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Just went through my second install with the Ceton InfiniTV card. The first time was with Verizon FiOS, a great service that doesn't use switched video.But at the beginning of the month, I moved to a city that has granted Time Warner Cable an exclusive franchise. The installers came today...

Talk to your cable provider. You're CableCARD probably isn't validating correctly. Also, check your anti-virus software. When I had McAfee installed, the Ceton card gave me real problems. Since I dumped it for Avast, everything's been smooth sailing.

You couldn't do this because of the nature of Windows Media Center. When WMC isn't loaded, it's not on any channel. It only starts using a tuner when a) someone is watching live TV using the HTPC or one of the extenders; or b) when the scheduler fires up one to record a scheduled program. The...

Having spent just over a week with the Ceton CableCARD setup in a computer that is NOT dedicated to HTPC, I really have to second this. Once everything's up and running, it runs splendidly. But sometimes when the computer first boots back up, there's hiccups with Windows Media Center. None of...

Usually the flags are set by the cable provider. Some will flag everything except the local channels; ie. what you can get over the air ATSC via antenna. Most will only flag the premium stations (Starz, HBO, Showtime, etc.) and leave everything else open copy. Some don't flag anything. It's my...

Right now I'm planning to mainly use it as a DVR. I just drag and drop the DVR-MS files on my WDTV Hub and watch them through that. More cumbersome than if I had a genuine extender like an XBox 360, but it suits my needs. So far every channel I've tried has been flagged copy freely; if I hit...

Had one of these under the tree this morning. Installation was a nightmare -- Verizon messed up the CableCARD activation, and then my graphics card driver had issues with Windows Media Center -- but now that it's up and running I'm loving it.