted channels, to additional TV sets in the home via Media Center extenders. first multi-tuner CableCard tuner) It supports playing or recording up to 6 HD cable TV channels simultaneously, including premium channels, without the need for any cable set-top boxes.

The Ceton Multi-Channel Cable TV Card will be the first-of-its-kind solution for enabling advanced cable TV services natively on Media Center (i.e. Now that SDV has been figured out it and the CableCard restrictions have been relaxed this product appears to be coming soon to MediaCenter! This product was first announced at CES earlier this year, but we hadn’t heard much about it since. Microsoft will be doing a “technology preview” of the Ceton multi-channel CableCard tuner with MediaCenter. I was curious so I checked in with the Ceton rep and he shared all of the details on the new CableCard tuners – yes there are 3 different versions! CETON Multi-Tuner CableCard Being Previewed at CEDIA One thing they didn’t talk about though is something I picked up in the Microsoft Press Release – The new Ceton multi-channel Cable TV Card will get a tech preview this week at CEDIA and it looks like a sure-fire hit for MediaCenter fans. The focus was certainly on CableCard with SDV capability, relaxed DRM restrictions and removal of the OEM requirement. Last night, Microsoft held a very brief press event focused on Microsoft Media Center at CEDIA.
